FWS Again Lists Idaho Grass Species as Threatened

The Fish and Wildlife Service is reinstating threatened status for slickspot peppergrass (lepidium papilliferum), a plant species from the state of Idaho, under the Endangered Species Act, it said in a final rule (here). FWS had originally listed the plant as threatened in 2009, but a federal court subsequently overturned the listing. FWS says its final rule relisting the species addresses the court’s concerns. Import and export restrictions set by the final rule take effect Sept. 16.