Federal fisheries managers have agreed to consider designating critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific ocean off Oregon and California.NOAA Fisheries officials said Thursday they will make a decision whether to go forward by Dec. 4 under terms of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by conservation groups.The groups had sued the government for failing to follow through on their petition to designate critical habitat.- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Feds consider critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles
October 8, 2009