U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Furbish's Lousewort, One of the First Federally Protected Plants, Now Faces a Lower Risk of Extinction
May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023
WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on May 9, 2023:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing the final decision to downlist the Furbish's lousewort from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).
The status change is a milestone for the perennial plant, which was one of the first to be protected under the ESA.
At the tim . . .
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing the final decision to downlist the Furbish's lousewort from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).
The status change is a milestone for the perennial plant, which was one of the first to be protected under the ESA.
At the tim . . .