Delaware Online: Endangered status may come within year for red knots
Photo Credit: Gary Emeigh
A local and global symbol of threatened habitats and species could begin gaining endangered federal protection within a year as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service steps up reviews of endangered species candidates.
Environmental Groups said the acceleration comes as the red knot shorebird appears to be under worsening threat, partly because of pressure on the horseshoe crab, a creature that spawns in the bay and whose eggs provide a migratory food source during springtime shorebird stopovers along the Delaware Bay.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 7/20/2011 10:00 AM 
Categories: Birds
Tags: endangered species red knot shore birds horseshoe crab US Fish and Wildlife Service
Categories: Birds
Tags: endangered species red knot shore birds horseshoe crab US Fish and Wildlife Service
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