Lynx in New Mexico Soon to Escape Legal Limbo

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is required to issue finding on petition to federally protect the lynx in New Mexico.

WELC and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service have reached a legal settlement, requiring the government to issue a finding by December 15, 2008 on a petition to federally protect the lynx in New Mexico. Lynx are protected elsewhere in the lower 48 states under the Endangered Species Act but enjoy no federal protection in New Mexico.