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A provision of the regulations in the final rule specifies eligibility criteria for general permits for wind energy projects based on eagle relative abundance and proximity... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-rule rule_type doc_rule cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Rule"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/03/2024-09136/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-establishment-of-a-nonessential-experimental">Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-09136"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/05/03">05/03/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), establish a nonessential experimental population (NEP) of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) within the U.S. portion of the North Cascades Ecosystem (NCE) in the State of Washington under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act or ESA). 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The revisions to the regulations clarify, interpret, and implement portions of the Act concerning the interagency cooperation procedures. </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-rule rule_type doc_rule cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Rule"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/05/2024-06901/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-regulations-pertaining-to-endangered-and-threatened">Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-06901"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/04/05">04/05/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), revise our regulations concerning protections of endangered species and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (Act or ESA). We reinstate the general application of the "blanket rule" option for protecting newly listed threatened species pursuant to section 4(d) of the Act, with the... </p> </div> </li> </ul> </div></div> </div> <div id='documents'> <div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-12"><div class="stacked-embedded-search-result-header"><h1><span class='small-stack'>Listing <span>of</span></span>Recently Published Documents</h1> <div class="search-results-header top"> <p class="pull-left"> Showing 1-10 of <a href="/documents/search?conditions%5Bagencies%5D%5B%5D=fish-and-wildlife-service">13309 results</a> since 1994. View <a href="/documents/search?conditions%5Bagencies%5D%5B%5D=fish-and-wildlife-service&page=2&per_page=10">13299 more</a> results. </p> </div> </div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-12"><ul class="search-result-documents official row"> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-proposed_rule rule_type doc_proposed_rule cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Proposed Rule"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/25/2024-27529/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-critical-habitat-designations-for-florida-manatee-and">Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Critical Habitat Designations for Florida Manatee and Antillean Manatee</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-27529"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/25">11/25/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are extending the comment period on our September 24, 2024, proposed rule to revise critical habitat for Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and to designate critical habitat for Antillean manatee (T. m. manatus) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. We are... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-proposed_rule rule_type doc_proposed_rule cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Proposed Rule"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/22/2024-27127/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-threatened-species-status-with-section-4d-rule-for">Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Pecos Pupfish and Designation of Critical Habitat</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-27127"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/22">11/22/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Pecos pupfish (Cyprinodon pecosensis), a fish species from the Pecos River Basin of New Mexico and Texas, as a threatened species and designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-proposed_rule rule_type doc_proposed_rule cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Proposed Rule"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/21/2024-26395/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-listing-the-giraffe">Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Giraffe</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-26395"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/21">11/21/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce our 12-month finding on a petition to list the giraffe (including its subspecies) as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act or ESA). After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that the following listing... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-notice rule_type doc_notice cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Notice"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/18/2024-26782/endangered-species-act-issuance-of-enhancement-of-survival-and-incidental-take-permits-for-safe">Endangered Species Act; Issuance of Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits for Safe Harbor Agreements, Candidate Conservation Agreements, Conservation Plans, and Scientific Activities; January 1, 2023, Through December 31, 2023</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-26782"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/18">11/18/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in accordance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA), provide a list to the public of permits we issued under the ESA during calendar year 2023 for candidate conservation agreements with assurances, safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and scientific activities. With some exceptions, the ESA... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-notice rule_type doc_notice cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Notice"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/15/2024-26563/notice-of-availability-draft-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-for-a-potential-land">Notice of Availability; Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for a Potential Land Exchange Involving Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Lands; Public Meetings</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-26563"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/15">11/15/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980, as amended, along with other laws as applicable, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the availability of a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (draft supplemental EIS) to... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-notice rule_type doc_notice cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Notice"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/14/2024-26525/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-initiation-of-5-year-status-reviews-of-38-species-in">Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of 38 Species in the Southwest</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-26525"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/14">11/14/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are conducting 5-year status reviews of 38 animal and plant species under the Endangered Species Act. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any such information that has become available... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-rule rule_type doc_rule cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Rule"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/13/2024-26119/subsistence-management-regulations-for-public-lands-in-alaska-subpart-b-federal-subsistence-board">Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-Subpart B, Federal Subsistence Board Membership; Correction</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-26119"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/forest-service">Forest Service</a> and the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/13">11/13/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture are correcting an amendatory instruction in the final rule that published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2024. That rule revises the regulations concerning the composition of the Federal Subsistence Board, which has authority to administer the subsistence taking and uses of fish and... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-notice rule_type doc_notice cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Notice"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/08/2024-25945/foreign-endangered-species-receipt-of-permit-applications">Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt of Permit Applications</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-25945"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/08">11/08/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on applications to conduct certain activities with foreign species that are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities with listed species unless Federal authorization is issued that allows such activities.... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-notice rule_type doc_notice cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Notice"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/08/2024-25903/notice-of-availability-of-the-final-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-to-reconsider-a">Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement To Reconsider a Highway Right-of-Way Application and Associated Amendment of an Incidental Take Permit, Washington County, UT</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-25903"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau">Land Management Bureau</a> and the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/08">11/08/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), and the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), as co-lead agencies, announce the availability of the... </p> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 search-result-document doc-published"> <span class="icon-fr2 icon-doctype icon-fr2-rule rule_type doc_rule cj-tooltip" data-tooltip="Rule"></span> <div class="document-wrapper"> <h5> <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-25905/national-wildlife-refuge-system-2024-2025-station-specific-hunting-and-sport-fishing-regulations">National Wildlife Refuge System; 2024-2025 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations</a> </h5> <div class="document-clipping-actions" data-document-number="2024-25905"> <ul> <li class="clip-for-later"> <form class="add-to-clipboard formtastic document" novalidate="novalidate" action="/my/clippings" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" autocomplete="off" /> <fieldset class="inputs"><ol> <li class="hidden input required" id="document_document_number_input"><input id="document_document_number" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="document[document_number]" /> </li> </ol></fieldset> <fieldset class="actions"><ol> <li class="action button_action " id="document_submit_action"><button name="button" type="submit">Add to clipboard</button></li> </ol></fieldset></form> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="metadata"> by the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> on <a href="/documents/2024/11/07">11/07/2024</a>. </p> <p class="description"> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), open or expand hunting opportunities on 12 National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs). We also close hunting on 111 acres at Crab Orchard NWR so that the area can be repurposed for other recreational uses, including camping. 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