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Common name
Ae .........................................
Status
Known range of
species occurrence
Endangered .........
Hawaii ..................................
61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Endangered .........
Hawaii ..................................
59 FR 49025, 9/26/1994.
Endangered .........
Endangered .........
Hawaii ..................................
Hawaii ..................................
59 FR 49025, 9/26/1994.
57 FR 20772, 5/15/1992.
Scientific name
Zanthoxylum dipetalum
tomentosum.
var.
Final listing rule and
publication date
Ferns and Allies
No common name ...............
No common name ...............
Wawaeiole ............................
Asplenium peruvianum var.
insulare.
Diplazium molokaiense ............
Huperzia mannii .......................
Request for New Information
To ensure that a 5-year review is
complete and based on the best
available scientific and commercial
information, we request new
information from all sources. See What
Information Do We Consider in Our
Review? for specific criteria. If you
submit information, please support it
with documentation such as maps,
bibliographic references, methods used
to gather and analyze the data, and/or
copies of any pertinent publications,
reports, or letters by knowledgeable
sources.
If you wish to provide information for
any species listed in the table, please
submit your comments and materials to
the appropriate contact in ADDRESSES.
Theresa E. Rabot,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; 5-Year Status Reviews for
35 Southeastern Species
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
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do so.
Comments and materials received will
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appointment, during normal business
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Completed and Active Reviews
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of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
Notice of initiation of reviews;
request for information.
ACTION:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), are initiating
5-year status reviews of 35 species
under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended. A 5-year review is an
assessment of the best scientific and
commercial data available at the time of
the review. We are requesting
submission of information that has
become available since the last reviews
of these species.
SUMMARY:
To allow us adequate time to
conduct these reviews, we must receive
your comments or information on or
before July 6, 2018. However, we will
continue to accept new information
about any listed species at any time.
DATES:
For instructions on how to
submit information and review
information that we receive on these
species, see Request for New
Information under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
A list of all completed and currently
active 5-year reviews addressing species
for which the Pacific Region of the
Service has lead responsibility is
available at https://www.fws.gov/pacific/
ecoservices/endangered/recovery/
5year.html.
ADDRESSES:
Authority
species-specific information, see
Request for New Information under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
This document is published under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
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Why do we conduct 5-year reviews?
Under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended, (ESA 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), we maintain lists of endangered
and threatened wildlife and plant
species (referred to as the Lists) in title
50 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) at 50 CFR 17.11 (for wildlife) and
17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) of
the ESA requires us to review each
listed species’ status at least once every
5 years. Our regulations at 50 CFR
424.21 require that we publish a notice
in the Federal Register announcing
those species under active review. For
additional information about 5-year
reviews, go to https://www.fws.gov/
endangered/what-we-do/recoveryoverview.html, scroll down to ‘‘Learn
More about 5-Year Reviews,’’ and click
on our factsheet.
Species Under Review
This notice announces our active
review of 28 species that are currently
listed as endangered:
Fish and Wildlife
Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus
principalis)
Bermuda petrel (=cahow) (Pterodroma
cahow)
Laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori)
Yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma
moorei)
Watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale)
Smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi)
Chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus)
Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus
suttkusi)
Dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus
dromas)
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma
brevidens)
Cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata)
Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis
virescens)
Birdwing pearlymussel (Lemiox
rimosus)
Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera
marrianae)
Fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax)
Pale lilliput (Toxolasma cylindrellus)
Slender campeloma (Campeloma
decampi)
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Armored snail (Pyrgulopsis
(=Marstonia) pachyta)
Plants
Arenaria cumberlandensis (Cumberland
sandwort)
Astralagus bibullatus (Guthrie’s
(=Pyne’s) ground plum)
Baptisia arachnifera (Hairy rattleweed)
Campanula robinsiae (Brooksville
bellflower)
Cyathea dryopteroides (Elfin tree fern)
Harrisia aboriginum (Aboriginal
prickly-apple)
Justicia cooleyi (Cooley’s water-willow)
Lesquerella perforata (Spring Creek
bladderpod)
Nolina brittoniana (Britton’s beargrass)
Trillium persistens (Persistent trillium)
This notice announces our active
review of 7 species that are currently
listed as threatened:
Fish and Wildlife
Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon
corais couperi)
Ringed map turtle (=sawback)
(Graptemys oculifera)
Slackwater darter (Etheostoma
boschungi)
Yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis)
Pygmy sculpin (Cottus pygmaeus)
Plants
Macbridea alba (White birds in a nest)
Scutellaria floridana (Florida skullcap)
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What information do we consider in
our review?
