We could lose the surf smelt and sardines? Bad news.. as our natural history vanishes and presidential candidates are saying that they want to close the EPA if elected, we seem, as a nation, to want to pretend all this isn’t happening.
As reported by the Associated Press, SeaDoc Society this year “counted 113 species that are listed as threatened or endangered, or are candidates for listing in either the U.S. or Canada — compared with 64 species in 2008. The snowy owl, cackling goose, Pacific sardine and surf smelt are among 49 species that use the Salish Sea that have recently been flagged for special conservation attention, whether by the Canadian province, Washington state, or the U.S. or Canadian governments.”
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Study-more-species-in-Wash-B-C-need-protection-2236825.php