FWS determined threated species status for the bracted twistflower under the ESA, designated approximately 1,596 acres in Texas as critical habitat, and finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act to provide for conservation of the species.

NMFS completed a comprehensive status review for the Atlantic humpback dolphin, determining it has a high risk of extinction throughout its range, and proposed to list the Atlantic humpback dolphin as an endangered species under the ESA.

NMFS seeks comment on a petition for rulemaking to establish a year-round 10-knot vessel speed limit and other vessel-related mitigation measures in the Rice’s whale core habitat area.

FWS designated approximately 524 river miles in Mississippi as critical habitat for the pearl darter under the ESA.

FWS introduced the Guam kingfisher on Palmyra Atoll as a nonessential experimental population under the ESA.

FWS determined threatened species status for the northern distinct population segment of the southern subspecies of scarlet macaw under the ESA.

FWS listed the Egyptian tortoise as a threatened species under the ESA and finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act to provide for conservation of the species.

FWS proposed to designate approximately 122,277 acres in Hawaii as critical habitat for 12 federally endangered species under the ESA.

FWS initiated five-year status reviews under the ESA for 133 species in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as Canada and Palau, and requested submission of any new scientific and commercial data that has become available since the last review of the species.

FWS announced 90-day findings on petitions to add four species to the lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants under the ESA; the agency found that petitions to list the common hippopotamus, Morro Bay polyphyllan scarab beetle, Inyo rock daisy, and roughhead shiner may be warranted, and initiated status reviews of the species.