Roundtail Chub

A federal court in Arizona ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service improperly withdrew a proposed rule to protect the lower Colorado River basin roundtail chub as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The agency failed to show why the taxonomic revision of the fish required it to deny protection.

TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal court in Arizona ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service improperly withdrew a proposed rule to protect the lower Colorado River basin roundtail chub as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The agency failed to show why the taxonomic revision of the fish required it to deny protection.

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