Cottonwood Prompts Essential Recovery Plan for Endangered Cacti Species.
December 2015
In 2015, Cottonwood sent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue for failing to prepare a Recovery Plan for the Winkler pincushion cactus. The Winkler is a small flowering cacti, which can retract entirely into the ground during the winter and dry seasons. The Winkler is only found in the high desert of south-central Utah.
Livestock grazing, climate change, and other habitat disturbances threaten the Winkler Pincushion Cactus.
In response to Cottonwood’s Notice of Intent to Sue, the federal government agreed to prepare a Recovery Plan. The Recovery Plan will help ensure adequate regulatory mechanisms are put in place to protect and restore the species.
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Read the Recovery Plan