Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day (well…… actually….. 3107-day) Finding on a Petition To List the Yellowstone National Park Bison Herd as Endangered. From last August.
Buffaloed on Apr 19th 2008
From: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-16004.htm
This document is titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Yellowstone National Park Bison Herd as Endangered”
It was issued in the Federal Register by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on August 15, 2007 which was 3017 days longer than was legal under the 90-day requirement of the Endangered Species Act.
“Mr. James Horsley of Moorhead, Minnesota, filed a petition dated January 5, 1999, with the Secretary of the Interior to list the “herd of buffalo at the Yellowstone National Park” “because it is endangered in a significant portion of its range.” Mr. Horsley requested that the Service list the herd as a subspecies or “distinct population group,” and to designate critical habitat in and adjacent to YNP. The Service received the petition on February 11, 1999. Action on this petition has been precluded until now because of higher priority listing actions. This finding does not consider critical habitat, which would only arise with a positive 12-month finding.”
You can read Mr. Horsley’s handwritten ESA petition here:
http://www.fws.gov/mountain%2Dprairie/species/mammals/yellowstonebison/petition.pdf
More information can be found here:
http://www.fws.gov/mountain%2Dprairie/species/mammals/yellowstonebison/
And there is even more under the fold:
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