How does the Service determine whether a species needs to be listed under the Federal Endangered Species?
Under section 4 of the Federal Endangered Species Act, species are determined to be threatened or endangered because of one or more of the following five factors: (1) present or threatened destruction of habitat; (2) over utilization; (3) disease or predation; (4) inadequacy of existing regulations for protection; and (5) other natural or human-made factors (e.g., catastrophic environmental events such as floods and drought, electric light insect traps, pesticides. The Salt Creek tiger beetle is threatened by habitat destruction, inadequate protection from other Federal, State or local laws, and other natural or human-made factors.
