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Peer Review

Peer Review - Ensuring Credibility of Information

To improve the quality and objectivity of the scientific information we use to make decisions, the Fish and Wildlife Service have implement a structured peer review process for influential scientific information and highly influential scientific assessments, per OMB's bulletin on peer review. These is an additional policy covering peer review of Endangered Species Act activities. See the Service's National Peer Review website for additional information.

Peer Review Documents 2021

11/18/2021 — Peer Review Plan for for the Five Utah Cactus Quantitative Recovery Criteria Scientific Report
11/3/2021 — Peer Review Plan for Brandegee’s buckwheat (Eriogonum brandegeei Rydberg) Species Status Assessment
8/12/2021 — Peer Review Plan for DeBeque phacelia (Phacelia submutica) Species Status Assessment
7/19/2021 — Peer Review Plan: Retrospective Analysis and Modeling Evaluating Colony Persistence of Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens)
3/29/2021 — Peer Review Plan for Colorado hookless cactus (Sclerocactus glaucus and Sclerocactus dawsonii) Species Status Assessment
3/12/2021 — Retrospective Analysis and Modeling Evaluating Colony Persistence of Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens)
3/3/2021 — Peer Review Plan for Virgin Spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis) Species Status Assessment

Grizzly Bear

3/31/2021 — Species Status Assessment for the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Lower-48 States: A Biological Report
3/31/2021 — Peer Review of Biological Report for the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Lower-48 States (1 of 5)
3/31/2021 — Peer Review of Biological Report for the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Lower-48 States (2 of 5)
3/31/2021 — Peer Review of Biological Report for the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Lower-48 States (3 of 5)
3/31/2021 — Peer Review of Biological Report for the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Lower-48 States (4 of 5)
3/31/2021 — Peer Review of Biological Report for the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Lower-48 States (5 of 5)
3/31/2021 — Conflict of Interest Disclosures

Peer Review Documents 2020

Graham’s beardtongue (Penstemon grahamii) and White River beardtongue (P. scariosus var. albifluvis)

Peer Review Documents 2019

12/16/2019 — Peer Review Plan: Kanab Ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis) Proposed Rule to Delist
10/16/2019 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for Three Sringsnails in Utah and Nevada (Hamlin Valley pyrg, longitudinal gland pyrg, sub-globose snake pyrg), as known as the Three Utah-Nevada Springsnails SSA
10/16/2019 — Peer Review Plan: June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus) Proposed Rule to Downlist with a Section 4(d) Rule
8/1/2019 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes)
4/25/2019 — Species Status Assessment for Parachute Beardtongue (Penstemon debilis)
4/25/2019 — Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Virgin River Chub (Gila seminuda)
4/25/2019 — Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Shrubby Reed-Mustard (Schoenocrambe suffrutescens)
4/25/2019 — Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Pawnee Montane Skipper (Hesperia leonardus montana)
4/25/2019 — Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Maguire Primrose (Primula maguirei)
4/25/2019 — Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Clay Phacelia (Phacelia argillacea)
4/25/2019 — Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Autumn Buttercup (Ranuculus aestivalis)
4/25/2019 — Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Barneby Ridge-Cress (Lepidium barnebyanum)
4/10/2019 — Peer Review Plan for Species Biological Report and Draft Recovery Plan for Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria (Lesquerella) congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod (Physaria obcordata)

Colorado Pikeminnow

10/10/2019 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
12/31/2019 — Peer Review Response of Species Status Assessment Report for the Colorado Pikeminnow

Whooping Crane

A total of fifty-eight comments were received from the public as a result of the posting of the peer review plan. The majority of the comments were about the project and what data was used in our analysis and did not address the peer review plan. Of the comments received, only one included specific comments to the actual peer review approach and process details. After considering these comments, no changes were made to peer review plan approach suggested by the USFWS Science Integrity Officer.