A 5-year review considers the best
scientific and commercial data that have
become available since the current
listing determination or most recent
status review of each species, such as:
A. Species biology, including but not
limited to population trends,
distribution, abundance, demographics,
and genetics;
B. Habitat conditions, including but
not limited to amount, distribution, and
suitability;
C. Conservation measures that have
been implemented to benefit the
species;
D. Threat status and trends (see the
five factors under the heading How Do
We Determine Whether A Species Is
Endangered or Threatened?); and
E. Other new information, data, or
corrections, including but not limited to
taxonomic or nomenclatural changes,
identification of erroneous information
contained in the List, and improved
analytical methods.
We request any new information
concerning the status of any of these 35
species. Information submitted should
be supported by documentation such as
maps, bibliographic references, methods
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used to gather and analyze the data,
and/or copies of any pertinent
publications, reports, or letters by
knowledgeable sources.
We have completed 5-year review
documents for the majority of our listed
species in the Southeast. In many cases,
we will only have to update previous 5year reviews, but we could possibly
conduct a species status assessment
(SSA) for some species. An SSA is a
compilation of the best available
information on the species, as well as its
ecological needs based on
environmental factors. Next, an SSA
describes the current condition of the
species’ habitat and demographics, and
the probable explanations for past and
ongoing changes in abundance and
distribution within the species’ range.
Last, an SSA forecasts the species’
response to probable future scenarios of
environmental conditions and
conservation efforts. Overall, an SSA
uses the conservation biology principles
of resiliency, redundancy, and
representation (collectively known as
the ‘‘3 Rs’’) to evaluate the current and
future condition of the species. As a
result, the SSA characterizes a species’
ability to sustain populations in the
wild over time based on the best
scientific understanding of current and
future abundance and distribution
within the species’ ecological settings.
An SSA is a biological risk assessment
to aid decision makers who must use
the best available scientific information
to make policy decisions under the ESA.
The SSA provides decision makers with
a scientifically rigorous characterization
of a species’ status that and the
likelihood that the species will sustain
populations, along with key
uncertainties in that characterization.
Definitions
A. Species means any species or
subspecies of fish, wildlife, or plant,
and any distinct population segment of
any species of vertebrate which
interbreeds when mature.
B. Endangered means any species that
is in danger of extinction throughout all
or a significant portion of its range.
C. Threatened means any species that
is likely to become an endangered
species within the foreseeable future
throughout all or a significant portion of
its range.
How do we determine whether a
species is endangered or threatened?
Section 4(a)(1) of the ESA requires
that we determine whether a species is
endangered or threatened based on one
or more of the following five factors:
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A. The present or threatened
destruction, modification, or
curtailment of its habitat or range;
B. Overutilization for commercial,
recreational, scientific, or educational
purposes;
C. Disease or predation;
D. The inadequacy of existing
regulatory mechanisms; or
E. Other natural or manmade factors
affecting its continued existence.
Request for New Information
To do any of the following, contact
the person associated with the species
you are interested in below:
A. To get more information on a
species;
B. To submit information on a
species; or
C. To review information we receive,
which will be available for public
inspection by appointment, during
normal business hours, at the listed
addresses.
Fish and Wildlife
• Ivory-billed woodpecker: Amy
Trahan, by mail at Louisiana Ecological
Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 646 Cajundome Blvd.,
Suite 400, Lafayette, LA 70506; by fax
337–291–3139, by phone at 337–291–
3100, or by email at lafayette@fws.gov.
• Cahow (Bermuda petrel): John
Hammond, by mail at the Raleigh
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 551 Pylon
Drive, #F, Raleigh, NC 27606; by fax at
919–856–4556; by phone at 919–856–
4520; or by email at raleigh_es@fws.gov.
• Yellowfin madtom, smoky madtom,
and laurel dace: Warren Stiles; and
Chucky madtom, Cumberlandian
combshell, birdwing pearlymussel,
cracking pearlymussel, and dromedary
pearlymussel: Stephanie Chance, both
by mail at the Tennessee Ecological
Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 446 Neal Street,
Cookeville, TN 38501; by fax at 931–
528–7075; by phone at 931–528–6481;
or by email at cookeville@fws.gov.
