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Oregon upgrades marbled murrelet to ‘endangered’

By February 10, 2018September 20th, 2018Capital Press Agriculture Weekly

PORTLAND — Oregon’s wildlife regulators have “uplisted” the marbled murrelet from a threatened to an endangered species, which will likely result in stricter logging limits on state forestland.

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-2 to upgrade protections for the coastal bird at its Feb. 9 meeting in Portland.

The change to endangered status means that scientists at the Oregon Depart
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