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US agency updates list of species in need of protection

Fri 14 December 2007 13:30 UK — North America,Reptiles

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has published details about plants and animals that are candidates for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

As part of its annual appraisal, the organisation removed four species from the list, but added five more. There are currently 280 species recognised by the service as candidates for ESA protection.

"The candidate list helps the service, states and our partners focus attention and effort on the species most in need of careful management," explained director H Dale Hall.

"Because of successful conservation efforts with our partners, significant threats to a number of these candidate species have been removed."

The five species which the US Fish and Wildlife Service now deem in need of protection include the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse, the Arizona treefrog, the Laurel dace and the San Bernardino springsnail.

However, it decided that the warm springs Zaitzevian riffle beetle and two species of rare plant had recovered enough to be removed from the list.

A statement from the organisation noted: "The service has several tools for protecting candidate species and their habitat including a grants program that funds conservation projects by private landowners, states and territories."

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