546,335 Acres in 9 Western States Proposed as Protected Critical Habitat for Yellow-billed Cuckoos
Protection Will Benefit Rare Songbird
and Health of Rivers in
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming
SACRAMENTO,
Calif.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect more
than a half-million acres of critical habitat across the West for the yellow-billed
cuckoo, a
songbird that lives along rivers and streams. The bird was proposed for
Endangered Species Act protection in October 2013 as part of a 2011 agreement
with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protection decisions
for 757 imperiled species
nationwide. Today’s proposal would protect 546,335 acres of streamside habitat
in nine western states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada,
New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
"Looking at the maps of proposed ‘critical habitat’ in
my area, almost ALL of it is on private land where farming and ranching takes
place. It is also where we farmers and ranchers own our water rights. This is
about ending farming and ranching and control of the water, which of course
means not using it so it can be ‘free".
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