Wolverines need deep snowpack to build their nests and rear their young. But climate models project a rise in temperatures across the wolverine鈥檚 current habitat in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, and .
Eight conservation groups concerned about the wolverine鈥檚 dwindling habitat in the face of rising temperatures .
Noah Greenwald from the Center for Biological Diversity says the wolverine stands to lose as much as two-thirds of its habitat over the next fifty years.
鈥淵ou know the wolverine is just a symbol of feisty predator that鈥檚 willing to take on things that are much bigger than itself," Greenwald said, "but in this case it simply can鈥檛 stand up to climate change.鈥�
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says that despite climate warming, the wolverine has steadily recovered after decades of being hunted, trapped, and poisoned. Greenwald says he expects a decision from the court within the next year.
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