Pika may be listed as at-risk species
By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee
The American pika, a tiny rabbit-like resident of the Sierra Nevada, will get another shot at the state Endangered Species Act.
On Thursday, the state Fish and Game Commission ordered a review of the pika’s status in response to a San Francisco Superior Court ruling that found the Department of Fish and Game failed to consider new information in a review completed last fall.
This came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, which first petitioned the state to protect the pika in 2007.