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.

FWS reclassified the tulotoma snail from endangered to threatened under the ESA based on a review of its status.

FWS proposed to remove the Morelet's crocodile throughout its range from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife due to its recovery.

FWS proposed to revise the list of migratory birds based on new taxonomy and new evidence of occurrence, for a net increase of 19 species.