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Group of manatees resting in the warm, clear, blue water of Three Sisters Springs

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Findings on Two West Indian Manatee Petitions

Oct 11, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Listing Not Warranted for Two Southeastern Species

Sep 19, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for the Whorled Sunflower

Jun 23, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Jun 8, 2023

A pearl darter in water. The common name, pearl darter, is derived from iridescent patches on its gill covers resembling the coloration of a pearl.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Availability of Pearl Darter Recovery Plan

Jun 8, 2023

Press Release

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 67 Southeastern Species

May 10, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for threatened rufa red knot

Apr 20, 2023

State of the Bats

Apr 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Rufa red knot revised proposed critical habitat FAQs

Apr 12, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service announces revised proposed critical habitat for the rufa red knot

Apr 12, 2023

Pearl Darter Critical Habitat FAQs

Apr 5, 2023

Service Designates Critical Habitat for the Pearl Darter

Apr 5, 2023

Views of the Texas wild rice beds in the San Marcos River.

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Endangered Species Act protection for two native freshwater mussels

Mar 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Protects Longsolid and Round Hickorynut Mussels Under Endangered Species Act

Mar 8, 2023

Endangered Species Act

FAQs - Endangered Species Act Protection for the Longsolid and Round Hickorynut mussels

Mar 8, 2023

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Availability of Pearl Darter Draft Recovery Plan

Feb 22, 2023

A close up photograph of twoWhite Fringeless Orchid

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for White Fringeless Orchid

Feb 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Effective date to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered extended

Jan 25, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Northern long-eared bat reclassified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 29, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Oct 12, 2022

Story

Endangered Species Act

Gopher Tortoise Notice of Findings FAQs

Oct 11, 2022

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Gopher Tortoise Review

Oct 11, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for the Whorled Sunflower

Jul 8, 2022

Our People

Funding Tribal Future

May 2, 2022

Proposal to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered

Mar 22, 2022

Biologists from the Service and State search for the Yoknapatawpha darter in Smith Creek in Calhoun County, Mississippi, on February 1, 2022.

Special Mississippi darter makes a comeback to Smith Creek

Mar 7, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing for Pearl River Map Turtle Native to Mississippi and Louisiana

Jan 22, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Listing of Pearl River Map Turtle

Nov 22, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing the Alligator Snapping Turtle Under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 18, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed listing of the alligator snapping turtle under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 8, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Delisting of Snail Darter Due to Recovery

Aug 31, 2021

Migratory Species

Knot an easy journey

Aug 3, 2021

Habitat Restoration

Long time, longleaf pine restoration pays off in Mississippi

Jul 25, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Threatened Pearl Darter in Mississippi

Jul 12, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Critical Habitat for the Pearl Darter in Mississippi

Jul 12, 2021

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 37 Southeastern Species

Jun 22, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes to list two eastern freshwater mussels as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Sep 28, 2020

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Findings on Two West Indian Manatee Petitions

Oct 11, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Listing Not Warranted for Two Southeastern Species

Sep 19, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for the Whorled Sunflower

Jun 23, 2023

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Availability of Pearl Darter Recovery Plan

Jun 8, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Jun 8, 2023

Press Release

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 67 Southeastern Species

May 10, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for threatened rufa red knot

Apr 20, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service announces revised proposed critical habitat for the rufa red knot

Apr 12, 2023

Service Designates Critical Habitat for the Pearl Darter

Apr 5, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Endangered Species Act protection for two native freshwater mussels

Mar 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

FAQs - Endangered Species Act Protection for the Longsolid and Round Hickorynut mussels

Mar 8, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Protects Longsolid and Round Hickorynut Mussels Under Endangered Species Act

Mar 8, 2023

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Availability of Pearl Darter Draft Recovery Plan

Feb 22, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for White Fringeless Orchid

Feb 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Effective date to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered extended

Jan 25, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Northern long-eared bat reclassified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 29, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Oct 12, 2022

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Gopher Tortoise Review

Oct 11, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for the Whorled Sunflower

Jul 8, 2022

Proposal to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered

Mar 22, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing for Pearl River Map Turtle Native to Mississippi and Louisiana

Jan 22, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing the Alligator Snapping Turtle Under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 18, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Threatened Pearl Darter in Mississippi

Jul 12, 2021

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 37 Southeastern Species

Jun 22, 2021

State of the Bats

Apr 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Rufa red knot revised proposed critical habitat FAQs

Apr 12, 2023

Pearl Darter Critical Habitat FAQs

Apr 5, 2023

Story

Endangered Species Act

Gopher Tortoise Notice of Findings FAQs

Oct 11, 2022

Our People

Funding Tribal Future

May 2, 2022

Special Mississippi darter makes a comeback to Smith Creek

Mar 7, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Listing of Pearl River Map Turtle

Nov 22, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed listing of the alligator snapping turtle under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 8, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Delisting of Snail Darter Due to Recovery

Aug 31, 2021

Migratory Species

Knot an easy journey

Aug 3, 2021

Habitat Restoration

Long time, longleaf pine restoration pays off in Mississippi

Jul 25, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Critical Habitat for the Pearl Darter in Mississippi

Jul 12, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes to list two eastern freshwater mussels as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Sep 28, 2020

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