Sonoran Joint Venture News
April 2004

Comments sought for designation of critical habitat for Mexican Spotted Owl
(Washington, D.C., March 26, 2004) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of the draft economic analysis and draft environmental assessment for the proposal to designate critical habitat for Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Comments sought for designation of critical habitat for California Gnatcatcher
(Washington, D.C., April 8, 2004) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced availability of a draft economic analysis of the proposed designation of critical habitat for the coastal California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica).

Public comment period reopened for the Determination of Distinct Vertebrate Population Segment for the California Gnatcatcher
(Washington, D.C., April 8, 2004) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the reopening of the public comment period for the proposed determination of a distinct vertebrate population segment of the California Gnatcatcher.

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