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Three piping plover (Charadrius melodus) chicks and parent.
Photo credit: Kaiti Titherington/USFWS.
Status of Efforts to Implement the Recommendations of the NAS Report on Ecological Risk Assessment for Endangered and Threatened Species under FIFRA and ESA
On April 30, 2013, the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council (NRC) released their recommendations for assessing risks from pesticides to listed species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The Environmental Protection Action, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Marine Fisheries Service appreciate the comprehensive report provided by the Academy.
The four agencies are working collaboratively and expeditiously to review the report and identify improvements in the current scientific procedures used in evaluating the potential impacts of pesticides to endangered and threatened species. The Federal agencies will develop an implementation plan within the next 90 days to provide a timeline for responding to the panel's recommendations and implementing the appropriate revisions to these procedures and approaches. The plan will be available to the public.
Wildlife, the Endangered Species Act, and Human Safety
The Service has compiled a list of websites that provide access to Department of Interior and agency memoranda, policy, and handbook sections related to wildland fire management, human safety and the conservation of candidate, threatened and endangered species.
ESA and Emergency Consultations for National Defense
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides guidance and regulations related to emergencies involving acts of national defense or security emergencies and the conservation of candidate, threatened and endangered species as required under the Endangered Species Act.
Enhanced Agency Coordination Under the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act
The Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) addressing interagency coordination under the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act.
View the Federal Register notice.
Department of Transportation Programmatic Consultation Guidance
The Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with Federal Highways provides guidance to help streamline Endangered Species Act compliance on TEA-21 transportation projects. TEA-21 is the Transportation and Equity Act for the 21 st Century that was passed on June 9, 1998 and provided $203 billion for upgrading and improving the Nation's transportation infrastructure through the year 2003. Section 1309 provides for "environmental streamlining" measures involving various Federal agencies, particularly the Service.
Download the guidance document and attachments.
Contact the Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office nearest you with any questions regarding this guidance.
The Healthy Forests Initiative Guidance
As part of President George W. Bush's Healthy Forests Initiative the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries)
Download the guidance documents.
Missouri River Conservation
The Missouri River basin supports an abundance of wildlife, including three species that are federally listed under the Endangered Species Act: the endangered pallid sturgeon and least tern and the threatened piping plover. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are working together to ensure that Missouri River conservation efforts are compliant with the Endangered Species Act.