FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS; INITIATION OF 5-YEAR STATUS REVIEWS OF 14 SPECIES IN THE SOUTHWEST

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice called: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of 14 Species in the Southwest.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 11 by Leston Jacks, Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Summary: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are conducting 5-year status reviews of 14 animal and plant species under the Endangered Species Act. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any such information that has become available since the last reviews for the species.

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