FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS; THREATENED SPECIES STATUS WITH SECTION 4(D) RULE FOR THE KERN CANYON SLENDER SALAMANDER AND ENDANGERED SPECIES STATUS FOR THE RELICTUAL SLENDER SALAMANDER; DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a proposed rule called: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Kern Canyon Slender Salamander and Endangered Species Status for the Relictual Slender Salamander; Designation of Critical Habitat.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 7 by Brian R. Nesvik, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Summary: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reopening the comment period on our October 18, 2022, proposed rule (2022 proposed rule), and November 21, 2023, revised proposed rule (2023 revised proposed rule) to list the Kern Canyon slender salamander ( Batrachoseps simatus) and the...