We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding for a petition to list the western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus griseus) in Washington under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. After reviewing the petition and all available scientific and commercial information, we find that the petition presents

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of a final recovery plan for the Howell's spectacular thelypody (Thelypodium howellii ssp. spectabilis; thelypody). This threatened plant, a member of the mustard family, occurs on fewer than 12 small sites located within 100 acres of private lands near North Powder and Haines in

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), retain threatened status for the argali (Ovis ammon), the largest species of wild sheep, in Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Tajikistan under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (the Act), as amended. The special rule allowing importation of sporthunted trophies from those countries also is retained. We

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

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 Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata). We also provide notice that the public comment period for the proposal is reopened to allow all interested parties to submit written comments on the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reopening the comment period for our proposal to list the mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) as a threatened species. The proposed listing action was published in the Federal Register on February 16, 1999 (64 FR 7587), and new information
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

On May 22, 2001, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service adopted special regulations governing take of the threatened Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei), which provide exemption from take provisions under section 9 of the Endangered Species Act for certain activities related to rodent control, ongoing agricultural activities,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), withdraw the proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on April 5, 1999, to list the southwestern Washington/Columbia River Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of coastal cutthroat trout as threatened. The DPS includes all coastal cutthroat trout in waters draining into Grays Harbor, Willapa

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period on the proposed listing of Lomatium cookii (Cook's lomatium) and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (largeflowered wooly meadowfoam) as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are reopening the comment period

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the northern Great Plains breeding population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The designation includes 19 critical habitat units containing prairie alkali wetlands, inland and reservoir lakes,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), take action to establish 13 additional manatee protection areas in Florida. This action is authorized under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA), to further recovery of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), provide notice of an extension of the public comment period for the proposal to designate critical habitat for the Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus) (silvery minnow), a species federally listed as endangered under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announce the results of the candidate status review for the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Onchorhynchus clarki virginalis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. After a review of all available scientific and commercial information, we have determined that listing of the Rio Grande

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status for Carex lutea (golden sedge) under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This rare plant is presently known from only eight populations (one population is made up of two subpopulations) in Pender and Onslow Counties, North Carolina. Carex

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice of the reopening of the comment periods for the proposed designations and nondesignations of critical habitat for plant species on the islands of Kauai, Niihau, Molokai, Maui, Kahoolawe, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, and Oahu. The new comment periods will allow all interested

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for two varieties of purple amole: Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum (purple amole) and Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum (Camatta Canyon amole). A total of approximately 2,443 ha (5,910 ac) of land

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department

In this proposed rule, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) as endangered pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The beluga sturgeon inhabits the Caspian and Black Seas, and spawns in the rivers that constitute the drainage basins of these seas. Loss of habitat

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce that we will hold two public hearings on the proposed determination of critical habitat for the Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana) and that the comment period on this proposal is reopened. We also announce the availability of the draft economic analysis of this proposed designation of critical

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the Buena Vista Lake shrew (Sorex ornatus relictus). This subspecies is endemic to Kern County, California, and is currently known from only four locations. This subspecies is imperiled primarily by

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period on the proposed listing of the population of dugong, Dugong dugon, in the Republic of Palau as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. We are reopening the comment period to request additional information and comments

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat for the Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The areas designated as critical habitat for the Appalachian elktoe total approximately 231.1 kilometers (144.3 miles) of various segments of rivers in North

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), a freshwater mussel, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The areas designated as critical habitat for the Carolina heelsplitter total approximately 148.4 kilometers (92.2 miles) of streams,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding for a petition to list the Miami blue butterfly (Hemiargus thomasi bethunebakeri) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The range of this butterfly, which once extended north along the Florida coasts to about St. Petersburg and Daytona, has been shrinking

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in cooperation with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Tribe), the U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs propose to reintroduce endangered blackfooted ferrets (Mustela nigripes) into southcentral South Dakota on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. The purposes of this proposed reintroduction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, are seeking input and soliciting comments on additional measures to protect the endangered West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Florida and further recovery of the species. Specifically, as part of this request, we are seeking information or suggestions that would help us identify additional protection

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose designation of critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka). This proposal is made in response to a court settlement in Biodiversity Legal Foundation et al. v. Ralph Morganweck et al. C00D1180, committing the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department