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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; 21 Draft Recovery Plan
Revisions for 25 Species in 15 States
Across the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; opening
of public comment period.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability for public review and
comment of 21 draft recovery plan
revisions, which update recovery
criteria for 25 endangered or threatened
species located in 15 States (Arizona,
California, Colorado, Kentucky, Maine,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia).
We are updating recovery criteria to
better assist in determining when an
endangered species has recovered to the
point that it may be reclassified as
threatened, or that the protections
afforded by the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) are no longer necessary and the
species may be removed from the ESA’s
protections. We request review of these
draft recovery plan revisions and invite
comments from local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies, nongovernmental
organizations, and the public.
DATES: We must receive comments on
the draft recovery plan revisions on or
before September 5, 2019.
ADDRESSES:
Reviewing documents: If you wish to
review the draft recovery plan revisions,
you may obtain copies from the website
addresses in the table in SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. You may also request
copies of the draft recovery plan
revisions by contacting the individuals
listed in the table.
Submitting comments: If you wish to
comment, see the table in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION and submit
your comments by one of the following
methods:
1. U.S. Mail or hand-delivery: You
may submit written comments and
materials to the appropriate field office
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mailing address for the species in which
you are interested;
2. Email: You may send comments by
email to the identified contact person’s
email address in the table, for each
species. Please include ‘‘Draft Recovery
Plan Revision Comments’’ in the subject
line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on a particular species,
contact the appropriate person listed in
the table for that species in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Individuals who are hearing impaired
may call the Federal Relay Service at
800–877–8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In this notice, we announce for public
review and comment the availability of
21 draft recovery plan revisions, which
update recovery criteria for 25
endangered or threatened species
located in 15 States (Arizona, California,
Colorado, Kentucky, Maine, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and West
Virginia). This group of 21 draft
recovery plan revisions is part of a
larger effort underway to revise up to
182 recovery plans covering up to 305
species in order to achieve the following
Department of the Interior Agency
Priority Performance Goal outlined in
the Department’s Strategic Plan for
Fiscal Years 2018–2022: ‘‘By September
30, 2019, 100 percent of all Fish and
Wildlife Service recovery plans will
have quantitative criteria for what
constitutes a recovered species.’’
The purpose of a recovery plan is to
provide a feasible and effective roadmap
for a species’ recovery, with the goal of
improving its status and managing its
Common
Name
Scientific
name
Listing
status 1
threats to the point at which protections
under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) are no
longer needed. Recovery plans must be
designed so that all stakeholders and the
public understand the rationale behind
the recovery program, whether they
were involved in writing the plan or
not, and recognize their role in its
implementation. We are requesting
submission of any information that
enhances the necessary understanding
of the (1) species’ biology and threats
and (2) recovery needs and related
implementation issues or concerns, to
ensure that we have assembled,
considered, and incorporated the best
available scientific and commercial
information into the draft recovery plan
revisions for these 25 species.
Recovery plans provide important
guidance to the Service, States, other
partners, and the general public on
methods of minimizing threats to listed
species and objectives against which to
measure the progress towards recovery;
they are guidance and not regulatory
documents. A recovery plan identifies,
organizes, and prioritizes recovery
actions and is an important guide that
ensures sound scientific decisionmaking throughout the recovery
process, which can take decades.
Keeping recovery plans current ensures
that threatened species and endangered
species benefit through timely partnercoordinated implementation, based on
the best available information.
A review of a recovery plan and its
implementation may show that the plan
is out of date or its usefulness is limited
and that the plan warrants modification.
The need for, and extent of, recovery
plan modifications will vary
considerably among recovery plans,
depending on the scope and complexity
Current
range
of the initial plan, the structure of the
document, and the involvement of
stakeholders. Recovery plan
modifications can range from relatively
minor updates to a substantial rewrite
that revises the existing plan in part
(i.e., an amendment to one of the
sections that modifies the existing plan),
or in full (i.e., a full revision that
completely replaces the existing plan).
