Center for Biological Diversity: Threatened Idaho Plant Finally Receives Critical Habitat
May 05, 2023
May 05, 2023
BOISE, Idaho, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on May 3, 2023:
Following litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated critical habitat today for the slickspot peppergrass, an Idaho plant that's protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The agency's final rule sets aside 78,009 acres in Ada, Elmore, Gem, Payette and Owyhee counties.
"The slicksp . . .
Following litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated critical habitat today for the slickspot peppergrass, an Idaho plant that's protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The agency's final rule sets aside 78,009 acres in Ada, Elmore, Gem, Payette and Owyhee counties.
"The slicksp . . .