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5-Year Reviews

Service No Change for Eight Species in Our Area

News Release, April 8, 2009.

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No change for Delta green ground beetle, Hoover’s spurge, large-flowered fiddleneck, many-flowered navarretia, Myrtle’s silverspot butterfly, soft bird’s-beak, Solano grass, Suisun thistle.

Service Recommends No Change for Four Bay Area Species

News Release, October 8, 2008

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No change for Burke's goldfields, Contra Costa goldfields, Sebastopol meadowfoam, and Sonoma sunshine.

Service recommends no change in status for Seven species Found in Our Area.

News Release, September 10, 2008

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No change for Antioch Dunes evening-primrose, Butte County meadowfoam, Colusa grass, Contra Costa wallflower, few-flowered navarretia, Lange's metalmark butterfly, and Sacramento Orcutt grass.

Moth, Fairy Shrimps and Fish

News Release, October 9, 2007

No change recommended for these species:

• Kern primrose sphinx moth (229kb PDF)
• Conservancy fairy shrimp (777kb PDF)
• Longhorn fairy shrimp (636kb PDF)
• Vernal pool fairy shrimp (863kb PDF)
• Vernal pool tadpole shrimp (657kb PDF)

Downlisting to threatened recommended for this species:

• Tidewater goby (528kb PDF)

Giant Garter Snake

Completed September 2006
No change recommended
Giant garter snake 5-yr Summary (PDF)

San Francisco Garter Snake

Completed September 2006
No change recommended
SF garter snake 5-yr summary (PDF)

Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle ("VELB")

Completed September 2006
Recommended for delisting
VELB 5-yr summary (PDF)
Report by contractor hired to assist review (PDF)

More California Species

Western snowy plover: No change recommended
CA least tern and least Bell's vireo: Downlisting from endangered to threatened recommended
5-yr reviews for 12 species (PDF) News Release

Northern Spotted Owl

Completed 11/15/04
Species to remain listed as threatened
No. Spotted Owl 5-Year Review (PDF)

Marbled Murrelet

Completed 9/1/04
Population of in CA, OR & WA does not meet the criteria for designation as a Distinct Population Segment. The Service will conduct a range-wide review.
Marbled murrelet 5-yr overview (PDF)

Delta Smelt

Completed 3/31/04
Species to remain listed as threatened
Delta smelt 5-Year Review (PDF)

Contact Us

Contact our Recovery Branch at (916) 414-6600 for more information.

About 5-Year Reviews

The Endangered Species Act requires us to review each listed species at least every 5 years.

We determine whether species should be removed from the list (delisted) or reclassified from endangered to threatened, or threatened to endangered.

Commenting on Reviews

When a species is under review, we will post information on how to comment on our home page. We welcome information about the species under review.

More Reviews

For more reviews, see the Pacific Southwest Regional Office's page about recent reviews. See their Recovery page for more information. (The 5-Year Review section is at the bottom of the page.)

Last updated: August 12, 2009

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