4 Oregon species considered for Endangered Species Act protection

By Riley Ellis
Statesman Journal
July 14, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, US West

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider adding four Oregon species to the list of endangered and threatened wildlife. A petition from the Center for Biological Diversity was accepted July 13 by the USFWS for the West Coast fox, Goose Lake lamprey, Goose Lake sucker and Goose Lake tui chub. …Commonly known as the Cascade red fox or Sierra Nevada red fox, West Coast foxes are “threatened by climate change, habitat destruction and fragmentation due to logging, development, and vehicle collisions, and other factors,” the Center for Biological Diversity said. …According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the three fish species are endangered “because of drought conditions worsened by water withdrawals for livestock grazing and agriculture, as well as climate change.”

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