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Feds agree to decide on endangered species protections for Crater Lake newt by October
A settlement gives the agency until October to decide whether to protect the rare Mazama newt, after surveys found just 13 in 2024.
- The Wildlife Service must decide by October whether to list the Mazama newt under the Endangered Species Act, following a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity regarding the imperiled species found only in Oregon's Crater Lake.
- Fish introduced to Crater Lake in the late 1800s and signal crayfish introduced later prey on the newts, which lost their defense mechanisms about 150 years ago; crayfish now occupy more than 95% of the shoreline.
- A 2024 survey by National Park Service biologists detected just 13 newts, down from 35 the previous year, while nearly half of the world's amphibians face extinction risks.
- The Center sued after the agency missed a November 2024 deadline, with endangered species attorney Chelsea Stewart-Fusek stating it is "extremely frustrating" that litigation was required to protect the Crater Lake newt.
- Under Trump, the Wildlife Service has listed fewer species for protection since Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in 1974, while the agency lost nearly 20% of its staff last year amid a backlog of roughly 400 species awaiting decisions.
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Feds agree to decide on endangered species protections for Crater Lake newt by October
An imperiled newt only found in and around southern Oregon’s Crater Lake may soon be protected under the Endangered Species Act following a three-year legal battle.
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Feds agree to decide on endangered species protections for Crater Lake newt by October - The Daily Chronicle
An imperiled newt only found in and around southern Oregon’s Crater Lake may soon be protected under the Endangered Species Act following a three-year legal battle. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed in a recent settlement with the nonprofit conservation group Center for Biological Diversity to decide by October whether to list the Crater Lake newt, also known as the Mazama newt, on the federal endangered list and to invest in its surviva…
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