• Yellowcheek darter: Chris
Davidson, by mail at Arkansas
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 110 South
Amity Road, Suite 300, Conway, AR
72032; by fax at 501–513–4480; by
phone at 501–513–4481; or by email at
arkansas-es_recovery@fws.gov.
• Ringed map turtle: Linda Laclaire;
fat pocketbook: Paul Hartfield; and
slackwater darter, pygmy sculpin, and
watercress darter: Daniel Drennen, all
three by mail at the Mississippi
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 6578
Dogwood View Parkway, Jackson, MS
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39213; by fax at 601–965–4340; by
phone at 601–965–4900; or by email at
Mississippi_field_office@fws.gov.
• Alabama sturgeon: Jennifer
Grunewald; Alabama pearlshell:
Anthony Ford; Alabama lampmussel,
pale lilliput, slender campeloma, and
armored snail: Evan Collins, all three by
mail at Alabama Ecological Services
Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1208B Main St., Daphne, AL
36526; by fax at 251–441–6222; by
phone at 251–441–5184; or by email at
Alabama@fws.gov.
• Eastern indigo snake: Michele
Elmore, by mail at Georgia Ecological
Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 52560, Fort
Benning, GA 31995; by fax at 706–544–
6419; by phone at 706–544–6428; or by
email at georgiaes@fws.gov.
Plants
• Cumberland sandwort, Pyne’s
ground plum, and Spring Creek
bladderpod: Geoff Call, by mail at the
Tennessee Ecological Services Field
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(see contact information above).
• Hairy rattleweed: April Punsulan,
by mail at Charleston Ecological
Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 176 Croghan Spur
Road, Suite 200, Charleston, SC 29412;
by fax at 843–727–4218; by phone at
843–727–4707; or by email at
charleston_recovery@fws.gov.
• Brooksville bellflower, Cooley’s
water-willow, and Britton’s beargrass:
Todd Mecklenborg, by mail at North
Florida Ecological Services Field Office,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 7915
Baymeadows Way, Suite 200,
Jacksonville, FL 32256; by fax 904–731–
3045, by phone at 904–731–3336, or by
email at northflorida@fws.gov.
• Elfin tree fern: Angel Colon, by mail
at the Caribbean Ecological Services
Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Road 301, Km. 5.1, P.O. Box
´
491, Boqueron, PR 00622; by fax at 787–
851–7440; by phone at 787–851–7297;
or by email at caribbean_es@fws.gov.
• Aboriginal prickly-apple: David
Bender, by mail at South Florida
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 20th
Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960; by fax
772–562–4288; by phone at 772–562–
3909 extension 294; or by email at
SFESO_plant_5-year_reviews@fws.gov.
• White birds in a nest and Florida
skullcap: Vivian Negron-Ortiz, by mail
at the Panama City Ecological Services
Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1601 Balboa Ave., Panama City,
FL 32405; by fax at 850–769–2177; by
phone at 850–769–0552; or by email at
panamacity@fws.gov.
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• Persistent trillium: David Caldwell,
by mail at Georgia Ecological Services
Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (see contact information above).
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that the
entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Availability of Status Reviews
All completed status reviews under
the ESA are available via the Service
website: https://www.fws.gov/
endangered/species/us-species.html.
Authority
We publish this document under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: March 20, 2018.
Mike Oetker,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2017-N178; FXES11130900000C2-189-FF09E32000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Status
Reviews for 35 Southeastern Species
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are
initiating 5-year status reviews of 35 species under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended. A 5-year review is an assessment of
the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the
review. We are requesting submission of information that has become
available since the last reviews of these species.
DATES: To allow us adequate time to conduct these reviews, we must
receive your comments or information on or before July 6, 2018.
However, we will continue to accept new information about any listed
species at any time.
ADDRESSES: For instructions on how to submit information and review
information that we receive on these species, see Request for New
Information under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For species-specific information, see
Request for New Information under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Why do we conduct 5-year reviews?
Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, (ESA 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), we maintain lists of endangered and threatened
wildlife and plant species (referred to as the Lists) in title 50 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.11 (for wildlife)
and 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the ESA requires us to
review each listed species' status at least once every 5 years. Our
regulations at 50 CFR 424.21 require that we publish a notice in the
Federal Register announcing those species under active review. For
additional information about 5-year reviews, go to https://www.fws.gov/endangered/what-we-do/recovery-overview.html, scroll down to ``Learn
More about 5-Year Reviews,'' and click on our factsheet.
Species Under Review
This notice announces our active review of 28 species that are
currently listed as endangered:
Fish and Wildlife
Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
Bermuda petrel (=cahow) (Pterodroma cahow)
Laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori)
Yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma moorei)
Watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale)
Smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi)
Chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus)
Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
Dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas)
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens)
Cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata)
Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens)
Birdwing pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus)
Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera marrianae)
Fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax)
Pale lilliput (Toxolasma cylindrellus)
Slender campeloma (Campeloma decampi)
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Armored snail (Pyrgulopsis (=Marstonia) pachyta)
Plants
Arenaria cumberlandensis (Cumberland sandwort)
Astralagus bibullatus (Guthrie's (=Pyne's) ground plum)
Baptisia arachnifera (Hairy rattleweed)
Campanula robinsiae (Brooksville bellflower)
Cyathea dryopteroides (Elfin tree fern)
Harrisia aboriginum (Aboriginal prickly-apple)
Justicia cooleyi (Cooley's water-willow)
Lesquerella perforata (Spring Creek bladderpod)
Nolina brittoniana (Britton's beargrass)
Trillium persistens (Persistent trillium)
This notice announces our active review of 7 species that are
currently listed as threatened:
Fish and Wildlife
Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Ringed map turtle (=sawback) (Graptemys oculifera)
Slackwater darter (Etheostoma boschungi)
Yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis)
Pygmy sculpin (Cottus pygmaeus)
Plants
Macbridea alba (White birds in a nest)
Scutellaria floridana (Florida skullcap)
What information do we consider in our review?
A 5-year review considers the best scientific and commercial data
that have become available since the current listing determination or
most recent status review of each species, such as:
A. Species biology, including but not limited to population trends,
distribution, abundance, demographics, and genetics;
B. Habitat conditions, including but not limited to amount,
distribution, and suitability;
C. Conservation measures that have been implemented to benefit the
species;
D. Threat status and trends (see the five factors under the heading
How Do We Determine Whether A Species Is Endangered or Threatened?);
and
E. Other new information, data, or corrections, including but not
limited to taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, identification of
erroneous information contained in the List, and improved analytical
methods.
We request any new information concerning the status of any of
these 35 species. Information submitted should be supported by
documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, methods used to
gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any pertinent
publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources.
We have completed 5-year review documents for the majority of our
listed species in the Southeast. In many cases, we will only have to
update previous 5-year reviews, but we could possibly conduct a species
status assessment (SSA) for some species. An SSA is a compilation of
the best available information on the species, as well as its
ecological needs based on environmental factors. Next, an SSA describes
the current condition of the species' habitat and demographics, and the
probable explanations for past and ongoing changes in abundance and
distribution within the species' range. Last, an SSA forecasts the
species' response to probable future scenarios of environmental
conditions and conservation efforts. Overall, an SSA uses the
conservation biology principles of resiliency, redundancy, and
representation (collectively known as the ``3 Rs'') to evaluate the
current and future condition of the species. As a result, the SSA
characterizes a species' ability to sustain populations in the wild
over time based on the best scientific understanding of current and
future abundance and distribution within the species' ecological
settings.
An SSA is a biological risk assessment to aid decision makers who
must use the best available scientific information to make policy
decisions under the ESA. The SSA provides decision makers with a
scientifically rigorous characterization of a species' status that and
the likelihood that the species will sustain populations, along with
key uncertainties in that characterization.
Definitions
A. Species means any species or subspecies of fish, wildlife, or
plant, and any distinct population segment of any species of vertebrate
which interbreeds when mature.
B. Endangered means any species that is in danger of extinction
throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
C. Threatened means any species that is likely to become an
endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a
significant portion of its range.
How do we determine whether a species is endangered or threatened?
Section 4(a)(1) of the ESA requires that we determine whether a
species is endangered or threatened based on one or more of the
following five factors:
A. The present or threatened destruction, modification, or
curtailment of its habitat or range;
B. Overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or
educational purposes;
C. Disease or predation;
D. The inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms; or
E. Other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued
existence.
