Availability of a Draft Recovery Plan for the Snake River Aquatic Species for Review and Comment

概要

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability for public review of a draft recovery plan for the Snake River aquatic species. The Snake River species include five Snake River molluscs listed as threatened (Bliss Rapids Snail) or endangered (the Snake River Physa, Banbury Springs lanx or limpet, Utah Valvata Snail and Idaho Springsnail) (57 FR 59244), three additional molluscs and one fish taxa currently listed as Federal candidate species, and two State of Idaho Sensitive fish taxa. The aquatic habitats essential to all these species throughout the Snake River are similar and cannot be isolated for recovery purposes. The primary and immediate recovery objectives of this Plan include implementing the conservation measures to prevent the extinction and/or further decline of existing colonies of the listed snails by eliminating or reducing known threats. Basic information necessary to establish recovery criteria so that the listed species can be reclassified or delisted will also be collected. Long term objectives are to reverse declining habitat trends and restore the Snake River ecosystem so that self-reproducing colonies of the four endangered and one threatened sna