Sonoran Pronghorn Recovery Plan Amended

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has amended its recovery plan for the Sonoran pronghorn, an endangered mammal found only in the most southern reaches of Arizona, to include new guidance. The changes affect the 1998 Final Revised Sonoran Pronghorn Recovery Plan and are a court-ordered response to a lawsuit brought by the Defenders of Wildlife in Federal Court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and five other government agencies.

On February 12, 2001 the Court ruled that the 1998 Recovery Plan fails to establish criteria for delisting Sonoran pronghorn and does not provide estimates of the time necessary to carry out recovery actions necessary to achieve the Plan