From Center for Biological Diversity Newsletter:

After languishing for eight years on the Endangered Species list with little to no protection of its habitat, the Canada lynx won big yesterday when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated nearly 25 million acres in Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington as critical habitat for the reclusive feline.

This is the largest area of critical habitat ever designated for any terrestrial species and the third largest critical habitat the Center has ever obtained (the others were won for the spectacled eider -- 24.8 million acres, and North Pacific right whale -- 23.5 million acres).

Join me and our hard-working staff in taking a moment to celebrate this major victory for the long-term survival of the Canada lynx.

The Center for Biological Diversity in Portland, Ore., finds the habitat expansion "a dramatic improvement from the Bush administration to the Obama administration" and is "overall quite pleased," program director Noah Greenwald said...

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Ken