FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list 42 Great Basin and Mojave Desert springsnails as threatened or endangered under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted for 32 of the species and initiated a status review.
FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Franklin's bumble bee as endangered and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review.
FWS announced a 12-month finding on five petitions to list seven species of Hawaiian yellow-faced bees as endangered and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions.
FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the snowy plover as endangered or threatened and to reclassify the wintering population of piping plover as endangered under the ESA; the agency determined that action is not warranted for either species.
FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Franciscan manzanita as endangered under the ESA and to designate critical habitat; the agency found that listing is warranted but that critical habitat is not determinable at this time.
FWS announced the availability of additional information on its proposal to revise the listing for the Minnesota population of gray wolves under the ESA.
FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list van Rossem's gull-billed tern as endangered or threatened and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted.
FWS determined endangered status under the ESA for Casey's June beetle and designated approximately 587 acres in Riverside County, California, as critical habitat for the species.
FWS and the NMFS determined that four species of loggerhead sea turtles should be listed as threatened and that five species should be listed as endangered under the ESA.
FWS designated 25 acres in Taney County, Missouri, as critical habitat for the Tumbling Creek cavesnail.