Dear Taxacom, ESA listing

[Sean Barry]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Robin Scribailo wrote:

> Can anyone direct me as to the procedure required to get a plant
> species federally listed as endangered? With the USFWS website not
> currently running I am not sure where to access the appropriate
> information.

Submit a petition to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of
Endangered Species.  Under the Endangered Species Act, anyone can file a
listing petition, and the Fish and Wildlife Service will evaluate it and
publish a "90-day finding" (which these days may take more than 90 days).
That finding confirms (or denies) whether the petition and the FWS
preliminary investigation furnished enough objective information to
consider ESA listing and to justify proceeding to the data-gathering,
peer-review, public-hearing, decision-making, and listing steps (which
take collectively at least another 15 months unless it's an "emergency
listing" petition).  For best and quickest results, your petition needs to
be carefully written, factual, thoroughly documented, and scientifically
sound.  Contact the FWS Office of Endangered Species for details on
petition submissions, and check the Federal Register for examples of
90-day findings, petition evaluations, and listing decisions.

Sean Barry
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