Request for New Information
To do any of the following, contact the person associated with the
species you are interested in below:
A. To get more information on a species;
B. To submit information on a species; or
C. To review information we receive, which will be available for
public inspection by appointment, during normal business hours, at the
listed addresses.
Fish and Wildlife
Ivory-billed woodpecker: Amy Trahan, by mail at Louisiana
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 646
Cajundome Blvd., Suite 400, Lafayette, LA 70506; by fax 337-291-3139,
by phone at 337-291-3100, or by email at [email protected].
Cahow (Bermuda petrel): John Hammond, by mail at the
Raleigh Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 551 Pylon Drive, #F, Raleigh, NC 27606; by fax at 919-856-
4556; by phone at 919-856-4520; or by email at [email protected].
Yellowfin madtom, smoky madtom, and laurel dace: Warren
Stiles; and Chucky madtom, Cumberlandian combshell, birdwing
pearlymussel, cracking pearlymussel, and dromedary pearlymussel:
Stephanie Chance, both by mail at the Tennessee Ecological Services
Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 446 Neal Street,
Cookeville, TN 38501; by fax at 931-528-7075; by phone at 931-528-6481;
or by email at [email protected].
Yellowcheek darter: Chris Davidson, by mail at Arkansas
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 110
South Amity Road, Suite 300, Conway, AR 72032; by fax at 501-513-4480;
by phone at 501-513-4481; or by email at [email protected].
Ringed map turtle: Linda Laclaire; fat pocketbook: Paul
Hartfield; and slackwater darter, pygmy sculpin, and watercress darter:
Daniel Drennen, all three by mail at the Mississippi Ecological
Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 6578 Dogwood
View Parkway, Jackson, MS
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39213; by fax at 601-965-4340; by phone at 601-965-4900; or by email at
[email protected].
Alabama sturgeon: Jennifer Grunewald; Alabama pearlshell:
Anthony Ford; Alabama lampmussel, pale lilliput, slender campeloma, and
armored snail: Evan Collins, all three by mail at Alabama Ecological
Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1208B Main St.,
Daphne, AL 36526; by fax at 251-441-6222; by phone at 251-441-5184; or
by email at [email protected].
Eastern indigo snake: Michele Elmore, by mail at Georgia
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O.
Box 52560, Fort Benning, GA 31995; by fax at 706-544-6419; by phone at
706-544-6428; or by email at [email protected].
Plants
Cumberland sandwort, Pyne's ground plum, and Spring Creek
bladderpod: Geoff Call, by mail at the Tennessee Ecological Services
Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see contact information
above).
Hairy rattleweed: April Punsulan, by mail at Charleston
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 176
Croghan Spur Road, Suite 200, Charleston, SC 29412; by fax at 843-727-
4218; by phone at 843-727-4707; or by email at
[email protected].
Brooksville bellflower, Cooley's water-willow, and
Britton's beargrass: Todd Mecklenborg, by mail at North Florida
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 7915
Baymeadows Way, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32256; by fax 904-731-3045,
by phone at 904-731-3336, or by email at [email protected].
Elfin tree fern: Angel Colon, by mail at the Caribbean
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Road
301, Km. 5.1, P.O. Box 491, Boquer[oacute]n, PR 00622; by fax at 787-
851-7440; by phone at 787-851-7297; or by email at
[email protected].
Aboriginal prickly-apple: David Bender, by mail at South
Florida Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960; by fax 772-562-4288;
by phone at 772-562-3909 extension 294; or by email at [email protected].
White birds in a nest and Florida skullcap: Vivian Negron-
Ortiz, by mail at the Panama City Ecological Services Field Office,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1601 Balboa Ave., Panama City, FL
32405; by fax at 850-769-2177; by phone at 850-769-0552; or by email at
[email protected].
Persistent trillium: David Caldwell, by mail at Georgia
Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see
contact information above).
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that the entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Availability of Status Reviews
All completed status reviews under the ESA are available via the
Service website: https://www.fws.gov/endangered/species/us-species.html.
Authority
We publish this document under the authority of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: March 20, 2018.
Mike Oetker,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-09604 Filed 5-4-18; 8:45 am]
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