We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to list the Siskiyou Mountains salamander (Plethodon stormi) and Scott Bar salamander (Plethodon asupak) as threatened or endangered, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We find that the petition presents substantial scientific or

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise currently designated critical habitat for Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii (Peirson's milkvetch) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 16,108 acres (ac) (6,519 hectares (ha)) in Imperial County, California, fall within the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat (CH) for the guajon (Eleutherodactylus cooki) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 260.6 acres (ac) (105.6 hectares (ha)) fall within the boundaries of the CH designation. The critical habitat is located within the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : U.S. Customs and Border Protection

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for Berberis nevinii (Nevin's barberry) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The proposal includes approximately 417 acres (ac) (169 hectares (ha)) of land in Riverside County, California, that meet the definition of critical habitat for

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Transportation Department

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Mt. Charleston blue butterfly (Icaricia shasta charlestonensis) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We find that the petition presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise currently designated critical habitat for the bay checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha bayensis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 19,746 acres (ac) (7,990 hectares (ha)) fall within the boundaries of the proposed revised

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

In this Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), present an updated list of plant and animal species native to the United States that we regard as candidates for or have proposed for addition to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce our 90day and 12month findings on a petition to revise critical habitat for the federally endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). We find that the petition does not present substantial scientific information indicating that revising critical habitat for the Indiana bat may be warranted.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reopening the comment period on our proposed designation of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) for seven southeastern U.S. mussels. On June 6, 2006, we published our original proposed rule to designate critical habitat for five endangered mussel speciesfat

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have reconsidered whether designating critical habitat for Trichostema austromontanum ssp. compactum, a plant, is prudent. We listed this taxon as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), in 1998; at that time, we determined that designation of critical habitat was not

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

Under the Endangered Species Act (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce an extension of the comment period for the proposed rule to establish a distinct population segment (DPS) of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the Northern Rocky Mountains (NRM) of the United States and to remove the gray wolf in the NRM DPS from the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the Devils River minnow (Dionda diaboli) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 73.5 stream kilometers (km) (45.7 stream miles (mi)) are within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. The

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to list the mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) occurring in the Big Lost River in Idaho as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We find that the petition does not present substantial scientific or

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 31,428 acres (ac) (12,719 hectares (ha)) fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. The

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provide a clarification of the economic and noneconomic exclusions under section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), in support of the final designation of critical habitat for four vernal pool crustaceans and eleven vernal pool plants in California and Southern Oregon.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service), are designating critical habitat for the endangered plant Catesbaea melanocarpa (no common name) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Approximately 10.5 acres (ac) (4.3 hectares (ha)) fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation for C. melanocarpa in one

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period on the proposed designation of critical habitat for Helianthus paradoxus (Pecos sunflower) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We also announce a revision to proposed critical habitat Unit 4 and clarification of Unit 5, the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to list the Monongahela River Basin population of Catostomus catostomus (longnose sucker) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We find that the petition does not present substantial scientific or commercial information

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce an amended 12month finding on a petition to list the Sierra Nevada distinct population segment (DPS) of the mountain yellowlegged frog (Rana muscosa) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are amending our previous 12month petition finding, which found that listing

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period on the proposed revised designation of critical habitat for the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We also announce the availability of the draft economic analysis of the proposed revised

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are adding four marine taxa to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (List) in accordance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. These amendments are based on previously published determinations by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS, Service, or we), under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), hereby remove the Idaho springsnail (Pyrgulopsis(=Fontelicella) idahoensis) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (List). This determination is based on a thorough review of all available data, which

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to list the summerrun Issaquah Creek kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We find that the petition does not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS) establish the Western Great Lakes (WGL) Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of the gray wolf (Canis lupus). The geographic extent of this DPS includes all of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan; the eastern half of North Dakota and South Dakota; the northern half of Iowa; the northern portions

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the draft economic analysis and draft environmental assessment, the reopening of the public comment period, and a public hearing on the proposed revised designation of critical habitat for the wintering population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus) under the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service