Five-year status reviews.

Pursuant to section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Endangered Species Act, Region 2 is reviewing the status of several threatened and endangered species: a plant called the Holy Ghost ipomopsis (Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus), Kuenzler hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus fendleri var. knuezleri), Barton Springs salamander, lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae verbabuenae), black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla), Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina), gypsum wild-buckwheat (Erigonum gypsophilum), Mesa Verde cactus (Sclerocactus mesae-verde), and Zuni fleabane (Erigeron rhizomatus). Additional 5-year reviews will be initiated for Fiscal Year 2006 and announced in the Federal Register during the fall of 2005.

Reported by Tracy Scheffler, Division of Threatened and Endangered Species, Southwest Regional Office. For more information, call her at [phone], or send email to Tracy_Scheffler@fws. gov or [e-mail].