The need for a recovery plan revision
may be triggered when, among other
possibilities, (1) new information has
been identified, such as populationlevel threats to the species or previously
unknown life-history traits, which
necessitates new or revised recovery
strategy, actions, or criteria, or revision
of all three in order to maintain the
adequacy of the plan; and (2) the current
plan is not achieving its objectives.
Revisions benefit endangered and
threatened species, our partners, and the
public by incorporating the best
available information on what is needed
for species’ recovery.
Revision of recovery plans requires
public notice and comment under
section 4(f)(4) of the ESA, including (1)
a Federal Register notice of availability
to give opportunity for public review
and comment, (2) consideration of all
information presented during the public
comment period, and (3) approval by
the Regional Director. When finalized,
these recovery plan revisions will be
made publicly available on the internet
through our Environmental
Conservation Online System (ECOS,
https://ecos.fws.gov).
What plans are being made available
for public review and comment?
This notice announces our draft
recovery plan revisions for the species
listed in the table below.
Internet availability
of proposed recovery
plan revision
Recovery plan name
38289
Contact person,
phone, email
Contact person’s
U.S. mail address
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Southwest Region (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas)
Sonoran tiger salamander
Ambystoma
tigrinum
stebbinsi.
E
AZ .........
Sonoran Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma
tigrinum stebbinsi)
Recovery Plan 2.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_Sonoran%20tiger
%20salamander_03152019.pdf.
Navajo sedge ..................
Carex specuicola ..
T
AZ, UT ..
Recovery Plan for Navajo Sedge Carex
specuicola 2.
Nichol’s Turk’s head cactus.
Echinocactus
horizonthalonius
var. nicholii.
E
AZ .........
Little Colorado spinedace
Lepidomeda vittata
T
AZ .........
Spikedace .......................
Meda fulgida ........
E
AZ, NM ..
Recovery Plan for the
Nichol’s Turk’s Head
Cactus (Echinocactus
horizonthalonius var.
nicholii) 2.
Little Colorado River
Spinedace
Lepidomeda vittata
Recovery Plan 2.
Spikedace, Meda
fulgida Recovery
Plan 2.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_Navajo%20sedge_
03152019.pdf.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_
Nichols%20turks%20head_
03152019.pdf.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_Little%20Colorado
%20spinedace_03202019.pdf.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_spikedace_
03152019.pdf.
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Field Supervisor, 602–
242–0210,
incomingazcorr@
fws.gov.
06AUN1
Arizona Ecological
Services Field Office,
9828 North 31st Avenue, #C3, Phoenix,
AZ 85051.
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Internet availability
of proposed recovery
plan revision
Common
Name
Scientific
name
Listing
status 1
Current
range
Recovery plan name
Loach minnow .................
Rhinichthys cobitis
E
AZ, NM ..
Loach Minnow, Tiaroga
cobitis Recovery
Plan 2.
Masked bobwhite ............
Colinus virginianus
ridgwayi.
E
AZ .........
Masked Bobwhite Recovery Plan, Second
Revision 2.
Texas poppy-mallow .......
Callirhoe
scabriuscula.
E
TX .........
Texas Poppy-Mallow
Callirhoe
scabriuscula Recovery Plan 2.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_Texas%20poppy
%20mallow_03152019.pdf.
Fountain darter ................
Etheostoma
fonticola.
E
TX .........
San Marcos and Comal
Springs and Associated Aquatic Ecosystems (Revised)
Recovery Plan 2.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_San%20Marcos
%20and%20Comal%20Springs_1.pdf.
Texas blind salamander ..
E
TX.
Texas wild-rice ................
Black lace cactus ............
Typhlomolge
rathbuni.
Zizania texana ......
Echinocereus
reichenbachii
var. alberti.
E
E
TX.
TX .........
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_
black%20lace%20cactus.pdf.
Walker’s manioc ..............
Manihot walkerae
E
TX .........
Black Lace Cactus
(Echinocereus
reichenbachii var.
albertii) Recovery
Plan 2.
