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206 Species Petition

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has made a partial determination regarding a petition to protect 206 species under the Endangered Species Act. The Service found that the petition submitted by WildEarth Guardians does not contain substantial information that listing may be warranted for 165 of the petitioned species; therefore, the Service will not initiate a further status review for these species. Two plant species included in the petition were addressed in a petition finding for 475 Southwestern species that published on January 6, 2009. Therefore, only 204 species were reviewed for this determination. A finding regarding the remaining 39 petitioned species will be made at a later date.

• Press Release: February 5, 2009 Endangered Species Act Protections for 165 Petitioned Species Not Warranted
• Federal Register: February 5, 2009 Partial 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List 206 Species in the Midwest and Western United States as Threatened or Endangered With Critical Habitat
  
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