We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list the Mississippi gopher frog distinct population segment of the dusky gopher frog (Rana capito sevosa) as an endangered species under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Historically, the Mississippi gopher frog occurred in at least nine counties or parishes

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to designate 37 units along the Great Lakes shoreline of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, for the Great Lakes breeding population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus). We

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in cooperation with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), will reintroduce blackfooted ferrets (Mustela nigripes) into northcentral South Dakota on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. The purposes of this reintroduction are to implement actions

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of the draft economic analysis of the proposed designation of critical habitat for the Great Lakes breeding population of the piping plover. We also provide notice of the reopening of the comment period for the proposal to allow all interested parties to submit written

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose threatened status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the Chiricahua leopard frog (Rana chiricahuensis). The Chiricahua leopard frog is now absent from many historical localities and numerous mountain ranges, valleys, and drainages within its former range.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose designation of critical habitat for the San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). A total of approximately 22,423 hectares (55,408 acres) in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California, are proposed as

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12- month finding on a petition to revise critical habitat for the Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates), Perdido Key beach mouse (P. p. trissyllepsis), and Choctawhatchee beach mouse (P. p. allophrys), pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is considering the preparation of a draft rule that would establish additional protection areas for the endangered West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) within the area of the species' range. These protection areas would be either refuges, areas where waterborne activities are restricted, or

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), provide notice that the Endangered Species Act prohibitions against take of threatened species will apply to Southwestern Washington/Columbia River coastal cutthroat trout and will go into effect on the effective date of listing, if the proposed listing of this species is finalized. We also provide

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice of a public hearing on the proposed endangered status for three plants, Nesogenes rotensis, Osmoxylon marianense, and Tabernaemontana rotensis from the Mariana Islands and Guam. In addition, the comment period which originally closed on July 17, 2000, will be reopened. The new comment

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of a draft economic analysis for the proposed designation of critical habitat for the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis). We also provide notice of the reopening of the comment period for the proposal to allow all interested parties to submit written comments on the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to designate 146 areas along the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas as critical habitat for the wintering population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus). This includes approximately 2,691 kilometers (1,672 miles) of

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to list the California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) as threatened or endangered, under the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We find that the petition presents substantial information indicating that

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), are amending the current regulations by removing the entry of the Umpqua River Ecologically Significant Unit (ESU) of the coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (List). The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which has jurisdiction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

Under the authority of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), extend endangered status for the shorttailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) to include the species' range within the United States. As a result of an administrative error in the original listing, the short tailed

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of a draft economic analysis for the proposed designation of critical habitat for the Zayante bandwinged grasshopper (Trimerotropis infantilis). We are opening a 15day comment period to allow all interested parties to submit written comments on the draft economic analysis.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), list the Santa Barbara County Distinct Vertebrate Population Segment (DPS) of the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Of six habitat complexes, consisting of 27 documented breeding sites and associated uplands,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the draft economic analysis for the proposed designation of critical habitat for the wintering population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus). We also provide notice that the public comment period for the proposal is extended to allow all interested parties to submit

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of the draft economic analysis for the proposed designation of critical habitat for the coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica). We are also providing notice of the
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reopening of the comment period for the proposal to designate critical habitat

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, provide notice that the public comment period on the proposed rule to designate critical habitat for wintering piping plovers (Charadrius melodius) is hereby extended, and that we will hold an additional public hearing on the proposal. Comments previously submitted during the comment period need not be

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announce a 90-day finding for a petition to list over 2,500 foreign species as threatened and endangered. Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The petitioner did not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the listing of over 2,500 foreign species may be

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose designation of critical habitat for the Zayante bandwinged grasshopper (Trimerotropis infantilis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We propose designation of critical habitat within an approximately 4,230hectare (10,560acre) area occupied by the Zayante bandwinged

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 90- day finding on a petition to list the mountain yellowlegged frog (Rana muscosa) as endangered, under the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We believe that the petition presents substantial information indicating that listing the species may be

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, designate critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, for the California redlegged frog (Rana aurora draytonii). Approximately 2,175,000 hectares (5,373,650 acres) of land fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. Specifically, aquatic and

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides notice that a public hearing will be held on the proposed rules designating critical habitat for spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri) and Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri). The spectacled eider and Steller's eider are found in marine waters and coastal wetlands in Alaska. All interested parties

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service