Walker’s Manioc
Manihot walkerae
Recovery Plan 2.
Contact person,
phone, email
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_loach%20minnow_
03152019.pdf.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_
masked%20bobwhite_03152019.pdf.
William Radke, 520–
364–2104, bill_
radke@fws.gov.
Adam Zerrenner, 512–
490–0057, adam_
zerrenner@fws.gov.
Chuck Ardizzone, 281–
286–8282, chuck_
ardizzone@fws.gov.
Contact person’s
U.S. mail address
Buenos Aires, Leslie
Canyon, & San
Bernardino National
Wildlife Refuges,
P.O. Box 3509,
Douglas, AZ 85607.
Austin Ecological Services Field Office,
10711 Burnet Road,
Suite 200 Austin, TX
78758.
Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office, 17629 El Camino Real, Suite 211,
Houston, TX 77058.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20APG%20RP
%20Amendment_
Walkers%20manioc_03152019.pdf.
Northeast Region (Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Virginia, and West Virginia)
Jesup’s milk-vetch ...........
Astragalus
robbinsii var.
jesupi.
E
NH, VT ..
Virginia big-eared bat ......
Corynorhinus
townsendii
virginianus.
E
KY, NC,
TN,
VA,
WV.
Furbish lousewort ............
Pedicularis
furbishiae.
E
ME .........
Jesup’s Milk-Vetch Recovery Plan
(Astragalus robbinsii
var. jesupi) Draft Revised Recovery
Plan 3.
A Recovery Plan for
the Ozark Big-Eared
Bat and the Virginia
Big-Eared Bat 2.
Recovery Plan for the
Furbish’s Lousewort
(Pedicularis
furbishiae), Draft
Second Revision 3.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
20190228_Draft%20JMV
%20Recovery%20Plan_1.pdf.
David Simmons, 603–
227–6425, david_
simmons@fws.gov.
New England Field Office, 70 Commercial
St., Suite 300, Concord, NH 03301.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
20190313_Draft%20VBEB
%20Recovery%20Plan
%20Amendment.pdf.
Daphne Carlson
Bremer, 304–636–
6586, daphne_
carlsonbremer@
fws.gov.
Anna Harris, 207–469–
7300, anna_harris@
fws.gov.
West Virginia Field Office, 90 Vance Drive,
Elkins, WV 26241.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
20190306_Furbish%20lousewort
%20RP_draft%20final.pdf.
Maine Field Office, 306
Hatchery Road East,
Orland, ME 04431.
Mountain-Prairie Region (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Pawnee montane skipper
Hesperia
leonardus montana.
T
CO .........
Pawnee Montane Skipper Recovery Plan 2.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Pawnee%20montane%20skipper_
Draft%20Amendment%201.pdf.
Leslie Ellwood, 303–
236–4747, leslie_
ellwood@fws.gov.
Dudley Bluffs bladderpod
Lesquerella
congesta.
T
CO .........
Dudley Bluffs
Bladderpod
(Lesquerella
congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod
(Physaria obcordata)
Recovery Plan 3.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
20190318_DudleyBluffs_
DraftRecoveryPlan.pdf.
Ann Timberman, 970–
628–7181, ann_
timberman@fws.gov.
Dudley Bluffs twinpod .....
Physaria
obcordata.
T
CO.
Applegate’s milk-vetch ....
Astragalus
applegatei.
E
CA, OR
Applegate’s milk-vetch
(Astragalus
applegatei) Recovery
Plan 2.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20RP%20Amendment
%20Applegates%20MV_1.pdf.
Jeanne Spaur, kfalls@
fws.gov, 541–885–
8481.
El Segundo blue butterfly
Euphilotes
battoides allyni.
E
CA .........
El Segundo Blue Butterfly (Euphilotes
battoides allyni) Recovery Plan 2.
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20RP%20Amendment
%20ESB_1.pdf.
Bradd Bridges,
fw8cfwocomments@
fws.gov, 760 –431–
9440.
Quino checkerspot butterfly.
Euphydryas editha
quino.
