{"id":20863,"date":"2020-08-03T20:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T20:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=20863"},"modified":"2020-08-04T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:32:15","slug":"fish-wildlife-service-agrees-reverse-course-reconsider-sonoran-desert-tortoise-endangered-species-act-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/fish-wildlife-service-agrees-reverse-course-reconsider-sonoran-desert-tortoise-endangered-species-act-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"El Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre acuerda revertir el curso, reconsiderar la tortuga del Desierto de Sonora para la protecci\u00f3n de la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los conservacionistas han negociado un <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020.08.03-Sonoran-Desert-Tortoise-Order-Granting-Stip.pdf\">convenio<\/a> con el Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de EE. UU. (el Servicio) para volver atr\u00e1s y reconsiderar su decisi\u00f3n de 2015 de no proteger a la tortuga del Desierto de Sonora bajo la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinci\u00f3n (ESA).<\/p>\n<p>El acuerdo, aprobado hoy por un tribunal federal en Tucson, Arizona, se alcanz\u00f3 despu\u00e9s de que WildEarth Guardians y Western Watersheds Project impugnaron la decisi\u00f3n del Servicio de 2015 de no incluir en la lista, que alegaron fue arbitraria, en conflicto con la ESA y no conforme con el mejor ciencia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre debe ser aplaudido por hacer lo correcto aqu\u00ed\u201d, dijo Matthew Bishop, un abogado del Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental que representa a los grupos. \u201cLa decisi\u00f3n de 2015 simplemente asumi\u00f3 que las tortugas estaban bien en ausencia de datos de poblaci\u00f3n. Esto no era ni legal ni biol\u00f3gicamente defendible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>De acuerdo con el acuerdo, el Servicio ahora debe regresar y analizar de nuevo el estado del animal en peligro en Arizona. Como parte de esta nueva evaluaci\u00f3n, el Servicio tambi\u00e9n solicitar\u00e1 informaci\u00f3n adicional al p\u00fablico ya los bi\u00f3logos, y luego emitir\u00e1 una nueva decisi\u00f3n en 18 meses. Durante este tiempo, se restaurar\u00e1 el estatus de &quot;especie candidata&quot; de la tortuga del desierto de Sonora, elevando as\u00ed su protecci\u00f3n mientras est\u00e1 pendiente una nueva decisi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEn medio de una crisis de extinci\u00f3n, el Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de EE. UU. tiene la responsabilidad de intensificar y proteger la biodiversidad de nuestro pa\u00eds\u201d, dijo Taylor Jones, defensora de especies en peligro de extinci\u00f3n de WildEarth Guardians. \u201cEs m\u00e1s importante que nunca que el Servicio proteja los h\u00e1bitats y las especies con base en la mejor ciencia disponible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El h\u00e1bitat de la tortuga del desierto de Sonora est\u00e1 amenazado por las especies invasoras, el pastoreo de ganado, el aumento del riesgo de incendios, los desarrollos de viviendas, los veh\u00edculos todo terreno, la fragmentaci\u00f3n del h\u00e1bitat y el aumento de la depredaci\u00f3n facilitada por las actividades humanas. El desarrollo residencial del h\u00e1bitat de las tortugas ha creado barreras artificiales para el movimiento de la especie y su mezcla gen\u00e9tica natural. El sobrepastoreo continuo en el desierto ha agotado la vegetaci\u00f3n de la que depende la especie. Tambi\u00e9n se sabe que el ganado pisotea y aplasta a las tortugas en sus madrigueras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLas tortugas del desierto son conocidas por moverse lentamente, pero sin protecciones federales completas, han estado corriendo hacia la extinci\u00f3n\u201d, dijo Cyndi Tuell, directora de Arizona y Nuevo M\u00e9xico con Western Watersheds Project. \u201cLa agencia ahora tendr\u00e1 que reconsiderar su decisi\u00f3n bas\u00e1ndose en los mejores datos cient\u00edficos disponibles en lugar de ceder ante la presi\u00f3n pol\u00edtica y los intereses econ\u00f3micos en Arizona\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Se desconoce en gran medida la poblaci\u00f3n actual de tortugas, pero es probable que siga la misma tendencia a la baja detectada en 2015 debido a la aceleraci\u00f3n de los factores de estr\u00e9s clim\u00e1ticos y al aumento del desarrollo residencial y comercial.<\/p>\n<p>El Servicio ahora tiene 18 meses para tomar una nueva determinaci\u00f3n sobre el estado de la especie y aceptar\u00e1 comentarios p\u00fablicos e informaci\u00f3n adicional sobre cualquier decisi\u00f3n propuesta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contactos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Bishop, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 406-324-8011; <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#x62;&#x69;&#115;&#104;&#x6f;&#x70;&#64;&#119;&#x65;&#x73;&#116;&#101;&#x72;&#x6e;&#108;&#97;&#x77;&#x2e;&#111;&#114;&#x67;\">obispo@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Jones, Guardianes de la Tierra Salvaje; 720-443-2615; <a href=\"ma&#105;&#108;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x74;&#x6a;&#x6f;ne&#115;&#64;&#119;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x64;&#x65;&#x61;rt&#104;&#103;&#117;&#x61;&#x72;&#x64;&#x69;&#x61;ns&#46;&#111;&#114;&#x67;\">tjones@wildearthguardians.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cyndi Tuell, Proyecto de Cuencas Hidrogr\u00e1ficas Occidentales, 520-272-2454; <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;t&#111;&#x3a;&#99;&#x79;n&#100;&#x69;&#64;&#x77;e&#x73;&#x74;&#101;&#x72;n&#x77;a&#116;&#x65;&#114;&#x73;h&#101;&#x64;&#115;&#x2e;o&#114;&#x67;\">cyndi@westernwatersheds.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservationists have brokered an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) to go back and reconsider its 2015 decision not to protect the Sonoran Desert tortoise under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 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