In the late innings of the Biden administration, with the Trump administration eager to take the field and shake up the rules, you鈥檒l need a scorecard to track last-minute decisions affecting some of Colorado鈥檚 most challenged wildlife species.
Here鈥檚 the summary box score in this month鈥檚 Endangered Species Act contests:
- Rio Grande cutthroat trout, wearing the home red-belly uniforms: not protected
- Monarch butterfly, sporting the popular black-on-orange unis: protected
- Pinyon jay, : protection decision goes to extra innings
- Greater sage-grouse, as always donning the inflated yellow breast patches at climactic moments: also in extra time
- Grizzlies, wearing any uniform they want: offense and defense are deadlocked, new ownership could change everything
Player and spectator reaction in Colorado is decidedly mixed after a week of close contests in wildlife.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are ecstatic that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final decision not to list the Rio Grande cutthroat as threatened or endangered. They say it , from dozens of cooperating agencies and nonprofits.
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