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Show Endangered Species list published by BLM The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management has published a new manual containing the agency's internal guidelines for protecting endangered and threatened species of wildlife listed by the federal government. Included in the manual is the official list of endangered en-dangered and threatened species in the United States. Six species are known to inhabit Utah, according to Paul L. Howard, BLM Utah state director; the peregrine falcon (statewide), Utah prairie dog (south central Utah), whooping crane (occasionally in the Uinta Basin), humpback chub and squawfish (Colorado River) and the woundfin (Virgin River and La Verkin Creek in Washington County). The black-footed ferret may also be present in the eastern part of the state. The guidelines apply to all programs and actions related to the national resource lands, the federal subsurface mineral estate, and the submerged lands of the outer continental shelf administered by the BLM. Also covered by the guidelines are the habitats of wildlife considered by states to be extinction-prone and in need of protection or enhancement. The policies do not specifically cover endangered en-dangered and threatened plants, Howard noted. Included in the 56-page document is a discussion of the methods the BLM is to employ in complying with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and a statement of the responsibilities of BLM officials in this regard. Copies of BLM Manual Section 6840 - Threatened and Endangered Wildlife, may be obtained by writing to Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. |