Public Meetings and Comment Opportunities
- Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the Susan's Purse-making Caddisfly
(comments accepted until September 7, 2009) - Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals From States For 2010 Endangered Species Grants
(proposals accepted until August 19, 2009) - Northern Leopard Frog in West May Warrant Federal Protection
comments accepted until Aug 31, 2009)
Current Issues:
Arctic Grayling- Environmental Assessment and Proposed Conservation Agreement for Arctic Grayling Available for Public Comment (11/29/2005)
- First Endangered Black-footed Ferret Kits of 2009 Born (4/09)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reintroduces Black Footed Ferrets in Logan County, Kansas (12/20/07)
- Endangered Black-footed Ferrets Adjusting to New Colorado Facility - Litter of Four born on March 26 (4/7/06)
- Plague Found Near Black-Footed Ferrets in Conata Basin (8/31/05)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces the Initiation of 5-Year Reviews For Two Species (7/19/2005)
- Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the Black-tailed Prairie Dog
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog Removed from Candidate Species List (8/12/04)
- Service Determines the Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Does Not Warrant Protection Under the Endangered Species Act (9/9/08)
- Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (2/7/08)
- Status Review of Bull Trout Completed (4/29/08)
- Rock Creek Mine Biological Opinion (10/13/06)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Critical Habitat for Bull Trout in Columbia and Klamath River Basins (9/22/04)
- Draft Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Proposal for Bull Trout In the Columbia and Klamath River Basins Released for Public Comment
- Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the New Mexico Population of Canada Lynx (12/18/08)
- Fish and Wildlife Service to Provide Additional Opportunity to Comment on Proposal to Revise Critical Habitat for the Canada Lynx in July 2009 (4/30/08)
- Revised Critical Habitat Proposed for Canada Lynx (2/28/08)
- Critical Habitat Designated for Canada Lynx (11/06)
- Draft Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Designation for the Canada Lynx Released (9/13/06)
- Service Reopens Public Comment Period for the Proposal to Designate Critical Habitat for the Canada Lynx (2/16/06)
- Biological Opinion Finds that the Village Wolf Creek Will Not Jeopardize the Continued Existence of Canada Lynx (12/22/05)
- U.S. Representative Dennis Rehberg and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announce Public Hearing and Meetings Regarding the Proposed Critical Habitat Designation for Canada Lynx Scheduled for Montana (12/20/05)
- Critical Habitat Proposed For Canada Lynx (11/9/05)
- Draft Biological Opinion Finds that the Village Wolf Creek Will Not Jeopardize the Continued Existence of Canada Lynx (10/12/05)
- Two Radio-Collared Canada Lynx Move Into Utah From Colorado (7/23/04)
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finds that Canada Lynx Should Remain Listed As Threatened in Lower 48 (6/27/03)
- Draft Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Proposal for the Colorado Butterfly Plant Released for Public Comment (9/24/04)
- Critical Habitat Proposed for the Colorado Butterfly Plant (8/6/2004)
- Secretary Salazar Affirms Decision to Delist Gray Wolves in Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern Rockies (3/6/09)
- Service Removes Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Populations from Endangered Species Act (1/14/09)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period on 2007 Proposal to Delist Northern Rocky Mountain Population of Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act
- Northern Rocky Mountain Wolves Removed From Endangered Species List As Of March 28, 2008 (3/28/08)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Special Rule (10j) For Wolf Managment In The Northern Rocky Mountains Is Now In Effect (3/7/08)
- Interior Department Removes Northern Rocky Mountain Wolves From Endangered Species List (2/21/08)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Revises Special Rule For Wolf Management In The Northern Rocky Mountains (1/24/08)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Analyzes Effects of Proposed Revision to the 2005 Special Rule for the Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains - Public Comments Sought on Both Documents (9/11/07)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Denies Wyoming's July 1, 2005 Petition To Amend The 1994 Special Rule To Manage Wolves In The Northern Rocky Mountains (6/10/07)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extends Public Comment Period On Its Proposal To Delist The gray Wolf In The Northern Rocky Mountain States. An Additional Open House And Public Hearing Will Be Held In Cody, Wyoming, On April 19, 2007 (3/27/07)
- Proposed Wolf Rule Published in Federal Register Today; Upcoming Public Meetings and Hearings to Discuss U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Proposal to Delist the Gray Wolf in the Northern Rocky Mountain States. (2/8/07)
- Gray Wolf found Dead in Box Elder County (9/14/06)
- Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Population To Remain On The Endangered Species List (7/24/06)
- Norton Announces Gray Wolves in Western Great Lakes Region Proposed for Removal from List of Endangered and Threatened Species (3/16/06)
- Service Announces Intent to Remove the Rocky Mountain Population of Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List (02/02/06)
- Norton, Kempthorne Sign Agreement Turning Over Most Management of Wolves In Idaho to the State (01/05/05)
- Service Concludes That Delisting The Gray Wolf In The Northern Rocky Mountains May Be Warranted (10/17/05)
- Statement on Wyoming Gray Wolf Court Decision (3/21/05)
- Oregon Federal District Court Ruling Classifies Wolves in the Northwestern United States as Endangered, Except in Experimental Population Areas in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming (2/10/05)
- Statement on the U.S. District Court for Oregon's Ruling on Wolf Reclassification (2/1/05)
- New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regulation Allows Maximum Management of Gray Wolves For the States of Montana and Idaho (1/3/05)
- Norton Announces Proposal To Remove Eastern Population Of Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List
- Preliminary Necropsy Results For Gray Wolf Found Dead Near Denver, Colorado (6/24/04)
- Opportunity For Public To Comment On U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Proposal To Provide Additional Authority To State For Management Of Wolves 4/13/04)
- Interior Proposes Broader Gray Wolf Management Authority for Idaho, Montana (3/3/04)
