FWS reissued final rulemaking that identifies the northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolf as a distinct population segment and removes most gray wolves from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the ESA.

NOAA-Fisheries established ocean salmon management measures for fisheries off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington through May 1, 2012.

United States v. Consol Energy, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-00028 (N.D. W. Va. Mar. 14, 2011). Settling CWA defendants responsible for NPDES permit violations and the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States must pay a $5.5 million civil penalty and must perform injunctive relief at six mines. 

FWS proposed to list two freshwater mussels as endangered throughout their ranges under the ESA.

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to delist or reclassify six California species of plants under the ESA; the Agency found that delisting or reclassification may be warranted and initiated status reviews of the species.

NOAA proposed to revise the management plan and regulations for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary off the outer coast of Washington.

NOAA-Fisheries seeks public comment on critical habitat designation proposals for coho salmon and steelhead in watersheds in southwest Washington and northwest Oregon.

NOAA-Fisheries proposed to designate approximately 292 miles of freshwater creeks and rivers and their associated estuaries in California, Oregon, and Washington as critical habitat for the southern distinct population segment of Pacific eulachon.

NMFS announces that the annual harvest guideline for the 
commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) 
for calendar year 2011 is established at zero lobsters.