Energy & environment · 03/09/2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Downlist Hesperocyparis abramsiana (Santa Cruz Cypress) and Reclassify it as Threatened

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a 12-month finding on a petition to reclassify Santa Cruz cypress as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and proposes to reclassify it as threatened, as well as correct its scientific name on the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants.