[CPEO-MEF] BIOTA: Lane Mountain milk-vetch, Ft. Irwin, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Wildlife service believes Fort Irwin plant not endangered

By Abby Sewell
Barstow Desert Dispatch (CA)
September 16, 2008

FORT IRWIN = Fish and wildlife officials recommended downgrading the 
endangered status of a rare plant found primarily in and around Fort Irwin.

After completing a five-year review of 16 endangered species in 
California, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended Sept. 10 that 
the status of the Lane Mountain milk-vetch be changed from endangered to 
threatened.

The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental advocacy group 
that sued the fish and wildlife service in 2007 over its 2005 decision 
not to designate any critical habitat for the plant, immediately voiced 
objections to the recommendation.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/fort_4323___article.html/irwin_service.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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