Legal Victory Speeds Habitat Protection for Endangered Miami Tiger Beetles

Press Release issued on April 10, 2023.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed today to finalize critical habitat for endangered Miami tiger beetles by May 8. The announcement marks a legal victory for the Center for Biological Diversity, Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association, and Tropical Audubon Society. These native beetles face devastating habitat loss from unfettered development and sea-level rise.

The proposed critical habitat of the tiger beetles largely overlaps with designated critical habitat for Carter’s small-flowered flax, Florida brickell-bush, and Bartram’s scrub-hairstreak and Florida leafwing butterflies.

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