Canada lynx protections deal sealed by US and environmentalists
Biden administration reverses Trump-era decision saying cat population had sufficiently recovered US wildlife officials have agreed to craft a new habitat plan for the snow-loving Canada lynx that could include more land in Colorado and other western states where the rare animals would be protected. A legal agreement made public on Tuesday said that the US Fish and Wildlife Service faces a 2024 deadline to draft the new plan for the wild cats after settling a legal challenge from two environmental groups — Wild Earth Guardians and Wilderness Workshop. US District Judge Dana Christensen issued an order late on Monday approving the settlement. The groups sued to enforce a prior court ruling from Ms Christensen that said federal officials wrongly excluded areas of Colorado, Montana and Idaho when they designated almost 104,000 square kilometres in 2014 as critical for the lynx’s long-term survival. Lynx kittens explore their home in the Bear Wood exhibit at the Wild Place Project ...