12/29/2024
Get full details at www.usark.org/23esa2
UPDATE 12/27/24: The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has used emergency rulemaking to apply a 240-day temporary listing for the blue tree monitor (Varanus macraei) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This is effective immediately. FWS has proposed that this listing will be permanent. They can choose not to list the species if the evidence does not support the listing, or they can modify the listing. This will now be an expedited process. Anyone working with this species, especially those who have successfully bred it, should submit information (see full alert for info) to FWS.
Read the Federal Register notice at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/26/2024-30375/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-emergency-listing-of-the-blue-tree-monitor-as-an
