We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Texas hornshell (Popenaias popeii), a freshwater mussel species from New Mexico and Texas, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (Act). If we finalize this rulemaking as proposed, it would extend the Act's protections to this species.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Texas Hornshell
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Texas hornshell (Popenaias popeii), a freshwater mussel species from New Mexico and Texas, as an endangered...
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81 FR 52796
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“Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Texas Hornshell,” thefederalregister.org (August 10, 2016), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2016-18816/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-endangered-species-status-for-texas-hornshell.