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Completed Five-Year Reviews of Federally Listed SpeciesMay 12The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced the completion of 5-year reviews for 14 species in California. Of the reviews being announced today, the Service has recommended downlisting for the San Clemente Island larkspur from endangered to threatened. The Service has recommended no change in status for the 13 other species reviewed. These 5-year reviews were undertaken as required by section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). This list of completed reviews incorporates species that were noticed for review on July 7, 2005, March 22, 2006, and Feb. 14, 2007. The 5-year review constitutes a recommendation by the Service. Any change in the listing status will require a separate rulemaking process. More information about the species included in this announcement are found online: Gowen cypress, Monterey gilia, Morro manzanita [ Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office ]. Ash-grey (Indian) paintbrush, Bear Valley sandwort, California taraxacum, San Clemente Island larkspur, San Jacinto Valley crownscale, southern mountain buckwheat, willowy monardella, El Segundo blue butterfly, Palos Verdes blue butterfly, and Delhi Sands flower-loving fly. [ Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office ]. Behrens’ silverspot butterfly [ Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office ], No status change is recommended for ash-grey (Indian) paintbrush, Bear Valley sandwort, California taraxacum, Gowen cypress, Monterey gilia, Morro manzanita, San Clemente Island larkspur, San Jacinto Valley crownscale, southern mountain buckwheat, willowy monardella, Behrens’ silverspot butterfly, El Segundo blue butterfly, Palos Verdes blue butterfly, and Delhi Sands flower-loving fly. March 5, 2008The Service published a "Notice of Initiation of 5-Year Reviews; and Availability of Completed 5-Year Reviews" for 58 species in California, Nevada and southern Oregon in the Federal Register March 5, 2008. The Service completed 39 5-year reviews in FY 2007 and early FY 2008 for species in California, Nevada, and southern Oregon. Active reviews have also been initiated for 58 species. Click here to see the list of species contained in this announcement and obtain a copy of the review. October 9, 2007The Service announced the completion of 5-year reviews for 20 species in California on October 9. The reviews recommended two species for delisting, four for downlisting from endangered to threatened and no change in status for 14 others. These 5-year reviews were undertaken as required by section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). This list of completed reviews incorporates species that were noticed for review on July 7, 2005 and March 3, 2006. The 5-year review constitutes a recommendation by the Service. Any change in the listing status will require a separate rulemaking process. The species included in this announcement are: Plants: October 2, 2006The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the completion of 5-year reviews for 12 species in California on October 2, 2006. The reviews recommend two species be delisted, four species be downlisted from endangered to threatened and no change in status for six species. The 5-year reviews were undertaken as required by section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (Act) and were noticed for review on July 7, 2005. The 5-year review constitutes a recommendation by the Service. To change the status of a threatened or endangered species the Service must complete a rule-making process. A draft rule will be proposed and published in the Federal Register. The Service then solicits public comment on the draft rule. The species included this announcement are: Completed Status Review for Klamath Sucker PopulationsJuly 26, 2007The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed a comprehensive review of two listed fish in the Upper Klamath Basin, the Lost River sucker and the shortnose sucker. The review recommends that the fish should remain protected by the Endangered Species Act by maintaining the shortnose sucker status as endangered species and by reclassifying the Lost River sucker as threatened. A recommendation to reclassify a species does not automatically result in a change in classification. Any change would require a separate formal rule-making process, including public review and comment, as defined in section 4(a) of the ESA. No change in classification would occur until the completion of that process. In 2004, in a 90-day finding to a petition to delist the endangered Lost River sucker and shortnose suckers, the FWS announced it would initiate a 5-year review. In 2005, FWS organized an independent review panel of scientists to assist the FWS in evaluating the status of the two species. Based on the their report, a FWS panel review, and updated information on sucker survival rates from the U.S. Geological Survey in 2007, the FWS has completed 5-year reviews for the two sucker species. The FWS has determined that the shortnose sucker is at risk of extinction and should remain listed as endangered. The Lost River sucker are not at risk of extinction in the foreseeable future and should be reclassified as threatened. Questions and Answers on Five-Year Review (14kb PDF) Lost River Sucker Five Year Review (998kb PDF) Shortnose Sucker Five Year Review (551kb PDF) Completed Status Review for Delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus)March 31, 2004.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) agreed to conduct a 5-year review of the delta smelt following two separate lawsuits, one filed by the California Farm Bureau Federation, et al., and the second filed by the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority, et al., both in November 2002. The Service published a notice initiating the review on August 1, 2003, and requested new information on the delta smelt since it was listed in 1993. After careful review and consideration of all the material in our files and information submitted during the comment period, our final 5-year review recommends no change to the threatened status of the delta smelt. See the delta smelt 5-year review for additional information.
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May 20, 2008
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