Center for Biological Diversity: Two Texas Catfish Proposed for Endangered Species Protections
August 22, 2023
August 22, 2023
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 22 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023:
Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect two aquifer-dwelling catfish in Texas as endangered species. The agency has been aware since 1982 that the toothless blindcat and the widemouth blindcat were being killed when they were pumped up from deep wells in the Edwards Aquifer and were headed . . .
Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect two aquifer-dwelling catfish in Texas as endangered species. The agency has been aware since 1982 that the toothless blindcat and the widemouth blindcat were being killed when they were pumped up from deep wells in the Edwards Aquifer and were headed . . .