Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for the Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) and the Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae)

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews under the Endangered Species Act for the short-tailed albatross and the wood bison. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any new information on these species that has become available since the last reviews.