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Record closed June 1, 2026
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Oppose Removal of the North Park Phacelia From the

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the North Park Phacelia From the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants

Fish and Wildlife Service· North Park, ColoradoFederal Register 2026-08467 ↗

Greater sage-grouse displaying on a lek in sagebrush country
Pictured: Greater sage-grouse displaying on a lek in sagebrush country

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4 groups work Colorado

By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.

  • Center for Biological Diversity

    Works Colorado: led the coalition suit against the Uinta Basin Railway, whose oil trains would run the river corridors below the monument.

  • Rocky Mountain Wild

    Works Colorado: joined the formal challenge to the January 2026 replacement lease sale and previously sued BLM over the Roan Plateau leases.

  • San Juan Citizens Alliance

    Works Colorado: shaped the 2010 management plan, has fought oil and gas leasing decisions inside the monument for two decades, mobilized against the 2017 monument review, and states it continues to defend CANM..

  • WildEarth Guardians

    Works Colorado: named petitioner against the Uinta Basin Railway over habitat destruction in the basin.

Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening a 30-day public comment period on its March 2024 proposal to remove the North Park phacelia, a Colorado plant, from the federal Endangered Species Act list. The agency updated its Species Status Assessment based on peer review and previously submitted comments, and it's giving the public another chance to weigh in before making a final delisting decision. Conservation professionals, land managers, and anyone with an interest in Colorado's native plant species should consider submitting comments.

In the agency’s own words

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reopening the comment period on our March 19, 2024, proposed rule to delist the North Park phacelia (Phacelia formosula), a plant found in the state of Colorado, from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are reopening the proposed rule's comment period for 30 days to give all interested parties an additional opportunity to comment on the proposed rule in consideration of the updated Species Status Assessment (SSA) report, which we revised based on new information from comments previ…

Federal Register 2026-08467 ↗

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