Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for Alligator Snapping Turtle

10 organizations filed 12 public comments on Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for Alligator Snapping Turtle, at the Fish and Wildlife Service. The comment window closed 1660d ago.

Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce our 12-month finding on a petition to list the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), North America’s largest freshwater turtle species, as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the alligator snapping turtle as a threatened species with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act (“4(d) rule”). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it will add the species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act’s protections to the species.

Commenters (10)

• Center for Biological Diversity

  3 filings · confidence 97%
• Defenders of Wildlife

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Edison Electric Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Energy and Wildlife Action Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Forest Landowners Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Humane Society Internationaltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Alliance of Forest Owners and eleven forestry associationstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Pacific Legal Foundationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agenciestrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Turtle Survival Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%