Candidate Conservation | Candidate Notice of Review
November 2009
Keith A. Bradley, Institute for Regional Conservation
The Service released its 2009 Candidate Notice of Review, a yearly appraisal of the current status of plants and animals that are considered candidates for protection under the Endangered Species Act. Four species were removed from candidate status. These include two plants from Puerto Rico—Calliandra locoensis and Calyptranthes estremerae, the troglobitic groundwater shrimp, and the fat whorled pondsnail. The Service removed these species after a review of the information found that they do not face threats to an extent that ESA protection is needed.
The notice also identifies five new candidate species: the Florida bonneted bat, the rabbitsfoot mussel, the Kentucky gladecress, and the Florida bristle fern, and the diamond darter.
There are now 249 species recognized by the Service as candidates for ESA protection.
November 2009 Candidate Notice of Review [406KB]
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