The Forest Service proposed to establish a state-specific rule to provide management direction for conserving and managing inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands in Colorado.

NOAA-Fisheries established regulations under the ESA and the Marine Mammal Protection Act to prohibit vessels from approaching or parking in the path of killer whales, except for a specific no-go zone.

FWS amended the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the ESA by adding 10 marine taxa, delisting 1 marine taxon, reclassifying 1 marine taxon, and revising 32 marine taxa.

NOAA-Fisheries designated 3,013 square miles in Alaska as critical habitat for the Cook Inlet beluga whale distinct population segment, excluding the Port of Anchorage and portions of military lands.