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 Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:00 am |
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headline:
Proposed Habitat Protections for Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse Could
Mean Enhanced Front Range Stream Protection, Water Quality
Proposed additions to Preble’s critical habitat would help preserve
Front Range riparian areas while ensuring species survival
Denver – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to expand
the protected habitat for the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse in
Colorado by nearly 18,500 acres along more than 400 miles of streams.
Such an expansion could spell significant protections for the Front
Range’s best streamside habitat and improve water quality for large
areas of the Front Range, including the Denver, Ft. Collins, and
Colorado Springs metro areas.
“Protecting habitat for the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse will ensure
healthy streams and safe drinking water throughout the Front Range, in
addition to increasing the chances of survival for this and other
native wildlife,” said Josh Pollock, Conservation Director at Center
for Native Ecosystems. “Especially after the Fish and Wildlife
Service stripped protections from half the mouse’s range by cutting
Wyoming out, this habitat protection in Colorado is all the more
important.”
Today’s proposed critical habitat designation would expand on the Fish
and Wildlife Service’s 2003 designation, which illegally excluded a
number of watersheds based on speculation over local conservation
plans, few of which materialized. ... (cont) |
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