Center for Biological Diversity
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Endangered Earth
No. 1307, July 24, 2025

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Lawsuit Aims to Protect Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles
Red tree voles have graced the upper reaches of old forests on Oregon’s North Coast for thousands of years — some spend their entire lives in a single tree. But in recent decades, these arboreal, mouse-sized rodents have suffered, often from rapacious cutting of old trees and fires (set to become worse due to climate change).
To help red tree voles survive, the Center for Biological Diversity just sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [[link removed]] for denying them protection under the Endangered Species Act.
We’ve been fighting for the species for years, including with our 2007 petition for federal protection and several lawsuits to spur action when the government dragged its feet. We’re not about to let these voles go extinct.
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Trump, Army Corps Poised to Poison U.S. Waterways
President Donald Trump’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed giving out nationwide permits to allow oil and gas development, pipeline construction, coal mining, and other toxic activities in U.S. waters and wetlands. Such a move would pollute habitat for a long list of imperiled species, including manatees — who already face starvation because of polluted water — and whooping cranes, who depend on waterways to survive their epic migrations.
We sued to stop this scheme the last time it was proposed, and we just submitted new comments against it [[link removed]] .
Help the Center continue our fight to prevent the exploitation of the natural world with a gift to our Wildlife and Wild Places Defense Fund . [[link removed]]
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Court Blocks Destructive California Development
Following a lawsuit by the Center and AquAlliance, a federal judge just ruled that the U.S. government illegally approved the Stonegate development [[link removed]] , a 314-acre project in Northern California that would’ve devastated seasonal wetlands called vernal pools.
Specifically, the judge said, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to address how Stonegate’s contribution to climate change could harm vernal pool wildlife. And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke the Endangered Species Act by not consulting the Service about how the project threatens protected giant garter snakes.
Now the development can’t proceed until the agencies do a proper environmental review.
Brown frog with black spots [[link removed]]
Demand a U.S. Ban on These Poisons
Every year more than a billion pounds of pesticides are used in the United States, including about 300 million pounds of chemicals that are so dangerous, they’re banned in many other countries. These pesticides pollute air, water, and soil long after they're applied. Some (like organophosphates) have been used as nerve agents in chemical warfare; others (like atrazine) are linked to amphibian declines and severe human health problems.
The United States shouldn’t keep poisoning itself with these toxic chemicals.
There's still time to add your comment: Tell the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use. [[link removed]]
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Colorado Gets New Wolf Pups — and Three New Packs
It’s a landmark moment for wildlife recovery: Colorado just confirmed that it has welcomed four new litters of wolf pups [[link removed]] born to three new families — the One Ear, King Mountain, and Three Creeks packs — and the already established Copper Creek pack.
This news marks a major success for Colorado’s science-based wolf reintroduction program, which the Center has actively backed since day one (and long before).
“I’m hopeful these budding packs will become the foundation for Colorado’s successful wolf restoration,” said the Center’s Alli Henderson. “Wolves belong in Colorado.”
Watch the puppies play on Facebook [[link removed]] and Instagram [[link removed]] . (Brace yourself for cuteness overload.)
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Revelator : Global Shark Conservation
Seventy species of sharks and their relatives are on the agenda for the next meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Will the nations of the world step up to protect these imperiled and important fish?
Find out in The Revelator . [[link removed]]
And if you haven’t yet, subscribe to The Revelator ’s free weekly e-newsletter for more wildlife and conservation news. [[link removed]]
European hamster surrounded by grass [[link removed]]
That’s Wild: Brahms, Beethoven … and Biodiversity
The Vienna Central Cemetery [[link removed]] , Europe’s second-largest cemetery, is the final resting place for Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. But it’s also providing important respite (and habitat) for critically endangered European hamsters.
These puffy-cheeked, black-bellied rodents were once considered pests but have steeply declined because of urbanization and industrial farming. In fact scientists predict they could disappear by 2050 if things don’t change.
Scurrying among the headstones, the hamsters have found a safe place at the cemetery. Groundskeepers are careful not to destroy their burrows, and visitors sometimes leave them bits of food. Perhaps it’s not surprising (if ironic): A 2019 review identified 140 protected species clinging to survival in cemeteries around the world.
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