Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Plant Critical Habitat on Maui and Kahoolawe

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today published a final rule designating 96,115 acres on the islands of Maui and Kahoolawe as critical habitat for 60 threatened and endangered plants. The rule, the fourth in a series required for 255 Hawaiian plant species under a federal court order, completes the critical habitat designation process for Maui County.

As was the case with the final rules establishing plant critical habitat on Molokai and Lanai, the Service significantly reduced the acreage included within the boundaries of the designated habitat for Maui and Kahoolawe. On Maui, a total of 93,200 acres of critical habitat was established