Question

what is going to happen to the ecosystem if wolverines we're extincted

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They are powerfully built and have short legs with wide feet for traveling across the snow. These animals are a vital part of ecosystems in northern climes, and a great ambassador of the wild places they inhabit and the melting snow they require.

The species is rare, and faces significant challenges to its future in the U.S. Yet, because of their limited numbers, huge individual territories, and remote locations, it is difficult to gather data on wolverines and this poses a challenge to scientists, agencies, and others trying to understand wolverines’ habitat requirements and threats to their survival.

Wolverines have yet to be federally protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Defenders and our colleagues have been fighting for two decades to federally protect wolverines in the lower 48 states, where climate change threatens their future.

We filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in 2000 requesting protection for the species under the ESA, and took legal action in 2005 and 2008 when the agency did not move forward to protect the species. In 2010, the FWS determined that wolverines did in fact warrant protections under the ESA, but the agency was unable to take further action until higher priorities were addressed. Then in 2011, FWS agreed in a multi-species legal settlement that wolverines in the contiguous U.S. would be reconsidered for listing. In February 2013, the FWS finally proposed to protect wolverines in the contiguous U.S. as a threatened species under the ESA. As of 2019, the final listing decision still has not been made.

Defenders recruits and trains volunteer “community scientists ” to document wolverines in the West using snow-tracking, hair (DNA) collection and remote cameras. We also reach out to backcountry recreation enthusiasts to document information whenever they see wolverines or their tracks. These data points can help provide scientists with important information about the location of wolverines

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