Why hasn the Service designated critical habitat for more species?
After a Congressional moratorium on listing new species ended in 1996, the Service faced a huge backlog of species needing to be proposed for listing as threatened or endangered. For this reason, a relatively low priority has been assigned to designating critical habitat because the Service believes that a more effective use of limited staff and funding has been to place imperiled species on the List of Endangered and Threatened Species.
Related Questions
- What state and federally listed threatened and endangered species are on the Ranch? Has critical habitat been designated on the Ranch?
- Is the Service proposing to designate critical habitat for the southern California DPS of mountain yellow-legged frog?
- Is critical habitat designated for all listed species?
