Document Library
Whether you are looking for a specific document pertaining to the work we do or a specific authority we administer, you can find it here in the Ecolocial Services Program document library.
Endangered Species
General
Endangered Species Act [143KB]
History of the Endangered Species Act [293KB]
Listing a Species as Threatened or Endangered [319KB]
What Is the Difference Between Endangered and Threatened? [91KB]
Recovery Fact Sheet [243KB]
Delisting and Reclassifying Threatened or Endangered Species[167KB] Why Save Endangered Species? [1.11MB]
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Foreign Species
Foreign Species Fact Sheet [254KB]
Listing a Species as Threatened or Endangered [319KB]
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Candidate Species
General
Candidate Conservation Agreements Fact Sheet [300KB]
Candidate Species Fact Sheet [567KB]
Cave Beetle Fact Sheet [376KB]
CCA and CCAA Guidance Document [48KB]
Guidance on Listing Priority Numbers (1983) [844KB]
Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions [112KB]
Policies
Final Policy for Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (64 FR 32726, June 17, 1999) 76KB]
Safe Harbors and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances - Regulations (64 FR 32705, June 17, 1999) [84KB]
Draft Handbook for Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances - June 2003 [422KB]
Guidance for the Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks (68 FR 24753, May 8 2003) [48KB]
Candidate Notices of Review
November 2013 [574KB]
October 2011 [423KB]
November 2010 [422KB]
November 2009 [408KB]
December 2008 [400KB]
December 2007 [460KB]
September 2006 [480KB]
May 2005 [420KB]
May 2004 [192KB]
June 2002 [168KB]
October 2001 [212KB]
Marine Mammals
General
Marine Mammal Protection Act [458KB]
Reports to Congress
Annual Report (1999-2000) [2.61MB]
Annual Report (1998) [344KB]
Annual Report (1997) [296MB]
Annual Report (1996) [22.5MB]
Annual Report (1995) [24.2MB]
Annual Report (1994) [17.4MB]
Annual Report (1993) [17.8MB]
Annual Report (1992) [13.8MB]
Annual Report (1991) [17MB]
Annual Report (1990) [18MB]
Annual Report (1989) [21.1MB]
Annual Report (1988) [19.9MB]
Annual Report (1987) [15.2MB]
Annual Report (1986) [10.5MB]
Annual Report (1985) [13MB]
Annual Report (1984) [15.6MB]
Annual Report (1983) [14MB]
Annual Report (1982) [12.8MB]
Annual Report (1981) [9.45MB]
Annual Report (1980) [10.4MB]
Annual Report (1979) [56MB]
Annual Report (1978-1979) [40.1MB]
Annual Report (1977-1978) [24.2MB]
Annual Report (1976-1977) [26.6MB]
Annual Report (1975-1976) [53.5MB]
Annual Report (1974-1975) [40.2MB]
Annual Report (1973-1974) [4.53MB]
Annual Report (1972-1973) [1.45MB]
Wetlands
General
Status and Trends Procedures [2MB]
Quality Peer Review Plan [175KB]
Quality and Peer Review Process [30KB]
National Status and Trends
Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous U.S. (2004-2009) [20MB]
Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous U.S. (1998-2004) [13MB]
Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous U.S. (1986-1997) [8MB]
Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous U.S. (Mid-1970s - Mid-1980s) [5MB]
Wetland Losses in the U.S. (1780s-1980s) [2MB]
Regional Status and Trends
Status and Trends of Prairie Wetlands (1997-2009) [16MB]
Status and Trends of Coastal Wetlands (2004-2009) [15MB]
Status and Trends of Wetlands in Delaware (1992-2007) [5MB]
Status and Trends of Coastal Wetlands in the Eastern U.S. (1998-2004) [9MB]
Status and Trends of Alaska's Wetlands (1994) [5.5MB]
Coastal Barrier Resources System
General
Coastal Barrier Resources System Fact Sheet [679KB]
Coastal Barrier Resources Act Property Determinations Process [101KB]
CBRA Economic Report [4.9MB]
1992 GAO Report on Coastal Barriers [6.1MB]
2007 GAO Report on the Coastal Barrier Resources System [4.7MB]
Legislation
Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 1982 [44KB]
Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 [58KB]
Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000[53KB]
Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2005[58KB]
Reports to Congress
Final Pacific Coastal Barriers Report May 2000 [12.5GB]
2008 Draft Report to Congress [8.3GB]
2016 Final Pilot Project Report to Congress[216.3GB]
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
General
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fact Sheet [281KB]
Spill Response
General
Spill Response Fact Sheet [1MB]
Oil Spill Response Fact Sheet [1.28MB]
Conservation Planning Assistance
General
Conservation Planning Assistance Fact Sheet [516KB]
Policies
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy (46 FR 7644, January 23 1981) [2.3MB]
Transportation Planning
Policies, Regulations, Guidelines
National Environmental Policy Act Reference Handbook [4.12MB]
Handbook on Departmental Review of Section 4(f) Evaluations [549KB]
Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Handbook [919KB]
Federal Highway Administration National BA Template [72KB]
Federal Highway Administration National BA Template Instructions [434KB]
Water Resource Development
Service's Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Handbook [15.3MB]
Energy Development
Wind Energy
Voluntary Land-based Wind Energy Guidelines [1.46MB]
Voluntary Land-based Wind Energy Guidelines Fact Sheet [37KB]
Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance
Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance Module 1 — Land-based Wind Energy [1.96MB]
Technical Note on Related Loss [346KB]
Wildlife and Habitat Conservation
- Conservation Planning