As online activists and conservationists, we can all feel good about these Top 5 Wins for Endangered Species this week, courtesy of Plentymag.com. Although we certainly have our work cut out for us in terms of preserving our environment and its inhabitants, let’s not forget to give ourselves a pat on the back for the small gains we’ve made so far. Small gains are what it’s all about, and have made a world of difference for these endangered species below:

Win # 1: In 2004, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed getting rid of 95% of the protected habitat for endangered marbled murrelets. Loggers would be happy, but conservationists warned that the increase in logging in the Pacific Northwest would threaten this rare shorebird with extinction. The FWS rescinded its plans this week, and the habitat will remain protected.

Win # 2: The world’s most endangered whale, the North Pacific right whale, was officially declared an endangered species by the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Endangered Species Act provides protected status gains that could save these last 50 known whales from dangers posed by offshore gas and oil drilling.

Win # 3: Feral felines in Cape May, New Jersey will now be fenced off from the key beach habitats of certain endangered shorebirds. Good news for both species - the birds and the cats still get to play”just not with each other.

Win # 4: An Arizona judge has put the bald eagle back on the Endangered Species List. With only 50 breeding pairs of bald eagles in the entire state, the courts have decided that the eagles still need protection.

Win # 5: The long-legged warbler, a native bird of Fiji thought to be extinct in 2003, has been placed on a list of endangered birds facing extinction by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

by visiting the US Fish and Wildlife Service website, and find out what you can do to get involved in their various endangered species programs.