Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel Conservation on Private Lands in Adams County, Idaho

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has entered into a Safe Harbor Agreement to conserve the northern Idaho Ground squirrel on private lands in Adams County, Idaho.

News Release
Agreement
USFWS Conservation Plans

SLICKSPOT PEPPERGRASS TO BE LISTED AS
THREATENED
THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE

Final Rule to publish the week of October 5, 2009

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that a final Rule will publish next week to protect slickspot peppergrass (Lepidium papilliferum), a native plant found only in southwest Idaho, as a threatened species protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

News Release
Federal Register Notice (10/09/09

Known Lepidium papilliferum Occurrences (B/W map)

Element occurrence locations and physiographic regions for Lepidium papilliferum (Color map)

BLISS RAPIDS SNAIL TO REMAIN PROTECTED

The Service has determined that the Bliss Rapids snail will remain federally protected as a threatened species.

For more information, please click here for the News Release and Federal Register Notice.