Kentucky Ecological Services Field Office

Final recovery plan for the endangered fluted kidneyshell

Range-wide Indiana Bat Protection and Enhancement Plan Guidelines for Surface Coal-mining Operations – February 2013 Revisions

This Standing Analysis supports the conclusions the "Kentucky Determination Key" delivered by the Service's Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) system.

This guidance and clearance letter is provided to fulfill the ESA’s statutory obligations in a timely and consistent manner, and to assist Federal agencies, State and local governments, and consultants in addressing Section 7 and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental impact...

This standing analysis supports the "Indiana Bat Determination Key" delivered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) system. The Service's Kentucky Field Office (KFO) developed the Indiana Bat Determination Key (DKey) to streamline the...

This letter acknowledges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Kentucky Field Office’s (KFO) April 3, 2024, receipt of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) letter requesting reinitiation of section 7 consultation for the above-referenced project.

This Endangered Species Act (ESA) Biological Opinion (BO) of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) addresses Louisville Gas and Electric’s (LG&E) construction of an approximately 12-mile gas pipeline in Bullitt County, Kentucky.

This biological assessment (BA) has been completed for the purposes of coordination under theEndangered Species Act (ESA) for the Project.