FWS Lists 11 Animals, 39 Plants as Endangered, Threatened

The Fish and Wildlife Service on Sept. 29 issued a final rule (here) listing 10 animal species and 39 plant species from Hawaii, including the band-rumped storm-petrel, the orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly, the anchialine pool shrimp and seven yellow-faced bees, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. FWS also listed the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, found in the Midwestern and Eastern U.S. and the Canadian province of Ontario, as threatened, in another final rule (here). New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rules take effect Oct. 31.