nelson's checker-mallow delisted

11/9/2023

The Pacific Northwest has another cause for celebration during the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the removal of Nelson’s checker-mallow, a perennial flower with spectacular pink blooms, from the federal list of endangered and threatened species due to recovery. While the species is no longer federally listed, it remains on the Oregon and Washington state lists.

The delisting of Nelson’s checker-mallow is now the latest in a string of recent recoveries for federally listed Pacific Northwest plants. Golden paintbrush was delisted in July after a remarkable comeback, and Bradshaw’s lomatium was delisted due to recovery in 2022.
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