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Peirson's
Milk Vetch
"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and plaintiffs
in a lawsuit filed last March against BLM concerning compliance
with the Endangered Species Act reached a settlement October 20,
2000, on certain restrictions on vehicle use in portions of the
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area in Southern California to protect
the Peirson's milkvetch, a plant found nowhere else in the United
States.
The settlement, filed with the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District in San Francisco and pending final approval by
that Court, is part of ongoing overall settlement discussions resulting
from a lawsuit filed against BLM by the Center for Biological Diversity,
the Sierra Club, and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
The basis of the suit is that BLM has not yet consulted with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on the effects of California
Desert Plan, covering more than nine million acres of public lands,
on a number of threatened and endangered species..." Click here to learn about the Plants that caused this to happen. Click here to see pictures of the Peirson's Milkvetch (PMV) PMV Transplanting - - why it won't work. |