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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants | Rule for the Silverspot Butterfly

May 22, 2022

Written By

Kevin Allard

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants | Rule for the Silverspot Butterfly

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Silverspot Butterfly

Published on 2022-05-04 in the Federal Register.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Proposed rule.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list a subspecies of butterfly (Speyeria nokomis nokomis), a silverspot butterfly from Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act (“4(d) rule''). This document also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the silverspot. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the subspecies is warranted. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this subspecies to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to the subspecies. We determined that designating critical habitat for this subspecies under the Act is not prudent.

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Supporting Documents:

Silverspot SSA Report Peer Review – See attachments

20210211 Final S n nokomis SSA Version 1_508

Silverspot Butterfly Proposed Listing and 4d Literature Cited – See Attachments

Endangered and Threatened Species: Status for the Silverspot Butterfly

How To Comment:

Comments close on: 2022-07-05

We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before July 5, 2022. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date. We must receive requests for a public hearing, in writing, at the address shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by June 21, 2022.

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Kevin Allard
Author: Kevin Allard

Kevin is an American outdoorsman born and raised in rural Arizona who grew up exploring the Arizona backcountry with his father. Today, he and his son travel to the most remote regions of Arizona, scavenging for the remains of early western pioneers. As a lifelong outdoorsman, Kevin has learned to stick close to his roots while engaging in important advocacy work regarding motorized access to public lands. You can find his work in many local and nationwide publications, including The Western Journal, 4Low Magazine, and his website AZBackroads.com.

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