Saving These Rare Orcas? Protect Their Favorite Haunts
Category: ENVIRONMENT
Critical habitat designations prevent the federal government from undertaking or approving activities that reduce an area's ability to support an endangered species. Species with designated critical habitat are more than twice as likely to show signs of improvement than those without.
By Miyoko Sakashita, Contributor
Oceans Program Director, Center for Biological Diversity, 2014-01-18