- FWS Identifies Steps Needed to Delist Gray Wolf; Wyoming Needs Changes to State Law and Management Plan (1/13/04)
- Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Annual Reports
- Fish and Wildlife Service Extending Request for Information for Greater Sage-Grouse (4/28/08)
- Senior Regional Fish and Wildlife Scientists Recommend Sage-Grouse Not be Listed as Threatened or Endangered Range-Wide; Final Decision Yet to Be Made, Director Williams Says (12/3/04)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate a Status Review of the Greater Sage-Grouse (4/15/04)
- Petition to List "Eastern" Subspecies of
Sage-grouse Not Warranted (1/5/04)
- Grizzly Bear Recovery Efforts Recognized by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director (3/23/07)
- Successful Recovery Efforts Bring Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Off The Endangered List (3/22/07)
- Rock Creek Mine Biological Opinion (10/06)
- Public Comment Period Extended Until March 20 For The U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service's Proposal To Delist The Yellowstone Population Of Grizzly Bears (2/15/06)
- Public Meetings for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Proposal to Remove Yellowstone Area Population of Grizzly Bears from List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife (12/29/05)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Delist Greater Yellowstone Population of Grizzly Bears
- Choteau Man Pays Fine for Killing Grizzly Bear
- Three Public Meeting to Gather Information on a Permit Involving Grizzly Bears and the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad
- Statement by Assistant Secretary Craig Manson on the Army Corps of Engineers' Record of Decision Related to Missouri River Operations (3/19/04)
- Missouri River Biological Opinion Assignment (12/18/03)
- Norton Announces Agreement By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State of Colorado to Conserve Mountain Plovers (10/3/03)
- Service Withdraws Proposal to List the Mountain Plover as Threatened (9/8/03)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Stocks Endangered Pallid Sturgeons in Missouri River (9/2/05)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces the
Initiation of 5-Year Reviews For Two Species (7/19/2005)
- Final Rule: Designation of Critical Habitat for the Northern Great Plains Breeding Population of the Piping Plover; (09/11/2002)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Release of a Non-Jeopardy Biological Opinion on the Proposed Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (6/19/06)
- FEIS on Platte River Recovery Program Released (5/23/06)
- National Academy of Science Releases Report on Platte River Endangered Species (4/28/04)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Revises the Endangered Species Act Status of the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (7/9/08)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes To Revise The Endangered Species Act Listing For The Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (11/1/07)
- Statement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service On the Release of the Evaluation of the Taxonomic Status of the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (7/24/06)
- Research Regarding the Genetics of the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Available for Public Comment (3/30/06)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extends Proposal to Delist the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (2/17/06)
- Statement of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the Release of the USGS Study of the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (1/25/06)
- Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Remove the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse from the Endangered Species List (1/28/05)
- Extension of Special Rule for Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (5/20/2004)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate Status Review of Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (3/24/04)
- Proposed Extension of Special Rule for Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (3/17/04)
- Proposed Extension of Special Rule for Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (2/24/2004)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finds that Preble's
Meadow Jumping Mouse Should Remain Listed as Threatened (12/18/2003)
- Comment Period Reopened on Proposal to Designate Critical Habitat for the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle (4/28/09)
- Public Hearing Scheduled on Proposed Critical Habitat For Salt Creek Tiger Beetle
- Service Lists Salt Creek Tiger Beetle As Endangered
- Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the White-tailed Prairie Dog (5/6/08)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Will Not Conduct In-depth Review to Consider Listing the White-tailed Prairie Dog (11/09/04)
- Endangered Species Act Protection for Wolverine Not Warranted (3/10/08)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Status of the Wolverine (6/5/07)
- Wolverine Will Not Be Considered for Listing Under the Endangered Species Act (10/21/03)
- Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Does Not Warrant Endangered Species Act Protection (2/21/06)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Status of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (9/1/05)
Recent Mountain-Prairie Region News Releases:
August 10, 2009
Regional Director Stephen Guertin Announces the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery Pond Liner ProjectAugust 3, 2009
Kansas Nation Wildlife Refuge Garners Carbon KudosJuly 31, 2009
Liberal Season Proposed for Upcoming Late Waterfowl SeasonJuly 13, 2009
Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery Begins Stocking Fish for Animas-LaPlata ProjectJuly 10, 2009
Utility Giant to Pay Millions for Eagle ProtectionJuly 8, 2009
Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the Susan's Purse-making CaddisflyJuly 1, 2009
Northern Leopard Frog in West May Warrant Federal ProtectionJune 30, 2009
Secretary Salazar Announces $6.1 million for New Visitors Center at Audubon National Wildlife RefugeJune 19, 2009
Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals From States For 2010 Endangered Species GrantsJune 19, 2009
Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the Clay-loving Wild BuckwheatJune 9, 2000
Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Decision on Petition to List the Narrowleaf Evening PrimroseMay 19, 2009
Interior Secretary Salazar Awards States More than $61 Million to Help WildlifeMay 18, 2009
Let's Go Outside Campaign to Connect People with Nature and Create PhotomosaicMay 15, 2009
New Facilities Now Under Construction at Jackson National Fish HatcheryMay 14, 2009
Releases for Endangered Fish Begin Today
Wildlife Photo Library at National Conservation Training Center