navasota ladies’-tresses
Issues
Join the Movement
About
Navasota ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes parksii), is an orchid the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) listed as an endangered species in 1982. In the agency’s final listing rule, the Service stated that S. parksii is “primarily threatened due to extremely low numbers, urbanization, and possible over-utilization.”.
In the more than three decades since the 1982 listing, a substantial amount of new information has become available demonstrating the species is not at risk of extinction and that the original listing was in error. Sufficient conservation for the species is in place so that neither the existence nor the magnitude of the once perceived potential threats to the species indicates that the Navasota Ladies’-tresses is at risk now or in the foreseeable future. Therefore, the protections of the ESA were not originally and are not currently warranted.
Furthermore, molecular analyses by numerous researchers using a variety of different markers and methods, including work that has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, have failed to support the treatment of this orchid as a distinct species apart from the local form of the co-occurring nodding ladies’-tresses. As such, the best available scientific and commercial information suggests that the Navasota ladies’-tresses may not even be a valid species eligible for listing.
Species inappropriately receiving the protections of the ESA causes significant economic harm to landowners who are prevented from using their land and to local governments who need to provide necessary community services. Objectives of the ESA are best served by focusing limited conservation resources on species that truly warrant the protections of the ESA. The Navasota Ladies’-tresses should no longer be listed as threatened or endangered under the ESA.
Other Delisting Projects
bone cave harvestman
Landowners and local governments faced serious economic problems due to the Service’s erroneous listing of this species.
american burying beetle
This species was listed in error. In 2020, the Service finalized its rule to down-list the species from endangered to threatened.
yellow-billed cuckoo
The Obama administrations’ analysis of the genetic and habitat data was believed to be in error at the time of listing in 2014.
Delisting in The News
The Endangered Species Act At 50
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973. At 50 years old, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) claims they currently protect 1,667 threatened or endangered species and have more than 100 species of...
U.S. Rep. Cloud’s Last Minute Amendment May Have Saved the Permian Basin
One amendment of utmost importance to the State of Texas was offered by Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX-27), to specifically defund any attempt by the FWS to list the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (DSL) as endangered or threatened. On June 29, 2023, the FWS announced the DSL is endangered and warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
1,609 Scientists: “There is No Climate Emergency”
It’s all a myth, according to 1,609 scientists who have formed the Global Climate Intelligence Group called CLINTEL. They are publicly saying “there is no climate emergency” and that they “strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy” the Biden...
Our Mission & Approach
Our mission is to strengthen property rights and the liberties they secure. We have three pillars of focus;
First, to continue building the property rights Movement through
alliances with like-minded
organizations and policymakers to
advance strategies that will restore our Constitutionally guaranteed property rights.
Second, to equip citizens with the tools to educate and teach others why it is imperative that we the people own our nation’s natural resources to limit government over us.
Third, we must mobilize the people to help stop the policies eroding property rights at the local, state and federal level..
Your Donations Make a HUGE Impact
2021
- Campaigns 82%
- Research & Development 10%
- Management 6%
- Organization Growth 2%
2022
- Campaigns 82%
- Research & Development 10%
- Management 6%
- Organization Growth 2%
2023
- Campaigns 82%
- Research & Development 10%
- Management 6%
- Organization Growth 2%
A Letter from the Board
Proin eget tortor risus. Nulla porttitor accumsan tincidunt. Vivamus magna justo, lacinia eget consectetur sed, convallis at tellus. Nulla porttitor accumsan tincidunt. Vestibulum ac diam sit amet quam vehicula elementum sed sit amet dui. Sed porttitor lectus nibh. Donec rutrum congue leo eget malesuada. Mauris blandit aliquet elit, eget tincidunt nibh pulvinar a. Nulla quis lorem ut libero malesuada feugiat.
Vivamus suscipit tortor eget felis porttitor volutpat. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum ac diam sit amet quam vehicula elementum sed sit amet dui. Pellentesque in ipsum id orci porta dapibus. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec velit neque, auctor sit amet aliquam vel, ullamcorper sit amet ligula. Donec rutrum congue leo eget malesuada. Vivamus magna justo, lacinia eget consectetur sed, convallis at tellus. Donec sollicitudin molestie malesuada. Vestibulum ac diam sit amet quam vehicula elementum sed sit amet dui.
Nulla quis lorem ut libero malesuada feugiat. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur arcu erat, accumsan id imperdiet et, porttitor at sem. Vivamus suscipit tortor eget felis porttitor volutpat. Vivamus suscipit tortor eget felis porttitor volutpat. Donec sollicitudin molestie malesuada. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec velit neque, auctor sit amet aliquam vel, ullamcorper sit amet ligula. Cras ultricies ligula sed magna dictum porta. Quisque velit nisi, pretium ut lacinia in, elementum id enim.
Curabitur arcu erat, accumsan id imperdiet et, porttitor at sem. Praesent sapien massa, convallis a pellentesque nec, egestas non nisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla porttitor accumsan tincidunt. Nulla quis lorem ut libero malesuada feugiat. Donec sollicitudin molestie malesuada. Pellentesque in ipsum id orci porta dapibus. Nulla quis lorem ut libero malesuada feugiat. Nulla quis lorem ut libero malesuada feugiat.
Request List Removal
If you have received a solicitation from American Stewards of Liberty and wish to have your name removed from our mailing list, click on the email address below – fill in your name, address and ask to be removed.
Removes@Eberle1.com
“Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.”