Butterflies (3 spp.) and the F&WS

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A heartfelt and big AMEN.

Jim Taylor
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Smith" <idleweed at tusco.net>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: Butterflies (3 spp.) and the F&WS


> Hello,
>     What everyone seems to overlook in these debates is that someone owns
> the land that you are talking about and very reasonably has plans for it.
If
> that person cannot use the land in the way that they want to then the
> government should reemburse him (or her) for their loss. That is the way
> things have historically worked (at least in the U. S.) and that is the
only
> honest way to do it. If the government does not reemburse the owner then
> they are thieves. Why should one person or organisation bear the burden of
> preserving a species, subspecies, or local population of an organism?
Don't
> get me wrong, I am in favor of habitat preservation but I don't think
> another should bear the burden for what I want done.
>             David Smith
> "Mike Quinn" <Mike.Quinn at tpwd.state.tx.us> wrote in message
> news:22D91ED6CCEED311BED1009027A8F72CD1A3A2 at tpwd-mx1.tpwd.state.tx.us...
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NEWS at fws.gov [mailto:NEWS at fws.gov]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:03 PM
> > To: fws-news at lists.fws.gov
> > Subject: [fws-news] SERVICE, CONSERVATION GROUPS REACH AGREEMENT TO LIST
> > NEW SPECIES UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
> >
> >
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> >
> > Chris Tollefson 202-208-5634
> >
> >      SERVICE,  CONSERVATION GROUPS REACH AGREEMENT
> >      TO  LIST NEW SPECIES UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
> >
> > Interior Secretary Gale Norton today announced that the U.S. Fish and
> > Wildlife Service  and several conservation organizations have reached an
> > agreement in principle that will enable the Service to complete work on
> > evaluations of numerous species proposed for listing under the
Endangered
> > Species Act.
> >
> > Under this agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, Southern
> > Appalachian Biodiversity Project, California Native Plant Society, and
the
> > Biodiversity Legal Foundation, the Service will issue final listing
> > decisions for 14 species and propose eight more species for listing. The
> > Service also will be able to take action on four citizen petitions to
list
> > species under the Act.   The Service and the organizations have agreed
to
> > extend deadlines for eight other critical habitat designations, thereby
> > making funds available for these actions.
> >
> > <snips>
> >
> > Carson wandering skipper (Nevada and California): Emergency Listing
> >
> > This species of skipper butterfly, Pseudocopaeodes eunus, is the only
one
> > in it genus.  It is found locally distributed in grassland habitats on
> > alkaline substrates in Nevada and California.  The skipper depends on
> > saltgrass communities with a freshwater source nearby to support nectar
> > sources.  This subspecies is threatened by habitat fragmentation,
> > degradation, and loss primarily due to agriculture, livestock grazing,
and
> > urban development. Non-native plant invasion and impacts from proposed
> > water development projects which can alter local hydrology are also
> > threats.  The genus of skipper butterfly is believed to include five
> > subspecies: One of the subspecies, P. e. obscurus,  currently found in
> only
> > two populations, one in Washoe County, Nevada and the other in Lassen
> > County, California.  A third population of P.e. obscurus  known from
> Carson
> > City, Nevada is believed to have been extirpated from that site in
recent
> > years.
> >
> >
> > Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly (New Mexico): Proposed
Listing
> > Rule
> >
> > The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is restricted to the
> > vicinity of  Cloudcroft in the Sacramento Mountains in Otero County, New
> > Mexico.  The species is threatened by destruction and fragmentation of
> > habitat from private and commercial development, habitat degradation and
> > loss of host plants from grazing, encroachment of conifers and
non-native
> > vegetation into non- forested openings, over-collection, and, due to its
> > limited range, vulnerability to local extirpations from extreme weather
> > events or catastrophic wildfire including fire suppression activities.
> >
> > Miami blue butterfly (Florida): 90-day Finding
> >
> > The Miami blue is a small butterfly with bright blue forewings on both
> > sexes, a wide dark outer border on the forewing in females, and an
> > orange-capped eyespot on the hindwing.  This subspecies once occurred
from
> > mainland peninsular Florida, as far north as Hillsborough and Volusia
> > counties, southward to south Florida and the Keys, including the Dry
> > Tortugas.
> >
> >
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