January 2016
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Johnston’s frankenia will be removed from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. Once thought to number less than 1,000 plants, the best available information now indicates that there are over 4 million plants in at least 68 locations throughout southwest Texas and northeast Mexico. Johnston’s frankenia was listed on August 7, 1984, as endangered.
The Service is also announcing the availability of the Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan for Johnston’s frankenia. The post-delisting monitoring plan was developed in cooperation with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission, The Nature Conservancy, and Texas Department of Transportation.
