The wolverine, a member of the weasel family, will receive federal protections under a Biden administration proposal. About 300 wolverines survive in the U.S. today.
The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed federal protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to scientists warning that climate change will likely melt away the rare species’ snowy mountain refuges.
Across most of the U.S., wolverines were wiped out by the early 1900s from unregulated trapping and poisoning campaigns.
