WASHINGTON: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering placing a crayfish which lives only in Pinnacle Creek on the Endangered Species list.
The Guyandotte River crayfisb is a freshwater crustacean which measures three to four inches long, according to the USFWS. It east smaller animals and plants and has a life span of 5 to 7 years.
A similar species, the Big Sandy crayfish, which resides in West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky, is also being considered for selection as an Endangered Species.
In a report on its website, the USFWS says that listing both species (as endangered) “is warranted.”
Comments on the proposal will be accepted through June 8. Requests for public hearings must be submitted in writing by May 22.
The USFWS report says both species of crayfish are “in danger of extinction primarily due to the threats of land disturbing activities that increase erosion and sedimentation, which degrades the stream habitat required by both species.”
Specimens of the Guyandotte River crayfish were first collected at Indian Creek in 1900, the report says.
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