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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Environmentalists continue the fight to secure federal protection for the fluvial arctic grayling. Several groups and individuals gave the federal government official notice Tuesday that they will return to court to seek protection for the rare fish.
Last month the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ruled the grayling did not deserve federal protection, although the agency since 1994 had maintained the fish was in trouble and deserved listing.
The reversal was due to political pressure from the Bush administration, according to those who declared their intent to sue, including the Center for Biological Diversity; Western Wildlands Project; Pat Munday, president of the Butte-based Grayling Restoration Alliance; and author and environmentalist George Wuerthner.
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