The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife this week released draft
status reports recommending listing four species of wildlife as
endangered or threatened under the state’s endangered species statutes.
Citing loss of habitat as a common thread in listing species, WDFW
recommended listing the northern leopard frog as endangered, the common
loon and the mardon skipper, a butterfly, as threatened, and the Olympic
mudminnow as a sensitive species.
“Habitat loss is the common thread …
