U.S. Abusing Law to Get Species Off Protected List?

By Pamela Ferdinand | March 25, 2008 for National Geographic News

Columbian white-tailed deer in Oregon, grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park, and now gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains are just three species protected by U.S. law for decades that have been delisted in recent years. Critics say the federal government is placing these and other animals in peril by improperly using a little-known provision of the act that classifies groups as distinct population segments (DPSs). Read the rest of the article >