U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period for Proposed Critical Habitat Designation for Florida Leafwing and Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak Butterflies

Summary

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the public comment period for the proposed critical habitat designation for the Florida leafwing and Bartram's scrub-hairstreak butterflies, which includes 10,561 acres in four units and 11,539 acres in seven units in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, Florida. The proposed rule revises the previously proposed critical habitat to include hydric pine flatwoods and increases the size of the Everglades National Park Unit for each butterfly.