http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/pika-05-06-2009.html

SAN FRANCISCO— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that it is launching a full status review to determine whether the American pika, a small, alpine-dwelling relative of the rabbit that is imperiled by global warming, warrants the protections of the Endangered Species Act.

The decision comes in response to a scientific petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity in October 2007 seeking protection for the species, followed by an August 2008 lawsuit against the Service for failing to respond to the petition.

The decision, which will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, is available here: http://www.earthjustice.org/library/legal_docs/pika-90-day.pdf

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[FWS-R6-ES-2009-0021; MO 92210530083-B2]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To
List the American Pika as Threatened or Endangered with Critical Habitat
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of 90day petition finding and initiation of status review.

SUMMARY:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a
petition to list the American pika (Ochotona princeps) as threatened or
endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We find
that the petition presents substantial scientific or commercial information
indicating that listing of the American pika may be warranted. Therefore, with
the publication of this notice, we are initiating a status review of the
species, and we will issue a 12month finding to determine if the petitioned
action is warranted. To ensure that the status review is comprehensive, we are
soliciting scientific and commercial data regarding this species. We will make a
determination on critical habitat for this species if, and when, we initiate a
listing action.

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
-- Carl Sagan