Federal Government Declares Beluga Whale In Alaska's Cook Inlet Endangered
By Matt J. Weiss, October 17, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Startribune.com
Editor's Note-
A final conservation article. This one about a charasmatic megafuana we all love and want to see protected.
The federal government on Friday placed the beluga whales in
Alaska's Cook Inlet under the protection of the Endangered Species Act,
concluding that a decade-long recovery program has failed to ensure
their survival.
"In spite of protections already in place, Cook Inlet beluga whales are not recovering," said James Balsiger, acting assistant administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The findings by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service conflict with claims by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has questioned scientific evidence that the beluga whale population in the waters near Anchorage continues to decline.
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