Petition to list the Mohave Ground Squirrel - Defenders of Wildlife

I. NOTICE OF PETITION
Ms. Gale Norton
Secretary of the Interior
Office of the Secretary
Department of the Interior
18 th and C Street N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20240
September 12, 2005
Dear Ms. Norton:
Petition to list the Mohave ground squirrel
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Defenders of Wildlife and Dr. Glenn R. Stewart hereby formally petition to list the Mohave
ground squirrel, endemic to California state, as an endangered species pursuant to the
Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. This petition is filed under 5 U.S.C. 553(e)
and 50 CFR 424.14 (1990), which grants interested parties the right to petition for issue of a
rule from the Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Petitioners also request that critical habitat be designated concurrent with the listing, as
required by 16 U.S.C. § 1553(b)(6)(C) and 50 CFR 424.12, and pursuant to the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553).
We are aware that this petition sets in motion a specific process placing definite response
requirements on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and very specific time constraints upon
those responses. 16 U.S.C. § 1553(b).
Sincerely,
Cynthia Wilkerson
California Representative
Defenders of Wildlife
926 J Street, Suite 522
Sacramento, CA 95819
Phone: 916-313-5810
Fax: 916-313-5812
Email: cwilkerson@defenders.org
Defenders of Wildlife is a national, private non-profit organization with more than 475,000
members nationwide, 100,000 of which reside in California. Defenders is dedicated to
protecting all wild animals and plants in their natural communities. To this end, Defenders
employs science, public education and participation, media, legislative advocacy, litigation,
and proactive on-the-ground solutions in order to impede the accelerating rate of extinction
of species, associated loss of biological diversity, and habitat alteration and destruction.