U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Partnership-Driven Conservation Gives Oregon Butterfly Wings
January 12, 2023
January 12, 2023
PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2023:
The Fender's blue butterfly, once thought to be extinct, is fluttering toward recovery under the Endangered Species Act. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reclassified Fender's blue butterfly from endangered to threatened and finalized a special rule that makes it easier for landowners to manage for this species.
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The Fender's blue butterfly, once thought to be extinct, is fluttering toward recovery under the Endangered Species Act. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reclassified Fender's blue butterfly from endangered to threatened and finalized a special rule that makes it easier for landowners to manage for this species.
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