2/1/2019 — Peer Review Plan: A Review and Critique of Risk Assessments Considered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regarding the Collision Risk for Whooping Cranes with NPPD’s R-Project
11/26/2019 — Peer Review Response of Whooping Crane Take - Sammy L. King
11/29/2019 — Peer Review Response of Whooping Crane Take - David E Andersen
10/25/2019 — Peer Review Response of Whooping Crane Take - Craig A. Davis
12/3/2019 — Peer Review Response of Whooping Crane Take - Kevin Whalen

Mosquito Range Mustard

10/22/2019 — Peer Review Plan: Draft Recovery Plan for Mosquito Range mustard (Eutrema penlandii)
12/7/2019 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (1 of 3)
12/2/2019 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (2 of 3)
12/10/2019 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (3 of 3)

Water Howellia

10/2/2019 — Peer Review Plan: Water Howellia (Howellia aquatilis) Proposed Rule to Delist
11/20/2019 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (1 of 3)
12/6/2019 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (2 of 3)
12/6/2019 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (3 of 3)

Peer Review Documents 2018

10/30/2018 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus)
9/10/2018 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for Scott riffle beetle (Optioservus phaeus)
8/20/2018 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for skiff milkvetch (Astragalus microcymbus)
6/8/2018 — Peer Review Peer Review Plan for our recently published Proposed Rule to Delist the Colorado Butterfly Plant due to Recovery.
6/1/2018 — Peer Review Plan for Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) Species Status Assessment Report

Whitebark pine

6/20/2018 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis)
9/6/2018 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (1 of 5)
9/6/2018 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (2 of 5)
9/8/2018 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (3 of 5)
9/13/2018 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (4 of 5)
9/16/2018 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (5 of 5)

Peer Review Documents 2017

12/11/2017 — Peer Review: Review of NCDE Habitat Supplement for USFWS, Oct 2017 Micheal Proctor.
12/11/2017 — Peer Review: A review of the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan: draft Recovery Plan Supplement: Habitat-Based Recovery Criteria for the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem.
12/11/2017 — Peer Review: NCDE habitat supplement review morehouse.
12/11/2017 — Peer Review Plan: Draft Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan Supplement: Habitat-Based Recovery Criteria for the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem.
11/1/2017 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for Frisco buckwheat, Ostler’s peppergrass, and Frisco clover
6/5/2017 — Peer Review for Proposed Rule to List the Meltwater Lednian Stonefly and the Western Glacier Stonefly as Threatened. View the Meltwater Lednian Stonefly and Western Glacier Stonefly web pages.
9/19/2017 — Peer Review Plan for the Deseret Milkvetch (Astragalus Desereticus) Proposed De-Listing Rule
6/19/2017 — Peer Review Plan: for the Mosquito Range Mustard draft recovery plan.
6/19/2017 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for the Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka)
6/5/2017 — Peer Review for Proposed Rule to List the Meltwater Lednian Stonefly and the Western Glacier Stonefly as Threatened. View the Meltwater Lednian Stonefly and Western Glacier Stonefly web pages.
5/5/2017 — Peer Review plan for the Fremont County rockcress
1/23/2017 — Peer Review for the Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle Species Status Assessment Report. View the Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle web page
2/10/2017 — Peer Review for the Species Status Assessment Report for the eastern population of boreal toad. View the boreal toad web page
4/10/2017 — Peer Review Plan: White-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) Species Status Assessment Report

North American Wolverine

Chapin Mesa milkvetch

9/7/2017 — Peer Review Plan: Species Status Assessment Report for Chapin Mesa milkvetch (Astragalus schmolliae)
10/02/2017 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (1 of 5)
10/13/2017 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (2 of 5)
10/16/2017 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (3 of 5)
10/06/2017 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (4 of 5)
10/19/2017 — Conflict of Interest Disclosure (5 of 5)

Peer Review Documents 2016

7/14/2016 — Peer Review for Proposed Rule Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. Grizzly Bear web page.

Peer Review Documents 2015

5/2/2015 — Peer Review for Proposed Rule Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. Grizzly Bear web page.
4/10/2015 — Peer Review for Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of the Black-footed Ferret in Wyoming and
special 10(j) rule. View the Black-footed Ferret web page.

