WildEarth Guardians: Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Protections for Two Rio Grande Mussels
July 26, 2023
July 26, 2023
SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 26 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on July 25, 2023:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today published a proposed rule to list two freshwater mussels-the Salina mucket and Mexican fawnsfoot-under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). WildEarth Guardians petitioned to list the species in 2007 and 2008, respectively.
Native to the lower Rio Grande, which flows between Texas and Mexico, the two species utilize slig . . .
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today published a proposed rule to list two freshwater mussels-the Salina mucket and Mexican fawnsfoot-under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). WildEarth Guardians petitioned to list the species in 2007 and 2008, respectively.
Native to the lower Rio Grande, which flows between Texas and Mexico, the two species utilize slig . . .