Notice of Availability of the Agency Draft Recovery Plan for Cumberland Sandwort for Review and Comment

Résumé

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability for public review of an agency draft recovery plan for Cumberland sandwort (Arenaria cumberlandensis). This endangered species is known from five populations in Tennessee and Kentucky. It is restricted to sandstone ledges and rock houses in the Cumberland Plateau Province of south-central Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. Specialized habitat requirements, in combination with habitat alteration, are the primary limiting factors for the species. Threats to its continued existence include trampling of its habitat by recreational users and habitat alteration caused by timber harvesting on adjacent lands. The Service solicits review and comments from the public on this draft plan.