“Like many of southern Appalachia’s iconic salamanders, this species is facing an existential crisis brought on by habitat loss and climate change. The Fish and Wildlife Service must institute critical protections for the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander and its habitat before it’s too late.”
- Ben Prater, Southeast Program Director at Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamanders under the Endangered Species Act.
These green-splotched salamanders only live in a single 14-mile-long gorge in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Scientists estimate there are only a few hundred of them left on Earth.
Conservation Groups Demand Endangered Species Protections for Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamander
- Ben Prater, Southeast Program Director at Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamanders under the Endangered Species Act.
These green-splotched salamanders only live in a single 14-mile-long gorge in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Scientists estimate there are only a few hundred of them left on Earth.
Conservation Groups Demand Endangered Species Protections for Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamander