Energy & environment · 28/10/2010

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Downgrade Spikedace and Loach Minnow to Endangered Status and Designate Critical Habitat

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to reclassify spikedace and loach minnow from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and designate critical habitat for both species, covering approximately 1,168 kilometers of streams in Arizona and 1,141 kilometers of streams in New Mexico.