Energy & environment · 14/12/2010

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces 12-Month Finding on Petition to List Sonoran Desert Tortoise as Endangered or Threatened

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that listing the Sonoran population of the desert tortoise as endangered or threatened is warranted, but is currently precluded by higher priority actions. The agency will add the species to its candidate list and develop a proposed rule to list it in the future.