Climate Change
Wolverines Are Finally Listed as Threatened. Decades of Reversals May Have Caused the Protections to Come Too Late
Climate change is reducing the snowpack the mythic predators depend on for their dens, but resistance from resource extraction and recreation interests delayed Endangered Species Act protection.
After decades of battles that spanned five U.S. presidencies, the North American wolverine is gaining federal protection under the Endangered Species Act as climate change melts the legendary predator’s high-alpine habitat.