WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a recovery plan for the Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi), a minnow found in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. This recovery plan serves as a roadmap for the conservation of the Arkansas River shiner and its habitat and establishes criteria for delisting the species, originally listed as threatened under the Endangere  more