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Groups Files Suit To Get Sunflower Sea Star Listed Under ESA; 90 Percent Decline, Key To Healthy West Coast Kelp Forests

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration last week over what it says is the National Marine Fisheries Service’s “failure to protect imperiled sunflower sea stars as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.” The Service proposed to protect the sea stars in 2023, in response to a petition by the Center. The agency…

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