Photo credit: US Fish & Wildlife Service
Just before the small Maguire daisy, native to the desert Southwest of the United States, was placed on the endangered species list in 1985, a survey estimated that the population had dropped to just five plants. Extinction, it appeared, was inevitable.
Thanks to continued conservation efforts, the situation today is looking much better—making the daisy one of the greatest conservation successes of the last 25 years.
"Working in partnership with other federal agencies, state and local governments, and other partners," Assistant Secretary of the inside for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland explained, "we can make definite irreplaceable plants and animals such as the Maguire daisy and the habitat they depend on are preserved for future generations."
The daisy, part of the sunflower relatives, is now thought to occupy 10 populations across Utah, numbering as lots of as 163,000 plants. It's lovely , officials have agreed, to remove the daisy from the Endangered Species List.
When the decision goes in to effect on February 20, 2011, Erigeron maguirei will join the 20 other species that have managed to outgrow their listed status.
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