Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 Cfr Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the Rayed Bean and Snuffbox Mussels throughout Their Ranges Background

Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 Cfr Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Determination for the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse Status Assessment for the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (Act). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act’s protections to this subspecies and its critical habitat. The effect of these regulations will be to conserve the New Mexico meadow jumping mo...

Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 Cfr Part 224 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Listing Determinations for Two Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic Sturgeon (acipenser Oxyrinchus Oxyrinchus) in the Southeast

We, NMFS, issue a final determination to list the Carolina and South Atlantic distinct population segments (DPSs) of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended. We have reviewed the status of the species and conservation efforts being made to protect the species, considered public and peer review comments, and we ...

Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 Cfr Part 223 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Threatened Status for Southern Distinct Population Segment of Eulachon Background

We, the NMFS, issue a final determination to list the southern Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of Pacific eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus; hereafter ‘‘eulachon’’) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We intend to consider protective regulations and critical habitat for this DPS in separate rulemaking. DATES: This final rule is effective on May 17, 2010. ADDRESSES: ...

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle ( Cicindela nevadica lincolniana)

Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 Cfr Parts 223 and 224 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Act Listing Determination for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

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