Lawsuit filed to protect Beluga population

Mon, June 30, 2008
Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories

Trustees for Alaska filed a lawsuit today in Washington, DC over the delay in moving forward with an Endangered Species Act listing for the Cook Inlet Beluga. In 2006, based on a status review, the National Marine Fisheries Service concluded the beluga were likely to continue declining or go extinct over the next 300 years.

Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage

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