The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it is withdrawing its 1993 proposed rule to list the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in compliance with a court order.
We have made this determination because threats to the species are not as significant as earlier believed, and current available data do not indicate that the threats to the species and its habitat are likely to endanger the species in the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Since seven Federal and State agencies signed a Conservation Agreement in June 1997, a concerted effort has been made to conserve viable populations of flat-tailed horned lizards throughout their range in the United States.
"Although work remains to be done to implement some of the high-priority actions outlined in the Management Strategy, the parties to the 1997 Conservation Agreement have been working in good faith to accomplish their tasks," said Steve Thompson, Manager of the Service
