U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Proposed ESA Protection for Rio Grande Mussels
July 25, 2023
July 25, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on July 24, 2023:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list two species of freshwater mussels - the Salina mucket and Mexican fawnsfoot - as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and proposing to designate critical habitat for each. The mussels historically ranged throughout the mainstem Rio Grande and select major tributaries i . . .
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list two species of freshwater mussels - the Salina mucket and Mexican fawnsfoot - as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and proposing to designate critical habitat for each. The mussels historically ranged throughout the mainstem Rio Grande and select major tributaries i . . .