Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Kern Canyon Slender Salamander and Endangered Species Status for the Relictual Slender Salamander; Designation of Critical Habitat

Two California salamander species are getting federal protection today. According to the Federal Register, the Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the comment period on a proposed rule to list the Kern Canyon slender salamander as threatened and the relictual slender salamander as endangered. Both would have critical habitat designated. The reopened process allows public input on a new provision addressing conservation and economic impacts.

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