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.

FWS established a nonessential experimental population of bull trout in the Clackamas River and its tributaries in Clackamas and Multnomah Counties, Oregon.

FWS reinstated the Virginia northern flying squirrel as endangered under the ESA as the result of a ruling in Friends of Blackwater v. Salazar, 1:09-cv-02122-EGS (D.D.C. Mar. 25, 2011).

FWS designated approximately 521.3 acres in Chaves County, New Mexico, and Pecos and Reeves Counties, Texas, as critical habitat for the Koster's springsnail, Noel's amphipod, Pecos assiminea, and Roswell springsnail.