FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ISSUES RULE: ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS; REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a rule called: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 21 by Kevin Lilly, Principal Deputy for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Exercising the Delegated Authority of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior.

Summary: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS or the Service), revise our regulations concerning protections of threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (Act). We are removing the "blanket rule" option for protecting newly listed threatened species pursuant to section 4(d) of the Act.

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