Featured Species
The Utah Ecological Services Field Office manages 44 listed species under the Endangered Species Act, including plants, mammals, fish, and reptiles, as well as numerous other petitioned and conservation agreement species.
- To find out if any threatened or endangered species, designated critical habitat, or other natural resources of concern may be affected by a proposed project, please visit our Information, Planning, and Conservation (IPaC) System website.
- To access our critical habitat data, including downloadable shape files and metadata, please visit our Critical Habitat Portal.
- Learn more about our Section 7 Consultation Guidance.
- Find more information on the epermit system.
- For surveyor and training information, please see our Utah surveyor library and species-specific libraries.
ESA-listed species in Utah include:
Birds
- California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
- Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus)
- Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida)
- Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
- Western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Fishes
- Bonytail (Gila elegans)
- Colorado pikeminnow (Ptchocheilus lucius)
- Greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias)
- Humpback chub (Gila cypha)
- June sucker (Chasmistes liorus)
- Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi)
- Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
- Virgin River chub (Gila seminuda [robusta])
- Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
Plants
- Autumn buttercup (Ranunculus aestivalis [=acriformis])
- Barneby reed-mustard (Schoenocrambe barnebyi)
- Barneby ridge-cress (Lepidium barnebyanum)
- Clay phacelia (Phacelia argillacea)
- Clay reed-mustard (Schoenocrambe argillacea)
- Dwarf bear-poppy (Arctomecon humilis)
- Fickeisen plains cactus (Pediocactus peeblesianus ssp. fickeiseniae)
- Gierisch mallow (Sphaeralcea gierischii)
- Heliotrope milkvetch (Astragalus montii)
- Holmgren milkvetch (Astragalus holmgreniorum)
- Jones cycladenia (Cycladenia humilis var. jonesii)
- Kodachrome bladderpod (Lesquerella tumulosa)
- Last chance townsendia (Townsendia aprica)
- Maguire primrose (Primula maguirei)
- Navajo sedge (Carex specuicola)
- Parachute beardtongue (Penstemon debilis)
- Pariette cactus (Sclerocactus brevispinus)
- San Rafael cactus (Pediocactus despainii)
- Shivwits milkvetch (Astragalus ampullarioides)
- Shrubby reed-mustard (Schoenocrambe suffrutescens)
- Siler pincushion cactus (Pediocactus [=Echinocactus,=Utahia] sileri)
- Uinta Basin hookless cactus (Sclerocactus wetlandicus)
- Ute ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis)
- Welsh's milkweed (Asclepias welshii)
- Winkler cactus (Pediocactus winkleri)
- Wright fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus wrightiae)
Mammals
- Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
- Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)
- Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens)
Reptiles
- Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)