U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

ABC's

• Endangered Species Act Basics (PDF 250KB)
• Why Save Endangered Species? (PDF 1.1MB)
• National Endangered Species Page

Conservation Funding

• Conservation Partnerships Program
• National Candidate Conservation Page

Conservation Banking

• Conservation Bank Information
• Banks in Our Area
• Bank Proposals TEXT | PDF (51KB)

Consultation

• Consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
• Programmatic Consultations
• Action Area TEXT | PDF (42KB)
  It's not just the project's footprint
• Consultation Timelines TEXT | PDF (45KB)
• Biological Opinions

Critical Habitat

• Critical Habitat, What is it? (PDF 142KB)
• Species with Critical Habitat national page
• Critical Habitat Maps from the Map Room
• KML Critical Habitat Maps for Google Earth and other programs

Habitat Conservation Plans - HCPs

• Habitat Conservation Plans
• National Conservation Plans and Agreements Database

Listing

• Listing Process TEXT | PDF (PDF 44KB)
• Endangered vs. Threatened TEXT | PDF (50 KB)

Permits & Survey Protocols

• Guidelines & Survey Protocols
• Permits in general.
• Recovery Permits for scientific surveys.

Recovery Planning

• Recovery
• 5-Year Status Reviews
• EACCS East Alameda County Conservation Strategy
• Recovery Plans National Page
• Research Needs (Potential projects for graduate students and other researchers)
• Santa Rosa Plain Conservation Strategy

Resources

• ECOS
  Environmental Conservation Online System. Data about status, critical habitat, recovery plans, habitat conservation plans and other topics.
• Endangered Species Publications
  (National web page)
• Endangered Species Act (National web site)

Safe Harbor Agreements

• Safe Harbor Program
• Pamphlet (PDF 162KB)

Species Information

• Delta Smelt Recovery
  Long-Term Operational Criteria and Plan (OCAP) and other topics.
• Smelt Working Group and the Delta Smelt Risk Assessment Matrix.
• Riparian Brush Rabbit Recovery
  Read about our captive breeding program and more.
• Species Accounts
• Kids Species Information (Grades 4-6)
• Species Data (National web site)

Species Lists

• Species Lists
• All of the endangered species in our area
• Species of concern links

State and Federal Listed Species Status

CA Dept. of Fish & Game

Endangered & Threatened Animals

Endangered, Threatened & Rare Plants