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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8058
Description
General Endangered Species - not basin specific
State
CO
Basin
San Juan/Dolores
Water Division
7
Date
10/14/2004
Author
Allison A Freeman
Title
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher - Land Letter, The Natural Resources Weekly Report - FWS Proposes 1,556 Miles of Habitat for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
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<br />"L:\~D LETTER: The .:\'atural Resources Weekly Report <br /> <br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br />IHll :l ,,2 <br /> <br /> <br />I~R-V ~I <br /> <br />----- .. <br /> <br />Thursday, October 14, 2004 <br /> <br />4. ENDANGERED SPECIES <br />FWS proposes 1,556 miles of habitat for southwestern willow flycatcher <br />Allison A. Freeman, Land Letter reporter <br /> <br />A tinY. golf ball-sized bird that has plltc:d canle ranchers against ennronmentallsts would gam O\'C'r 1.500 <br />miles of cntll'al hahllat In the Southwest under a rull- the Fish and Wildhfe Ser\'lCe proposed this week. <br /> <br />The designation for the southwestern willow flycatcher. "hlch was lirst listed as endangered almost 10 years <br />ago, would encompass 1.556 mIles within the IOO.}'ear Iloodplam of waters In Arizona. Cahfomia, Colorado, <br />Nevada. New ~lexico and Utah. according to the prupuwd I'ull' published m Tuesday's Felh'ral Rt'gisrer. <br /> <br />The dcsIl,.'l1atlOn would almost tnple the agency's 1997 allernpl at critical habitat. which Included 599 miles In <br />Arizona. Cahfomla and New !\fexico. <br /> <br />BUI envIronmental groups said the proposal stilllc-;]n:s out some crucI;]1 areas, including some that F\\'S had <br />mapped out In its own r('..'owl')' plan for thc bird. <br /> <br />The southwestern WIllow Ilycatcht'r is a migratory, insect-eating bird that <br />nests In the Umh..d States from April to September. It dwells in the <br />npanan areas around streams that flow through otherwise arid parts of the <br />Southwest. <br /> <br />ry~ <br />~ ~ ,~ <br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />4 <br />I <br /> <br />F\VS offiCIals have attributed the l1ycalcher's dwindlmg numbers to loss <br />of lis WIllow and cottonwood habitat. The agency said channciLzauon of <br />rivers and watcr dn'crsion for mumcipal uses. crops, flood control <br />projects. recreation, hvcstock grazmg. tire and Urbaml;Jtion haw changed <br />the natural charactcrl:>l!CS of the nvers along whIch the bird nests. <br /> <br /> <br />Federal biologIsts eSllmate that only :lboUl 1.000 breedmg pairs remain. <br /> <br />Brian :-':owicki of the Center for BIOlogIcal Dlversny s:lid the most reccnt <br />habit:lt proposal would beller protect the bIrd than the Sef\"lCe'S t1rst <br />attempt but could Il';]\'C II subJeelto such threats from de\"(:lopment and <br />other practices In some areas. <br /> <br />The &O\.llt.....eslem w,11ow (I,catcher '$ leSS <br />~'lan 6 ,nches long and werghs onl, about <br />0.: ounces PnOIO oourtes, of trle US <br />~oc.aISul'Ye,'SU-lannelangridgf' <br /> <br />In partIcular, :'\owlckl saId he was concl'mcd with the exclUSIOn of streams in Southern CalifornIa and north <br />of Phoeni:\.. which are both pnme areas for dC\'elopmcnl. Further. the dC:>lgnation also exclud..'d the Lower <br />RIO Grande River, which has already bt't.'1l laden with controversy over how to balance low stream nows. <br />fanTIlng needs and the cndangered silvery minnow. <br /> <br />"It's like they deCIded to politIcally get ahead and exclude areas that they would find pohtlcally unpalatable." <br />;\owickl said. <br /> <br />http://www.cencws.nctLandkttcrinc1Ut.kprint.php?singlc=IOl-tO.tO-t <br /> <br />101-1'200-1 <br />
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