|
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Management plans for 18 national forests in Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming are being changed to conserve the threatened Canada lynx and its habitat, U.S. Forest Service officials said Friday.
The medium-sized cat, similar to the bobcat, was listed as a threatened species in 2000 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Its range includes the American Northeast, Great Lakes region and northern and southern Rockies, but Montana is home to three-quarters of the breeding population in the continental United States.
After seven years of analysis and planning, Forest Service officials announced Friday that regional foresters signed the documents to amend forest plans in the agency's Northern, Intermountain and Rocky Mountain regions. The decision is subject to appeal for 45 days.
|
|