Dismal Swamp Southeastern Shrew No Longer Needs Endangered Species Act Protection

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed the Dismal Swamp southeastern shrew from Endangered Species Act protection on February 28, 2000. The shrew has had a "threatened" designation since 1986, but recent information shows that the species does not need the Act's protection.

"We list species based upon the best available scientific information. If new information subsequently becomes available showing that a species is not threatened or endangered, we will delist the species,