The 60-day comment period on a proposal to protect two prairie butterflies, the Dakota skipper and the Poweshiek skipperling, under the Endangered Species Act will end on December 23, 2013, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the public will have more opportunities to provide input. The Service plans to open an additional public comment period in 2014, once a draft economic analysis on the potential impacts of critical habitat is available. Additionally, the Service will continue to accept comments via mail or hand delivery on the proposal for critical habitat and the proposal for listing between December 23, 2013, and when the comment period is reopened.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offering additional comment period on proposed protection for butterflies
The rules were changed to be more livestock-production friendly, and to more clearly define the areas that are considered critical to the spec…
The Dakota skipper is now protected as threatened and the Poweshiek skipperling is protected as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (E…