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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants - Wood Stork - Reclassification of Breeding Population from Endangered to Threatened (US Fish and Wildlife Service Regulation) (FWS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants - Wood Stork - Reclassification of Breeding Population from Endangered to Threatened (US Fish and Wildlife Service Regulation) (FWS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants - Wood Stork - Reclassification of Breeding Population from Endangered to Threatened (US Fish and Wildlife Service Regulation) (FWS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 We, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS), reclassify the United States (U. S.) breeding population of the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Further, we establish the U. S. breeding population in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, and South Carolina as a distinct population segment (DPS). The endangered designation no longer correctly reflects the status of the DPS due to improvement in its overall status. This action is based on a review of the best available scientific and commercial data, which indicate that the U. S. wood stork DPS is not presently in danger of extinction across its range. While habitat loss and fragmentation continues to impact the U. S. wood stork DPS, the increase in the abundance of the breeding population and significant expansion of the breeding range reduce the severity and magnitude of these threats. This book contains: - The complete text of the Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants - Wood Stork - Reclassification of Breeding Population from Endangered to Threatened (US Fish and Wildlife Service Regulation) (FWS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section