Wildlife agency reeling in public input on status view for Bonneville cutthroat
The service is opening a public comment period to allow interested parties an opportunity to provide information regarding the status of the trout.
In 2001, the service determined that listing the Bonneville cutthroat trout was not warranted. The service was subsequently sued by the Center for Biological Diversity on the merits of that finding.
In 2007, the District Court of Colorado dismissed the lawsuit. However, the FWS withdrew the finding due to subsequent development of a policy enabling it to evaluate whether a species may be threatened in a significant portion of its range.
The FWS is initiating a new status review to include an analysis of whether the Bonneville cutthroat trout is warranted for listing as threatened or endangered in any significant portion of its range.
A portion of a subspecies range is considered significant if it is part of the current range of the species and contributes meaningfully to the ability to conserve the species.
The Bonneville cutthroat trout is found primarily in Utah and in parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada in the Bonneville Basin.
To ensure the status review is complete and based on the best available science, the FWS is seeking any new information regarding the historic and current population status and distribution of, and potential threats to, the Bonneville cutthroat trout throughout its range, or any significant portion of its range. Information regarding management programs for the conservation of the species is also requested.
Comments and information will be accepted until April 1 and can be submitted electronically via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at: www.regulations.gov, or can be mailed or hand-delivered to Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-R6-ES-2008-0023; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 222; Arlington, VA 22203.
Information submitted in response to the 12-month finding published in 2001 will be considered and need not be resubmitted.
For more information, visit the service's Web site at: www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/fish/bct/.
The Bonneville cutthroat trout is one of 14 subspecies of cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki native to interior regions of western North America. Cutthroat trout owe their common name to the distinctive red or orange slash just below both sides of the lower jaw.
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