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Receive report from Tanya Sommer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Branch Chief (USFWS), about the proposed amendments to the Recovery Plan.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
None. This item is for informational purposes only.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this item is for the Stakeholder Committee to receive a report from Tanya Sommer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Branch Chief, on a recent proposal by USFWS for amendments to the Recovery Plan for Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana), fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola) and Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni). Recovery Plans are guidelines for how a federally listed species can recover from being classified as threatened or endangered. The proposed amendments have no effect on current EAHCP activities.