Petition Regarding Multiple Species Does Not Establish Need for Endangered Species Act Protection

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Petition Regarding Multiple Species Does Not Establish Need for Endangered Species Act Protection
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today a negative 90-day finding on a petition that would add hundreds of species to the Federal Lists of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife and Plants. The Service made the determination as a partial response to a petition received in June 2007 from Forest Guardians (now WildEarth Guardians) requesting 475 species be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Today