FWS

On November 27, 2023, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reopened for comment a proposed rule designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly. Additionally, there will be a…

On September 29, 2023, the Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register establishing a nonessential experimental population (NEP) of the grizzly bear within the U.S. portion of the North Cascades…

On September 13, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register listing the Quitobaquito tryonia (Tryonia quitobaquitae), a springsnail species from Arizona, as an endangered species. …

On August 17, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register listing the Texas Kangaroo Rat as an endangered species. Additionally, FWS proposes to designate approximately 597,069 acres…

On August 22, 2023, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published three proposed rules in the Federal Register setting aside critical habitat for a variety of different species. Specifically, FWS proposes to list the Brawleys Fork…

On June 22, 2023, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published three proposed rules titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision of Regulations for Interagency Cooperation,”…

On August 10, 2023, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register designating critical habitat for the Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly. FWS proposes to designate approximately 1,636.9…

On July 3, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species. The species is found in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. The…

On July 25 and 26, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published two proposed rules in the Federal Register designating critical habitat for three different species of mussels – the Salina mucket, the Mexican fawnsfoot and the…

On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) originally proposed revisions to the permitting requirements that included requiring a preapplication meeting and use of a standard application, allowing electronic submission…