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Federal officials have rejected a petition seeking protection for a small mothlike insect known to exist in only three sites: two in Colorado and one in New Mexico.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says that based on its review, it doesn’t believe the Susan’s purse-making caddisfly is in danger of going extinct. The agency said Monday that the insect doesn’t warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Conservation groups sought protection for the caddisfly, found only at a spring in Chaffee County and a creek in Park County and at Jaramillo Creek in Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico.
The groups say the caddisfly is endangered by livestock grazing, logging, development and depleted springs. The Associated Press