Peer Review Documents 2013

6/5/2013 — Peer Review of the Revision of Critical Habitat for Salt Creek Tiger Beetle. View the beetle web page.
5/6/2013 — Peer Review of Proposed Rule to List Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle as Threatened and Designate Critical Habitat. View the beetle web page.
4/30/2013 — Peer Review of the NCDE Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy. View the grizzly web page.
3/14/2013 — Peer Review of the Scientific Findings in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Eagle Fatality Model and its Application to Wind Energy Development Projects. View the comment reponses.
1/11/2013 — Proposed Rule to list the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) as Endangered and Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat

Peer Review Documents 2012

9/10/2012 — Final Rule Removal of the Gray Wolf in Wyoming from the Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Status and Removal of the Experimental Population Status
8/10/2012 — Final Rule Designation of Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket), Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue), and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)

Peer Review Documents 2011

10/1/2011 — Proposed Removal of the Gray Wolf in Wyoming from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
8/1/2011 — Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket),Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue) and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)
5/1/2011 — Proposed Rule Revising the Special Rule for the Utah Prairie Dog.

Peer Review Documents 2010

11/9/2010 — Proposed Listing: Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket) as Endangered Through Its Range, and Listing Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue) and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia) as Threatened Through Their Range
11/9/2010 — Revised Critical Habitat for the Preble's meadow jumping mouse

Peer Review Documents 2009

9/22/2009 — Proposed Rule to List the Shovelnose Sturgeon as Threatened Due to Similarity of Appearance

Peer Review Documents 2008

5/15/2008 — Proposed Removal of the Plant Erigeron maguirei (Maguire daisy) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants; Draft Post-Delisting Monitoring

Peer Review Documents 2007

11/21/2007 — Revised Proposed Rule to Amend the Listing for the Preble's meadow jumping mouse the Specify Over What Portion of Its Range the Subspecies is Threatened
7/10/2007 — Designating the Northern Rocky Mountain Population of Gray Wolf as a Distinct Population Segment and Removing this Distinct Population Segment from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
7/10/2007 — Proposed Revision of Special Regulation for the Central Idaho and Yellowstone Area Nonessential Experimental Populations of Gray Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains
5/31/2007 — Five Year Review of the Lesquerella congesta (Dudley Bluffs bladderpod) and the Physaria obcordata (Dudley Bluffs twinpod)
2/12/2007 — Designating the Northern Rocky Mountain Population of Gray Wolf as a Distinct Population Segment and Removing this Distinct Population Segment from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
2/8/2007 — Five Year Review of the Kanab ambersnail
2/8/2007 — Five Year Review of the Woundfin and the Virgin River chub
1/9/2007 — Greenback cutthroat trout 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation

Peer Review Documents 2006

12/12/2006 — Kendall Warm Springs dace 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation
11/2/2006 — Range-wide Status of the Colorado River cutthroat trout
9/22/2006 — Ute ladies'-tresses orchid 12-Month Status Review and 5-Year Review
9/9/2006 — Pallid sturgeon 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation
7/13/2006 — Black-footed ferret 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation
6/22/2006 — Proposed Rule: Proposed Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population Status and Reintroduction of blackk-footed ferrets in Eastern Wyoming
6/1/2006 — Determination Regarding the Listing Status of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse
4/21/2006 — Recovery Plan for Astragalus holmgreniorum (Holmgren milk-vetch) and Astragalus ampullariodes (Shivwits milk-vetch)
4/20/2006 — Proposed rule: Proposed Threatened Status for the Penstemon grahamii (Graham's beardtongue) with Critical Habitat
4/19/2006 — Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Astragalus ampullariodes (Holmgren milk-vetch) and Astragalus ampullariodes (Shivwits milk-vetch)
3/21/2006 — Gunnison sage-grouse Listing Determination
3/7/2006 — Proposed Rule: Designating the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears as a Distinct Population Segment; Removing this Distinct Population Segment from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

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