Proposed Listing of Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

This email contains important information about endangered species and environmental regulations that may impact the Texas economy.

Opportunity for Public Comment:

Proposed Listing of Yellow-Billed Cuckoo - Comments due Dec. 2, 2013

On Oct. 3, 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the yellow-billed cuckoo in the western portions of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico (western yellow-billed cuckoo) as a threatened distinct population segment under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). If finalized, this rule would extend ESA protections to the western yellow-billed cuckoo.

Reminder - Additional Deadlines:

• Proposals to Remove the Gray Wolf from the Endangered Species List while Maintaining Protections for the Mexican Wolf, and to Revise the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican Wolf by Listing it as Endangered - Comments due Oct. 28, 2013
• Proposed Revisions to Endangered Species Act Implementation Regulations – Comments due Nov. 4, 2013
• Petition to Downlist the Black-Capped Vireo and Tobusch Fishhook Cactus - Comments due Nov. 8, 2013

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