E
CA .........
Palos Verdes blue butterfly.
Glaucopsyche
lygdamus
palosverdesensis.
E
CA .........
Recovery Plan for the
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Quino Checkerspot
Draft%20RP%20Amendment%20for
Butterfly (Euphydryas
%20QCB_1.pdf.
editha quino) 2.
Palos Verdes Blue But- https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20RP%20Amendment
terfly Recovery Plan 2.
%20PVB.pdf.
Colorado Ecological
Services Field Office,
134 Union Blvd.,
Suite 670, Lakewood,
CO 80228.
Colorado Ecological
Services Field Office,
Western Colorado
Sub-Office, 445 W.
Gunnison Ave., Suite
240, Grand Junction,
CO 81504.
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Pacific Southwest Region (California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin area of Oregon)
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Klamath Falls Fish and
Wildlife Office, 1936
California Ave.,
Klamath Falls, OR
97601.
Carlsbad Fish and
Wildlife Office, 2177
Salk Avenue, Suite
250, Carlsbad, CA
92008.
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Common
Name
Scientific
name
Listing
status 1
Current
range
San Clemente loggerhead shrike.
Lanius
ludovicianus
mearnsi.
E
CA .........
San Clemente Island
woodland-star.
Lithophragma
maximum.
E
CA.
1E
Internet availability
of proposed recovery
plan revision
Recovery plan name
Recovery Plan for the
Endangered and
Threatened Species
of the California
Channel Islands 2.
Contact person,
phone, email
38291
Contact person’s
U.S. mail address
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/
Draft%20RP%20Amendment%20for
%202%20SCI_shrike%20LIMA_1.pdf.
= endangered; T = threatened.
a partial revision (i.e., amendment) to the recovery plan.
a full revision of the recovery plan.
2 Denotes
3 Denotes
How do I ask questions or provide
information?
For any species listed above, please
submit your questions, comments, and
materials to the appropriate contact in
the table above. Individuals who are
hearing impaired or speech impaired
may call the Federal Relay Service at
800–877–8339 for TTY assistance.
Request for Public Comments
We request written comments on the
draft recovery plan modifications. We
will consider all comments we receive
by the date specified in DATES prior to
final approval of the plans.
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
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority
The authority for this action is section
4(f) of the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1533 (f)).
Dated: July 25, 2019.
Margaret E. Everson,
Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Exercising the Authority of
the Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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Notice of availability; opening
of public comment period.
ACTION:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability for public review and
comment of 21 draft recovery plan
revisions, which update recovery
criteria for 43 endangered or threatened
species located in Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri,
Mississippi, and Tennessee, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the
U.S. and British Virgin Islands. We are
updating recovery criteria to better
assist in determining when an
endangered species has recovered to the
point that it may be reclassified as
threatened, or that the protections
afforded by the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) are no longer necessary and the
species may be removed from the ESA’s
protections. We request review of these
draft recovery plan revisions and invite
comments from local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies, nongovernmental
organizations, and the public.
DATES: We must receive comments on
the draft recovery plan revisions on or
before September 5, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Reviewing documents: If
you wish to review the draft recovery
plan revisions, you may obtain copies
from the website addresses in the table
in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. You
may also request copies of the draft
recovery plan revisions by contacting
the individuals listed in the table.
Submitting comments: If you wish to
comment, see the table in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION and submit
your comments by one of the following
methods:
1. U.S. Mail or hand-delivery: You
may submit written comments and
materials to the appropriate field office
mailing address for the species in which
you are interested;
2. Email: You may send comments by
email to the identified contact person’s
email address in the table, for each
species. Please include ‘‘Draft Recovery
Plan Revision Comments’’ in the subject
line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on a particular species,
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Individuals who are hearing impaired
may call the Federal Relay Service at
800–877–8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In this notice, we announce for public
review and comment the availability of
21 draft recovery plan revisions, which
update recovery criteria for 43
endangered or threatened species
located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, and
Tennessee, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. and British
Virgin Islands. This group of 21 draft
recovery plan revisions is part of a
larger effort underway to revise up to
182 recovery plans covering up to 305
species in order to achieve the following
Department of the Interior Agency
Priority Performance Goal outlined in
the Department’s Strategic Plan for
Fiscal Years 2018–2022: ‘‘By September
30, 2019, 100 percent of all Fish and
Wildlife Service recovery plans will
have quantitative criteria for what
constitutes a recovered species.’’
