FWS proposed to list the northern distinct population segment (DPS) and the southern DPS of the western spadefoot as threatened DPSs under the ESA, with a rule issued under §4(d) of the Act.  

FWS seeks comment on applications to conduct certain activities with foreign species that are listed as endangered under the ESA.

FWS determined threatened species status under the ESA for the distinct population segment of the North American wolverine occurring in the contiguous United States, and issued a §4(d) rule that provides the prohibitions, and exceptions to those prohibitions, necessary and advisable for the conservation of the species.

NMFS withdrew its November 27, 2020, proposed rule to designate 17 island units of critical habitat in the Pacific Islands Region for seven Indo-Pacific coral species listed under the ESA, and proposed a new rule to designate critical habitat for five of the seven coral species that were addressed in the 2020 proposed rule.

FWS announced findings that the following seven species are not warranted for listing as endangered or threatened species under the ESA: Edison's ascyrum, Florida (lowland) loosestrife, Florida pinesnake, mimic cavesnail, northern cavefish, smallscale darter, and Texas troglobitic water slater.

FWS reopened the comment period on its October 18, 2022, proposed rule to list the Kern Canyon slender salamander and the relictual slender salamander under the ESA and to designate critical habitat, in order to allow opportunity for interested parties to comment on the new areas the Agency is considering for relictual slender salamander critical habitat, small changes to Kern Canyon slender salamander critical habitat, and updates to the physical or biological features for the Kern Canyon slender salamander.

FWS established a nonessential experimental population of the gray wolf in Colorado under the ESA. 

FWS removed the plants island bedstraw and Santa Cruz Island dudleya from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants on the basis of recovery. 

In order to comply with a district court order, FWS reinstated regulatory protections under the ESA for the gray wolf in all or portions of the 45 U.S. states and Mexico, where the species was listed at the time the delisting rule was issued. 

FWS reclassified Mitracarpus polycladus from endangered to threatened under the ESA, and issued a rule under §4(d) of the Act that provides for the conservation of the species.