Six-month extension is accompanied by 30-day public comment period to seek more information
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today its finding that a six-month extension is needed before it can make a final determination over whether to list slickspot peppergrass (lepidium papilliferum), a plant native to southeast Idaho, under the Endangered Species Act.
The extension will give the Service time to consider additional information on the status of the species and the threats it faces, and to resolve disagreements over the sufficiency and accuracy of available data for the species. Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act allows the Secretary of the Interior to extend the 12 months allotted to make a final listing decision by up to six months when
