Energy & environment · 14/04/2011

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces 90-Day Finding on Petition to List Prairie Chub as Threatened or Endangered

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has initiated a review of the prairie chub, a fish species found in Oklahoma and Texas, after receiving a petition to list it as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The agency is seeking scientific and commercial data to determine if listing the species is warranted.