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Center for Biological Diversity News Release

A federal judge on Friday rejected the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to refuse to designate critical habitat for highly endangered rusty patched bumblebees and ordered the Service to reconsider.Despite the bees having been listed as an endangered species in 2017, in part due to the loss of 99% of their native grasslands in the Northeast and upper Midwest, the Service determined in September 2020 that designating critical habitat for them was “not prudent.” The agency claimed that lack of habitat did not limit the bees’ conservation.

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