FWS Lists Whitebark Pine, Tiehm's Buckwheat as Threatened, Endangered
The Fish and Wildlife Service in two final rules listed a plant and a tree as endangered and threatened, respectively. A final rule published Dec. 15 lists the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis), a high-elevation tree species found across western North…
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America, as threatened, with a 4(d) rule that prohibits importation and exportation without a permit. Another released Dec. 15 lists the Tiehm’s buckwheat (Eriogonum tiehmii), a plant species native to Nevada, as endangered. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rules take effect Jan. 17.