FWS Removes Nelson's Checker-Mallow From Endangered Species List

The Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the island bedstraw (Galium buxifolium) and Santa Cruz Island dudleya (Dudleya nesiotica), two plant species found in the Channel Islands National Park off the coast of California, from the Endangered Species List, it said in a final rule published Nov. 7. An FWS review indicated that “threats to island bedstraw and Santa Cruz Island dudleya have been eliminated or reduced to the point that these species have recovered and no longer meet the definition of an endangered or threatened species," the agency said. The delisting takes effect Dec. 7.