Section 7 Consultation | Endangered Species | Ecological Services–New York Field Office | Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Section 7 Project Reviews

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's New York and Long Island Field Offices provide technical assistance to private individuals and organizations, as well as Federal, state, and local agencies pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (87 Stat. 884, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The following information is designed to assist project sponsors or applicants through the process of determining whether a Federally-listed, proposed, or candidate species and/or “critical habitat” may occur within their proposed project area and when it is appropriate to contact our offices for additional coordination or Project Reviews. You may be aware that our offices have provided much of this information in the past in letters. However, due to increasing project review workloads and decreasing staff, we are now providing as much information as possible through our website. We encourage you to print out all materials used in any analyses of effects on listed, proposed, or candidate species.

At any time, should you have questions regarding this process, you can contact our offices for assistance. For projects in the New York City area and Long Island, contact our Long Island Field Office at 631-776-1401. For projects throughout the rest of New York State, contact our New York Field Office at 607-753-9334. As this is a new process, we welcome any suggestions you may have to make this website more useful. Please send these comments via e-mail to andy_lowell@fws.gov.

Steps for projects WITHOUT any Federal agency involvement (any action authorized, funded, or carried out)

Steps for projects WITH Federal agency involvement (any action authorized, funded, or carried out)

An official List Response Cover Sheet is now available for your use. Please attach a copy of the County List of Threatened, Endangered, and Candidate Species for the appropriate counties of interest for your project to the cover sheet to provide to any involved local, State, or Federal agencies or for your own records.

We would like to assist you with your analysis of whether your project has the potential to impact species under our jurisdiction. However, to expedite this process, there are a number of steps that you can take on your own. Step-by-step instructions regarding the use of this species list, as well as survey protocols and species information, are found in the links above and below.

Other useful information:

Federally-listed species in New York State

Extirpated species in New York State

Glossary of Terms Relating to the ESA

Action Area: It's not just the project's footprint!

NEW: If your project involves the co-location of telecommunication equipment, please also see our Communication Tower Project Reviews in New York document. For recommendations on new telecommunication tower siting, construction, operation, and decommissioning, please also refer to the Service's Interim Guidelines (pdf). Additional information can be found on our National migratory bird webpages.

If your project involves funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, please see our November 27, 2007, letter (PDF, 726 kb).

If your project involves wind energy development, please also go to the Services' webpage on wind energy.

For additional information on fish and wildlife resources or State-listed species, we also suggest you contact the appropriate New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regional office(s) as shown on the following map, and:

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
New York Natural Heritage Program Information Services
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233
(518) 402-8935

If wetlands may be present, you are advised that National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) maps may or may not be available for the project area. However, while the NWI maps are reasonably accurate, they should not be used in lieu of field surveys for determining the presence of wetlands or delineating wetland boundaries for Federal regulatory purposes. Copies of specific NWI maps can be obtained from:

Cornell Institute for Resource Information Systems
302 Rice Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-4864

Work in certain waters and wetlands of the United States may require a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). The need for a Corps permit may be determined by contacting the appropriate Corps office(s) as shown on the following map.

Project Review Information By Taxonomic Group

Plants

American hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolpendrium var. americanum) - Threatened:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/plants/amerihtf.html

Eastern prairie orchid (fringed) (Platanthera leucophaea) - Threatened:
Species Profile

Houghton's goldenrod (Solidago houghtonii) - Threatened:
Recovery Plan
5-year review initiated
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/plants/houghton.html

Leedy's roseroot (Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. leedyi (=Sedum integrifolium ssp. l.)) - Threatened:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/plants/leedysro.html

Northeastern bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus) - Endangered:
Species Profile
Recovery Plan (9.1 MB PDF)

Northern wild monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense) - Threatened:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/plants/monkshoo.html
Recovery Plan (7.5 MB PDF)

Sandplain gerardia (Agalinis acuta) - Endangered:
Species Profile

Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) - Threatened:
5-year Review
New Jersey Field Office Seabeach amaranth website
Species Profile

Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) - Threatened:
Species Profile

Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata) - Threatened:
Species Profile

Insects

NEW Karner blue butterfly website (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Invertebrates

Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail (Novisuccinea chittenangoensis) - Threatened:
5-year Review (pdf)

Mollusks

Clubshell (Pleurobema clava) - Endangered:
5-year Review 2007 (1.0 MB pdf)
Mussel Survey Guidance (2.17 MB pdf)
Fact Sheet
Recovery Plan (5.52 MB pdf)

Dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) - Endangered:
Mussel Survey Guidance (2.17 MB pdf)
Factsheet (pdf)
5-Year Review 2007 (7.6 MB pdf)
NYSDEC Information

Rayed bean (Villosa fabalis) - Listed as endangered:
News Release: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Two Freshwater Mussels as Endangered Species (Feb. 13, 2012)
Federal Register Final Rule: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Rayed Bean and Snuffbox as Endangered (Feb. 14, 2012)
2012 Fact Sheet
USFWS Website
Mussel Survey Guidance (2.17 MB pdf)
Status Assessment

Birds

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) - Delisted:
USFWS: Three Management Actions for Bald Eagles
Final Definition of Disturb under Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (pdf)
Proposed Rule for Take Authorization under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (pdf)
General Information
Recovery Plan
NYSDEC Bald eagle fact sheet
Notice of Availability for Definition of Disturbed (pdf)
Notice of Availability for Management Guidelines (same link as above)
Disturb notice (same link as above)