FWS announced 90-day findings on petitions to add five species to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the ESA. 

FWS initiated five-year status reviews of 47 species in California, Nevada, and Oregon under the ESA.

FWS proposed to list the Texas kangaroo rat as an endangered species and designate critical habitat under the ESA. 

NOAA proposed protective regulations for the Banggai cardinalfish under ESA §9.

FWS proposed to remove the Apache trout from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife due to recovery.

FWS proposed to designate approximately 1,636.9 acres in Otero County, New Mexico, as critical habitat for the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly under the ESA.

NMFS designated 28 specific occupied areas as critical habitat for five threatened Caribbean coral species under the ESA.

FWS proposed to list the Fluminense swallowtail, Harris’ mimic swallowtail, and Hahnel’s Amazonian swallowtail as endangered under the ESA.

FWS announced its 12-month finding on a petition to list the green floater as threatened under the ESA, finding that listing was warranted; proposed to designate approximately 2,553 kilometers of streams in Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia as critical habitat for the species; and proposed a rule under §4(d) of the Act to provide for conservation of the species.

FWS announced findings that the Illinois chorus frog and Venus flytrap are not warranted for listing as threatened or endangered under the ESA.