Category: Endangered Species Act

Just a few more days to comment on the proposal to list gray fox and spotted skunk as endangered. It’s not known who started this petition although sometimes anti’s will use the Endangered Species Act to interfere with lawful hunting and trapping. Lots of grays are harvested in Arkansas and roadkill are fairly common. You … Continue reading Comment Deadline For Gray Fox and Spotted Skunk Petition

From US Fish & Wildlife: On December 4, 2012, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a 90-day finding in the Federal Register on a petition to list three grassland species – the plains spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius interrupta), the prairie gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus ocythous) and the Mearn’s eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi) … Continue reading Petition to List Gray Fox, Spotted Skunk and Eastern Cottontail as Threatened or Endangered