The purpose of a recovery plan is to
provide a feasible and effective roadmap
for a species’ recovery, with the goal of
improving its status and managing its
threats to the point at which protections
under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) are no
longer needed. Recovery plans must be
designed so that all stakeholders and the
public understand the rationale behind
the recovery program, whether they
were involved in writing the plan or
not, and recognize their role in its
implementation. We are requesting
submission of any information that
enhances the necessary understanding
of the (1) species’ biology and threats
and (2) recovery needs and related
implementation issues or concerns, to
ensure that we have assembled,
considered, and incorporated the best
available scientific and commercial
information into the draft recovery plan
revisions for these 43 species.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38288-38291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16748]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-ES-2019-N047; FXES11130100000C4-190-FF02ENEH00]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 21 Draft Recovery
Plan Revisions for 25 Species in 15 States Across the United States
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; opening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability for public review and comment of 21 draft recovery plan
revisions, which update recovery criteria for 25 endangered or
threatened species located in 15 States (Arizona, California, Colorado,
Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia). We are
updating recovery criteria to better assist in determining when an
endangered species has recovered to the point that it may be
reclassified as threatened, or that the protections afforded by the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) are no longer necessary and the species
may be removed from the ESA's protections. We request review of these
draft recovery plan revisions and invite comments from local, State,
Tribal, and Federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the
public.
DATES: We must receive comments on the draft recovery plan revisions on
or before September 5, 2019.
ADDRESSES:
Reviewing documents: If you wish to review the draft recovery plan
revisions, you may obtain copies from the website addresses in the
table in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. You may also request copies of the
draft recovery plan revisions by contacting the individuals listed in
the table.
Submitting comments: If you wish to comment, see the table in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION and submit your comments by one of the
following methods:
1. U.S. Mail or hand-delivery: You may submit written comments and
materials to the appropriate field office
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mailing address for the species in which you are interested;
2. Email: You may send comments by email to the identified contact
person's email address in the table, for each species. Please include
``Draft Recovery Plan Revision Comments'' in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on a particular
species, contact the appropriate person listed in the table for that
species in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Individuals who are hearing
impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 for TTY
assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In this notice, we announce for public review and comment the
availability of 21 draft recovery plan revisions, which update recovery
criteria for 25 endangered or threatened species located in 15 States
(Arizona, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, and West Virginia). This group of 21 draft recovery plan
revisions is part of a larger effort underway to revise up to 182
recovery plans covering up to 305 species in order to achieve the
following Department of the Interior Agency Priority Performance Goal
outlined in the Department's Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2018-2022:
``By September 30, 2019, 100 percent of all Fish and Wildlife Service
recovery plans will have quantitative criteria for what constitutes a
recovered species.''
The purpose of a recovery plan is to provide a feasible and
effective roadmap for a species' recovery, with the goal of improving
its status and managing its threats to the point at which protections
under the Endangered Species Act (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) are no
longer needed. Recovery plans must be designed so that all stakeholders
and the public understand the rationale behind the recovery program,
whether they were involved in writing the plan or not, and recognize
their role in its implementation. We are requesting submission of any
information that enhances the necessary understanding of the (1)
species' biology and threats and (2) recovery needs and related
implementation issues or concerns, to ensure that we have assembled,
considered, and incorporated the best available scientific and
commercial information into the draft recovery plan revisions for these
25 species.
