FWS Solicits Comment on Slickspot Peppergrass Candidate Conservation Agreement and “Best Available Information” Document

Oct 30, 2003

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today published a Notice of Availability (NOA) for a Lepidium papilliferum (slickspot peppergrass) Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) and "Best Available Information for Slickspot Peppergrass" document.

The Service is seeking public review and comment on both documents. The public comment period closes on November 14, 2003. It is not necessary to resubmit comments already provided during the previous comment periods (July 15, 2002 for the proposed rule and July 15, 2003 for areas of substantial disagreement).

The CCA is a document authored by representatives from the Idaho Governor