FWS Lists California Mammal Species as Endangered

The Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a final rule listing the Southern Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of the fisher (Pekania pennanti), a mammal species in the weasel family, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The listing only applies to fishers from the Southern Sierra Nevada DPS in Central California, and not the population in Northern California and southern Oregon. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect June 15.