U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl, R-Mobile, wants to get the Alabama beach mouse delisted as an endangered species. The mouse, found along the coastline of Baldwin County, has been listed as endangered since 1986.
U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl, R-Mobile, speaks during a luncheon hosted by the Alabama League of Municipalities on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at Ralph & Kacoo's in Spanish Fort, Ala. .A tiny mouse that only grows up to 6 inches in length and burrows itself into the sand dunes of Alabama’s shoreline has been listed as “endangered” since the Reagan presidency.
And in three previous federal reviews since 1986, the beach mouse’s potential for recovery remains murky. The mouse’s recovery is “in conflict with economic activities, more so today than at the time of the listing, which justifies its endangered classification and further elevates its priority ranking,” according to the last review conducted in 2019 by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Carl’s comments come at a time that a working group, assembled by House Republicans, is scrutinizing the Endangered Species Act of 1973, after a federal judge overturned a Trump era decision to delist the gray wolf., called the beach mouse’s continued listing as endangered as a “perfect example” of the federal government’s “unnecessary big government rules and regulations.”
An “endangered species,” according to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services, is one that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. A “threatened species” is on that is likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range., trailing only Hawaii and California . Biologists have attributed this ranking to the state’s large number of freshwater rivers and creeks contributing to a high number of unique species.
Carl said it’s the prevention of economic activity that concerns him the most along the coastlines where the beach mouse has long called home.
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