14 DAY TRIAL // It was just made public news that the Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace teamed up and decided to take the US Fish and Wildlife Service to court, on account of the latter's not taking appropriate measures to safeguard the Alaskan wolf population.
Although few representatives of this species still remain in the wild, it seems that said agency delayed its being listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Apparently, having the Alaskan wolves placed under the law's protection would impede further construction operations in the Tongass National Forest, something that would in turn contravene the US Forest Service's plans to develop unsustainable logging in this part of the world.
The Center for Biological Diversity quotes Larry Edwards from the Greenpeace organization, who supposedly explained how, “The existence of this unique wolf is imperiled by on-going old-growth logging that adds to the high loss of quality wildlife habitat, which has occurred across all land ownerships in the forests of southeast Alaska over the past six decades.”
He further adds that “The ongoing logging is further reducing and fragmenting forest habitat, to the detriment of the wolf and its deer prey.”
Rebecca Noblin from the Center for Biological Diversity also believes that there is absolutely no valid excuse for the US Fish and Wildlife Service's refusal to list the Alaskan wolf as an endangered species.
This organization basis its request that said wolves are kept out of harm's way as soon as possible on the fact that they form part of America's biological heritage.
Seeing how countless species have already been lost as a result of the destruction of their natural habitats, it is only logical that all efforts should go into protecting the one still remaining.
Having expressed their intention to sue, the Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace must now wait 60 days before officially addressing a panel of judges, in the hope that their appeal will be given due consideration and that the Alaskan wolf will be officially listed as an endangered species.