Extractions: Terry Sexson 303-236-7917 ext. 429 U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BEGINS RECOVERY PROCESS FOR PREBLE'S MEADOW JUMPING MOUSE On Tuesday, March 25, in the Federal Register, the Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, a small, nocturnal rodent, as an endangered species. During the next year, the Service will begin recovery efforts by holding public meetings in affected areas to provide information on the mouse and its habitat and to gather any additional information that may be known about the species. At the end of the year and after comments from the public have been collected and reviewed, the Fish and Wildlife Service will make a final determination as to whether the Preble's meadow jumping mouse should be added to the Federal list of endangered species as a threatened or endangered species or if it no longer warrants listing. The Preble's meadow jumping mouse, first identified in 1895, inhabits wet meadows and riparian habitats along the eastern edge of the Colorado Front Range below 7,400 feet in elevation and similar habitats in southeastern Wyoming. Surveys conducted during the past five years have found very few individuals of this species in Wyoming and failed to find it at many historical locations in Colorado. Currently, Preble's is known to live in Jefferson, Boulder, Douglas and El Paso counties in Colorado, and Albany and Laramie counties in Wyoming. Four of the areas where Preble's is found are Federal facilities, including the Air Force Academy and Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site in Colorado, and Warren Air Force Base and the Medicine Bow National Forest in Wyoming.
Critical Habitat Proposed For The Colorado Butterfly Plant The US Fish and Wildlife service is proposing to designate approximately 8486acres of Brian Kelly 307777-2374 ext 34 Diane Katzenberger 303-236-4578 http://www.r6.fws.gov/pressrel/04-55.htm
Extractions: Diane Katzenberger 303-236-4578 Critical Habitat Proposed for the Colorado Butterfly Plant The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate approximately 8,486 acres of land along 113 stream miles as critical habitat for the Colorado butterfly plant a short-lived perennial herb. Areas under consideration include parts of Platte and Laramie counties in Wyoming; Kimball County in Nebraska; and Weld County in Colorado. The Colorado butterfly plant was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 2000. This critical habitat proposal is in response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Biodiversity Legal Foundation. Todays proposal is made under a court-approved settlement agreement requiring the Service to make a final critical habitat designation for the Colorado butterfly plant by Dec. 31, 2004. The proposed critical habitat areas are adjacent to Teepee Ring Creek, Bear Creek, Little Bear Creek, Horse Creek
