The Department of Health and Human Services proposed to revise its floodplain management procedures to include climate science if an action takes place in a floodplain. 

In order to comply with a district court order, FWS reinstated regulatory protections under the ESA for the gray wolf in all or portions of the 45 U.S. states and Mexico, where the species was listed at the time the delisting rule was issued. 

FWS reclassified Mitracarpus polycladus from endangered to threatened under the ESA, and issued a rule under §4(d) of the Act that provides for the conservation of the species.

FWS proposed to list the oblong rocksnail as an endangered species under the ESA.

FWS removed Nelson’s checker-mallow from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants.

FWS withdrew the proposal to remove Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants.

FWS removed 21 species from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife due to extinction.

FWS announced two 90-day findings on petitions to reclassify the West Indian manatee, or populations thereof, under the ESA.

FWS revised the regulations for the nonessential experimental population of the black-footed ferret in Arizona.