Recovery plans provide important guidance to the Service, States,
other partners, and the general public on methods of minimizing threats
to listed species and objectives against which to measure the progress
towards recovery; they are guidance and not regulatory documents. A
recovery plan identifies, organizes, and prioritizes recovery actions
and is an important guide that ensures sound scientific decision-making
throughout the recovery process, which can take decades. Keeping
recovery plans current ensures that threatened species and endangered
species benefit through timely partner-coordinated implementation,
based on the best available information.
A review of a recovery plan and its implementation may show that
the plan is out of date or its usefulness is limited and that the plan
warrants modification. The need for, and extent of, recovery plan
modifications will vary considerably among recovery plans, depending on
the scope and complexity of the initial plan, the structure of the
document, and the involvement of stakeholders. Recovery plan
modifications can range from relatively minor updates to a substantial
rewrite that revises the existing plan in part (i.e., an amendment to
one of the sections that modifies the existing plan), or in full (i.e.,
a full revision that completely replaces the existing plan). The need
for a recovery plan revision may be triggered when, among other
possibilities, (1) new information has been identified, such as
population-level threats to the species or previously unknown life-
history traits, which necessitates new or revised recovery strategy,
actions, or criteria, or revision of all three in order to maintain the
adequacy of the plan; and (2) the current plan is not achieving its
objectives. Revisions benefit endangered and threatened species, our
partners, and the public by incorporating the best available
information on what is needed for species' recovery.
Revision of recovery plans requires public notice and comment under
section 4(f)(4) of the ESA, including (1) a Federal Register notice of
availability to give opportunity for public review and comment, (2)
consideration of all information presented during the public comment
period, and (3) approval by the Regional Director. When finalized,
these recovery plan revisions will be made publicly available on the
internet through our Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS,
https://ecos.fws.gov).
What plans are being made available for public review and comment?
This notice announces our draft recovery plan revisions for the
species listed in the table below.
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Internet
Listing Recovery plan availability of Contact person, Contact person's
Common Name Scientific name status \1\ Current range name proposed recovery phone, email U.S. mail
plan revision address
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Southwest Region (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas)
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Sonoran tiger salamander................................................................................................................................
Navajo sedge............................................................................................................................................
Nichol's Turk's head cactus.............................................................................................................................
Little Colorado spinedace...............................................................................................................................
Spikedace...............................................................................................................................................
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Loach minnow............................................................................................................................................
Masked bobwhite.........................................................................................................................................
Texas poppy-mallow......................................................................................................................................
Fountain darter.........................................................................................................................................
Texas blind salamander..................................................................................................................................
Texas wild-rice.........................................................................................................................................
Black lace cactus.......................................................................................................................................
Walker's manioc.........................................................................................................................................
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Northeast Region (Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia)
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Jesup's milk-vetch......................................................................................................................................
Virginia big-eared bat..................................................................................................................................
Furbish lousewort.......................................................................................................................................
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Mountain-Prairie Region (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
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Pawnee montane skipper..................................................................................................................................
Dudley Bluffs bladderpod................................................................................................................................
Dudley Bluffs twinpod...................................................................................................................................
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Pacific Southwest Region (California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin area of Oregon)
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Applegate's milk-vetch..................................................................................................................................
El Segundo blue butterfly...............................................................................................................................
Quino checkerspot butterfly.............................................................................................................................
Palos Verdes blue butterfly.............................................................................................................................
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San Clemente loggerhead shrike..........................................................................................................................
San Clemente Island woodland-star.......................................................................................................................
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\1\ E = endangered; T = threatened.
\2\ Denotes a partial revision (i.e., amendment) to the recovery plan.
\3\ Denotes a full revision of the recovery plan.
How do I ask questions or provide information?
For any species listed above, please submit your questions,
comments, and materials to the appropriate contact in the table above.
Individuals who are hearing impaired or speech impaired may call the
Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 for TTY assistance.
Request for Public Comments
We request written comments on the draft recovery plan
modifications. We will consider all comments we receive by the date
specified in DATES prior to final approval of the plans.
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 cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority
The authority for this action is section 4(f) of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1533 (f)).
Dated: July 25, 2019.
Margaret E. Everson,
Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Exercising
the Authority of the Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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