Biologists at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will recommend
next week listing the Washington ground squirrel as endangered under Oregons
Endangered Species Act. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider
the listing at its next Commission meeting Jan. 21.
ODFW said the proposed listing is due to a decline in the squirrels
population and a danger that its habitat is declining due to an expansion
of farmland in eastern Oregon. If listed, ground squirrels could not …
