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\n Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species Friday, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the biggest threats to its survival in one of the world\u2019s most lucrative oil and natural gas basins.\u201cWe have determined that the dunes sagebrush lizard is in danger of extinction throughout all of its range,\u201d the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said. It concluded that the lizard already is \u201cfunctionally extinct\u201d across 47% of its range.Much of the the 2.5-inch-long (6.5-centimeter), spiny, light brown lizard\u2019s remaining habitat has been fragmented, preventing the species from finding mates beyond those already living close by, according to biologists.\u201cEven if there were no further expansion of the oil and gas or sand mining industry, the existing footprint of these operations will continue to negatively affect the dunes sagebrush lizard into the future,\u201d the service said in its final determination, published in the Federal Register.<\/p>\n
The decision caps two decades of legal and regulatory skirmishes between the U.S. government, conservationists and the oil and gas industry. Environmentalists cheered the move, while industry leaders condemned it as a threat to future production of the fossil fuels.<\/p>\n
The decision provides a \u201clifeline for survival\u201d for a unique species whose \u201conly fault has been occupying a habitat that the fossil fuel industry has been wanting to claw away from it,\u201d said Bryan Bird, the Southwest director for Defenders of Wildlife. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe dunes sagebrush lizard spent far too long languishing in a Pandora\u2019s box of political and administrative back and forth even as its population was in free-fall towards extinction,\u201d Bird said in a statement. The Permian Basin Petroleum Association and the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association expressed disappointment, saying the determination flies in the face of available science and ignores longstanding state-sponsored conservation efforts across hundreds of thousands of acres and commitment of millions of dollars in both states. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis listing will bring no additional benefit for the species and its habitat, yet could be detrimental to those living and working in the region,\u201d PBPA President Ben Shepperd and NMOGA President and CEO Missi Currier said in a joint statement, adding that they view it as a federal overreach that can harm communities.Scientists say the lizards are found only in the Permian Basin, the second-smallest range of any North American lizard. The reptiles live in sand dunes and among shinnery oak, where they feed on insects and spiders and burrow into the sand for protection from extreme temperatures. Environmentalists first petitioned for the species\u2019 protection in 2002, and in 2010 federal officials found that it was warranted. That prompted an outcry from some members of Congress and communities that rely on oil and gas development for jobs and tax revenue.Several Republican lawmakers sent a letter to officials in the Obama administration asking to delay a final decision, and in 2012, federal officials decided against listing the dunes sagebrush lizard.<\/p>\n
Then-U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said at the time that the decision was based on the \u201cbest available science\u201d and because of voluntary conservation agreements in place in New Mexico and Texas.The Fish and Wildlife Service said in Friday\u2019s decision that such agreements \u201chave provided, and continue to provide, many conservation benefits\u201d for the lizard, but \u201cbased on the information we reviewed in our assessment, we conclude that the risk of extinction for the dunes sagebrush lizard is high despite these efforts.\u201d Among other things, the network of roads will continue to restrict movement and facilitate direct mortality of dunes sagebrush lizards from traffic, it added, while industrial development \u201cwill continue to have edge effects on surrounding habitat and weaken the structure of the sand dune formations.\u201d <\/p>\n
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