Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Dakota Skipper and Endangered Species Status for Poweshiek Skipperling
endangered-species · US Fish and Wildlife Service · Published 2014-10-24 · Effective 2014-11-24 · 79 FR 63672
Document
Document number
2014-25190
Federal Register citation
79 FR 63672
CFR reference
50 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
endangered-species
Sub-agency
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication date
2014-10-24
Effective date
2014-11-24
Interior docket
Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2013-0043
Abstract
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae), a butterfly currently found in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan and endangered species status for the Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek), a butterfly currently found in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Manitoba. The effect of this regulation will be to add these species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.