Center for Biological Diversity: New Mexico Butterfly Gains Endangered Species Act Protection
January 31, 2023
January 31, 2023
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 31 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2023:
In response to multiple petitions and lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly as an endangered species.
The stunning orange and dark-brown butterfly is found only in high-elevation meadows in the Lincoln National Forest in southern . . .
In response to multiple petitions and lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly as an endangered species.
The stunning orange and dark-brown butterfly is found only in high-elevation meadows in the Lincoln National Forest in southern . . .