# 2024-30380: Government Declares Victory Over Endangered Orchid, Sets It Free

2024-30380, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Ute Ladies'-Tresses From the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-07 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30380
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-30380
- Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Ute Ladies'-Tresses From the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-07
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Government Declares Victory Over Endangered Orchid, Sets It Free

## Summary

Great news! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to take Ute ladies'-tresses off the endangered list because its threats have mostly disappeared. If this happens, special protections will end, but a monitoring plan will keep an eye on the plant’s health. You’ve got until March 10, 2025, to share your thoughts or ask for a public hearing by February 21.

## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to remove Ute ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to delist Ute ladies'- tresses. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that delisting the species is warranted. Our review indicates that the threats to Ute ladies'-tresses have been eliminated or reduced to the point that the species no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Accordingly, we propose to delist Ute ladies'-tresses. If we finalize this rule as proposed, the prohibitions and conservation measures provided by the Act, particularly through sections 7 and 9, would no longer apply to Ute ladies'-tresses. We request information and comments from the public regarding this proposed rule and the draft post-delisting monitoring (PDM) plan for Ute ladies'-tresses.

## Effects PRIA read

- Proposed Delisting Ends ESA Protections: mixed, low. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to remove Ute ladies'-tresses from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants because it says the species has recovered. If this rule is finalized, the prohibitions and conservation measures in the Endangered Species Act—particularly sections 7…
- Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan Open For Comment: benefit, low. The Service released a draft post-delisting monitoring (PDM) plan for Ute ladies'-tresses and requests public information and comments. You can submit comments on the proposed delisting and the draft PDM plan through March 10, 2025, and requests for public hearings must be received by February 21,…

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## Sources
- [2024-30380 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/07/2024-30380/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-removal-of-ute-ladies-tresses-from-the-list-of)
- [2024-30380 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-07/pdf/2024-30380.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30380 (as of 2026-06-11).