Canada lynx are naturally rare in the U.S.: their populations fluctuate following the population cycles of snowshoe hare, their main prey. Photo by Erwin and Peggy Bauer: courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
In the wake of last year’s decision by the Fish and Wildlife
Service to list the lynx as a threatened species, the Forest Service is
now considering whether it should improve the habitat for these shy
cats in the Great Lakes region. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s
Rebecca Williams reports: