Fish and Wildlife Service Issues “Warranted but Precluded” Finding for Monarch Butterfly
By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/20
In accordance with a settlement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), the FWS was required to make an Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing determination for the monarch butterfly by December 15, 2020. On December 17, 2020, the FWS announced that it had determined that adding the monarch butterfly to the list of threatened and endangered species is “warranted but precluded” by higher-priority listing actions....
By: Troutman Pepper