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FWS final listing rules, 2011

 Posted by on December 19, 2011  FR
Dec 192011
 

Go to this FWS page for proposed rules, 90-day findings, etc.


Subtitle Text PDF
Removal of the Concho Water Snake From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Removal of Designated Critical Habitat
66780-66804 10/27/2011 RIN 1018–AU97 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2008-0080
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Endangered Status for the Altamaha Spinymussel and Designation of Critical Habitat
62928-62960 10/11/2011 RIN 1018-AV88 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2008-0107
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Endangered Status for the Ozark Hellbender Salamander
61956-61978 10/06/2011 RIN 1018-AV94 Docket ID: FWS-R3-ES-2009-0009
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Revised Critical Habitat for the Marbled Murrelet
61599-61621 10/05/2011 RIN 1018-AW84 Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2008-0079
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Determination of Endangered Status for Casey’s June Beetle and Designation of Critical Habitat
58954-58998 09/22/2011 RIN 1018-AV91 Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2009-0019
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Determination of Nine Distinct Population Segments of Loggerhead Sea Turtles as Endangered or Threatened
58868-58952 09/22/2011 RIN 0648-AY49 Docket ID: 100104003-1068-02
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Bald Eagles Nesting in Sonoran Desert Area of Central Arizona Removed From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
54711-54713 09/02/2011 RIN 1018-AX08 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2011-0069
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sonoma County Distinct Population Segment of California Tiger Salamander
54346-54372 08/31/2011 RIN 1018-AW86 Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2009-0044
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Removal of the Lake Erie Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
50680-50702 08/16/2011 RIN 1018-AW62 Docket ID: FWS-R3-ES-2010-0039
Action: Final rule; notice of availability of final post-delisting monitoring plan.		 Text PDF
Listing Six Foreign Birds as Endangered Throughout Their Range
50052-50080 08/11/2011 RIN 1018-AW39 Docket ID: FWS-R9-ES-2009-0084
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Emergency Listing of the Miami Blue Butterfly as Endangered, and Emergency Listing of the Cassius Blue, Ceraunus Blue, and Nickerbean Blue Butterflies as Threatened Due to Similarity of Appearance to the Miami Blue Butterfly
49542-49567 08/10/2011 RIN 1018-AX83 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2011-0043
Action: Emergency rule.		 Text PDF
Endangered Status for the Cumberland Darter, Rush Darter, Yellowcheek Darter, Chucky Madtom, and Laurel Dace
48722-48741 08/09/2011 RIN 1018-AV85 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2011-0027
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Reinstatement of Listing Protections for the Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei)
47490-47491 08/05/2011 RIN 1018-AX93 Docket ID: FWS-R6-ES-2011-0062
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Removal of Echinacea tennesseensis (Tennessee Purple Coneflower) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants
46632-46650 08/03/2011 RIN 1018-AW26 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2010-0059
Action: Final rule; availability of final post-delisting monitoring plan.		 Text PDF
Determination of Endangered Status for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa Skyrocket) and Threatened Status for Penstemon debilis (Parachute Beardtongue) and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque Phacelia)
45054-45075 07/27/2011 RIN 1018–AV83 Docket ID: FWS-R6-ES-2010-0015
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina)
38575-38576 07/01/2011 Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2011-N020
Action: Notice of document availability: revised recovery plan.		 Text PDF
Designation of Critical Habitat for Tumbling Creek Cavesnail (Antrobia culveri)
37663-37677 06/28/2011 RIN 1018-AW90 Docket ID: FWS-R3-ES-2010-0042
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Bull Trout in the Clackamas River Subbasin, OR (Salvelinus confluentus)
35979-35995 06/21/2011 RIN 1018-AW60 Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2009-0050
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Reinstatement of Listing Protections for the Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel in Compliance With a Court Order
35349-35350 06/17/2011 RIN 1018-AX80 Docket ID: FWS-R5-ES-2011-0035
Action: Final rule.		 >Text PDF
Designation of Critical Habitat for Roswell Springsnail, Koster’s Springsnail, Noel’s Amphipod, and Pecos Assiminea
33036-33064 06/07/2011 RIN 1018-AW50 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2009-0014
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Reclassification of the Tulotoma Snail From Endangered to Threatened (Tulotoma magnifica)
31866-31874 06/02/2011 RIN 1018-AX01 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2008-0119
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Listing the Salmon-Crested Cockatoo as Threatened Throughout its Range with Special Rule (Cacatua moluccensis)
30758-30780 05/26/2011 RIN 1018-AW00 Docket ID: FWS-R9-IA-2009-0056
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Final Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for Astragalus Jaegerianus (Lane Mountain Milk-Vetch)
29108-29129 05/19/2011 RIN 1018-AW53 Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2009-0078
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Sonoran Pronghorn in Southwestern Arizona
25593-25611 05/05/2011 RIN 1018-AW63 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2009-0077
Action: Final rule.		 Text >PDF
Reissuance of Final Rule To Identify the Northern Rocky Mountain Population of Gray Wolf as a Distinct Population Segment and To Revise the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
25590-25592 05/05/2011 RIN 1018-AX81 Docket ID: FWS-R6-ES-2011-0032
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
44 Marine and Anadromous Taxa: Adding 10 Taxa, Delisting 1 Taxon, Reclassifying 1 Taxon, and Updating 32 Taxa on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
20558-20567 04/13/2011 RIN 1018-AW09 Docket ID: FWS-R9-ES-2008-0125
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Reclassification of the Okaloosa Darter From Endangered to Threatened and Special Rule (Etheostoma okaloosae)
18087-18103 04/01/2011 RIN 1018–AW95 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2008-0071
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Designation of Critical Habitat for Carex lutea (Golden Sedge)
11086-11111 03/01/2011 RIN 1018-AW55 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2010-0003
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Astragalus hamiltonii, Penstemon flowersii, Eriogonum soredium, Lepidium ostleri, and Trifolium friscanum as Endangered or Threatened
10166-10203 02/23/2011 Docket ID: FWS-R6-ES-2010-0087
Action: Notice of 12-month petition finding.		 Text PDF
Determination of Threatened Status for the New Zealand-Australia Distinct Population Segment of the Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
9681-9692 02/22/2011 RIN 1018-AV73 Docket ID: FWS-R9-IA-2008-0069
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Revised Critical Habitat for the Arroyo Toad (Anaxyrus californicus, Bufo californicus).
7246-7467 02/09/2011 RIN 1018-AV89 Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2009-0069
Action: Final rule. (Note: Large file size – PDF is 6 MB)		 Text PDF
Final Revised Critical Habitat for Brodiaea filifolia (Thread-Leaved Brodiaea)
6848-6925 02/08/2011 RIN 1018-AW54 Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2009-0073
Action: Final rule. (Note: Large file size – PDF is 4.5 MB)		 Text PDF
Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Endangered Whooping Cranes in Southwestern Louisiana (Grus americana)
6066-6082 02/03/2011 RIN 1018-AX23 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2010-0057
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF
Removal of Erigeron maguirei (Maguire Daisy)
3029-3044 01/19/2011 RIN 1018-AU67 Docket ID: FWS-R6-ES-2008-0001
Action: Final rule.		 Text PDF

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