[Pollinator] FW: Island marble butterfly not to be federally listed

[Kimberly Winter]

>From Shelly Grow at the Butterfly Conservation Initiative:

The US Fish and Wildlife Service issued its 12-month finding on 14 November 
2006
stating that it was not going to list the Island marble butterfly as either
threatened or endangered. After observations of the butterfly in 1908, the
butterfly was not seen again until 1998. During surveys in 2005 and 2006, 
the
butterfly was found at 26 locations on the San Juan and Lopez islands,
indicating up to five populations may live on the two islands.

The finding was published in the November 14 Federal Register:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/E6-19064.htm

An article about the finding can be found at:
http://www.examiner.com/a-398650~Feds_deny_protection_for_San_Juan_Island_butterfly.html


Shelly Grow
Program Coordinator
Butterfly Conservation Initiative
8403 Colesville Rd., Suite 710
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: 301-562-0777 x263
Fax: 301-562-0888
Email: sgrow at aza.org

The BFCI is a program of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums