Audubon California was just one of many conservation groups disappointed by this week's denial of protected status for the Ashy Storm-Petrel. Now, the full text of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service decision is online for your viewing displeasure.
By Garrison Frost
August 20, 2009
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.