Monday, November 26, 2012

Glacier Park stonefly


“Currently at risk of becoming extinct due to the melting of the glaciers in Glacier National Park, which it depends on for it's alpine snow-melt stream habitat--It has been listed as a "candidate species" for Endangered Species Act in 2011.”
“We find that listing of the meltwater lednian stonefly is warranted. However, currently listing of the meltwater lednian stonefly is precluded by higher priority actions to amend the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. Upon publication of this 12-month petition finding, we will add the meltwater lednian stonefly to our candidate species list. We will develop a proposed rule to list the meltwater lednian stonefly as our priorities allow. We will make any determination on critical habitat during development of the proposed listing rule. During any interim period, we will address the status of the candidate taxon through our annual Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR).”

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