PIFWO Library
Library
Our Library includes collections containing a variety of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publications, reports, fact sheets, media, and documents, along with other reference material.
Animal Avoidance and Minimization Measures (May 2023)
The Animal Avoidance and Minimization Measures (AMMs) has been developed to provide guidance to minimize the impact on animals that are protected under the Endangered Species Act. This document was developed to protect animals native to Hawaiʻi, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana...
May 15, 2023
Best Management Practices For Work In or Around Aquatic Environments (BMPs)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommends the following measures to be incorporated into project planning to avoid or minimize impacts to fish and wildlife resources. Best Management Practices (BMPs) include the incorporation of procedures or materials that may be used to reduce either...
Apr 6, 2022
Decision Support Framework for Conservation Introductions 508
Conservation introductions can be used for preventing extinction of a species or species population, reestablishing an ecological function lost, and directing ecosystem change toward a state that better supports conservation goals. The framework was developed for use by the U.S. Fish and...
Jan 22, 2024
DOI Strategy for Preventing the Extinction of Hawaiian Forest Birds (508)
Iconic, endemic Hawaiian forest birds are facing an extinction crisis accelerated by the effects of climate change. Hawaiian forest birds are now found only at high, cooler elevations, where they persist in habitats outside the range of invasive mosquitoes and the transmission of avian malaria,...
Dec 15, 2022
Draft Environmental Assessment for Rat Eradication within the Hiʻi Predator-Proof Fence on Lānaʻi
Project Summary
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is proposing to eradicate rats (Rattus spp.) from the recently completed Hiʻi predator-proof fenced unit, built to protect ʻuaʻu (Hawaiian petrel, Pterodroma sandwichensis) habitat on Lānaʻi, through the use of a targeted...
Jul 26, 2023
East Maui Forest NPS EA Adoption
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to adopt the U.S. National Park Service’s Final Environmental Assessment (EA) entitled “Suppression of Invasive Mosquito Populations to Reduce Transmission of Avian Malaria to Threatened and Endangered Forest Birds on East Maui.” The Service has...
Feb 1, 2024
FEMA-Programmatic Informal Consultation Letter-Pacific Islands-Final-2020-I-0420.pdf
In accordance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, this letter documents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s assessment routine activities by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) applied in the main Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, Guam and Commonwealth.
Invasive Species Biosecurity Protocols
To avoid and minimize invasive species potential impacts to fish and wildlife resources, we recommend incorporating invasive species biosecurity protocols into your project planning. We recommend biosecurity protocols be incorporated when project activities occur within any area containing...
Apr 13, 2022
Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative Habitat Conservation Plan
Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative Habitat Conservation Plan
Agency Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2022-0068
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement to...
Jun 8, 2022
NRCS Programmatic Informal Consultation for the Pacific Islands.pdf
In accordance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, this letter documents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s assessment of select conservation practices by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service applied in the main Hawaiian Islands, the...
Jan 21, 2022
Plant Avoidance and Minimization Measures
Plant Avoidance and Minimization Measures are guidelines that are implemented to mitigate the impact human activities and development have on plant species that are protected under the Endangered Species Act. This document was developed to protect plants native to Hawaiʻi, Guam, the Commonwealth...
Programmatic Bird Damage Management, 2021-I-0322 WS, Hawaii- 20210720.pdf
In accordance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, this letter documents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s assessment of bird damage management practices by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services applied in the main Hawaiian Islands. This programmatic...
Mar 22, 2021
Pūlama Lānaʻi Environmental Action Statement
To comply with obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepared an Environmental Action Statement (EAS) which explains how the conservation benefit agreement fits the categorical-exclusion criteria of the Department of the Interior and U...
Oct 30, 2024
Programmatic Informal Consultation With The Federal Highway Admin.pdf
In accordance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, this programmatic informal consultation documents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s assessment of regularly conducted Federal Highways Administration actions as part of either preservation, construction or...
Apr 6, 2022
US Army Corps of Engineers Programmatic Consultation for Stream Maintenance Activities 2022
In accordance with section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), this informal consultation documents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) assessment of effects of select stream maintenance activities authorized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...