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Reclassifying the Tobusch Fishhook Cactus From Endangered to Threatened on the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants
81 FR 95932 95932-95941   12/29/2016   1018-BB90 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016-0130
Action: Proposed rule and 12-month petition finding; request for comments.
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Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of the Oregon Silverspot Butterfly in Northwestern Oregon
81 FR 94296 94296-94310   12/23/2016   1018-BB74 Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102
Action: Proposed rule.
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Removal of the Hualapai Mexican Vole From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
81 FR 93879 93879-93880   12/22/2016   1018-AX99 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2015-0028
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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Removing the Black-Capped Vireo From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
81 FR 90762 90762-90771   12/15/2016   1018-BB79 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016--0110
Action: Proposed rule and 12-month petition finding; request for comments.
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Listing Determinations for Five Poecilotheria Tarantula Species From Sri Lanka
81 FR 90297 90297-90314   12/14/2016   1018-BB33 Docket ID: FWS-HQ-ES-2016-0076
Action: Proposed rule.
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90-Day Findings on Three Petitions; Correction
81 FR 87529 87529   12/05/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016-0132
Action: Correction.
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Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notification of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
81 FR 87246 87246-87272   12/02/2016   Docket ID: FWS-HQ-ES-2016-0095
Action: Notification of review.
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90-Day Findings on Three Petitions
81 FR 86315 86315-86318   11/30/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016-0132 FWS-HQ-ES-2016-0131, FWS-R2-ES-2016-0133
Action: Notice of petition findings and initiation of status reviews.
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Listing the Hyacinth Macaw
81 FR 85488 85488-85507   11/28/2016   1018-AY38 Docket ID: FWS-R9-ES-2012-0013
Action: Revised proposed rule; reopening of public comment period.
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Threatened Species Status for the Headwater Chub and a Distinct Population Segment of the Roundtail Chub
81 FR 75801 75801-75802   11/01/2016   1018-BA86 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2015-0148
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of the comment period.
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Proposed Rule for the North American Wolverine
81 FR 71670 71670-71671   10/18/2016   1018-BB78 Docket ID: FWS-R6-ES-2016-0106
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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Review of Foreign Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notification of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
81 FR 71457 71457-71471   10/17/2016   Docket ID: FWS-HQ-ES-2016-0072
Action: Notification of review.
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Proposed Threatened Species Status for Sideroxylon reclinatum ssp. austrofloridense (Everglades Bully), Digitaria pauciflora (Florida Pineland Crabgrass), and Chamaesyce deltoidea ssp. pinetorum (Pineland Sandmat) and Endangered Species Status for Dalea carthagenensis var. floridana (Florida Prairie-Clover)
81 FR 70282 70282-70308   10/11/2016   1018-BB48 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2016-0090
Action: Proposed rule.
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12-Month Findings on Petitions To List 10 Species as Endangered or Threatened Species
81 FR 69425 69425-69442   10/06/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016-0111 FWS-R6-ES-2016-0113
Action: Notice of 12-month petition findings.
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Designation of Critical Habitat for the Black Warrior Waterdog
81 FR 69475 69475-69500   10/06/2016   1018-BA79 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2016-0031
Action: Proposed rule.
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Endangered Species Status for Black Warrior Waterdog
81 FR 69500 69500-69508   10/06/2016   1018-BA78 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2016-0029
Action: Proposed rule.
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Threatened Species Status for Louisiana Pinesnake
81 FR 69454 69454-69475   10/06/2016   1018-BB46 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2016-0121
Action: Proposed rule.
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12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Western Glacier Stonefly as an Endangered or Threatened Species; Proposed Threatened Species Status for Meltwater Lednian Stonefly and Western Glacier Stonefly
81 FR 68379 68379-68397   10/04/2016   1018-BB52 Docket ID: FWS-R6-ES-2016-0086
Action: Proposed rule; 12-month petition finding and status review.
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Endangered Species Status for the Kenk's Amphipod
81 FR 67270 67270-67287   09/30/2016   1018-BB50 Docket ID: FWS-R5-ES-2016-0030
Action: Proposed rule.
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Endangered Species Status for Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
81 FR 65324 65324-65334   09/22/2016   1018-BB66 Docket ID: FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112
Action: Proposed rule.
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12-Month Findings on Petitions To List Nine Species as Endangered or Threatened Species
81 FR 64843 64843-64857   09/21/2016   Docket ID:
Action: Notice of 12-month petition findings.
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90-Day Findings on 10 Petitions; Correction
81 FR 64829 64829   09/21/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2016-0096
Action: Correction.
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Endangered Species Status for Sonoyta Mud Turtle
81 FR 64829 64829-64843   09/21/2016   1018-AZ02 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016-0103
Action: Proposed rule.
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Threatened Species Status for Pearl Darter
81 FR 64857 64857-64868   09/21/2016   1018-BB55 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2016-0037
Action: Proposed rule.
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Threatened Species Status for the Iiwi (Drepanis coccinea)
81 FR 64414 64414-64426   09/20/2016   1018-BB54 Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2016-0057
Action: 12-Month petition finding; proposed rule.
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Threatened Species Status for Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina (San Fernando Valley Spineflower)
81 FR 63454 63454-63466   09/15/2016   1018-BB64 Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2016-0078
Action: Proposed rule.
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90-Day Findings on 10 Petitions
81 FR 63160 63160-63165   09/14/2016   Docket ID:
Action: Notice of petition findings and initiation of status reviews.
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Designation of Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fescue
81 FR 62455 62455-62469   09/09/2016   1018-BA75 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016-0100
Action: Proposed rule.
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Endangered Species Status for Guadalupe Fescue
81 FR 62450 62450-62455   09/09/2016   1018-BA74 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016-0099
Action: Proposed rule.
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Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
81 FR 61658 61658-61661   09/07/2016   1018-BA41 Docket ID: FWS-R6-ES-2016-0042
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period; availability of peer review and supplementary documents.
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12-Month Finding on a Petition To Delist the Coastal California Gnatcatcher
81 FR 59952 59952-59975   08/31/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2014-0058
Action: Notice of 12-month petition finding.
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6-Month Extension of Final Determination for the Proposed Listing of the Headwater Chub and Distinct Population Segment of the Roundtail Chub as Threatened Species
81 FR 54018 54018-54019   08/15/2016   1018-BA86 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2015-0148
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of the comment period.
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Endangered Species Status for Texas Hornshell
81 FR 52796 52796-52809   08/10/2016   1018-BB34 Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016-0077
Action: Proposed rule.
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12-Month Findings on Petitions To List the Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout and the Ichetucknee Siltsnail as Endangered or Threatened Species
81 FR 43972 43972-43979   07/06/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2012-0072 FWS-R4-ES-2011-0049
Action: Notice of 12-month petition findings.
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Removing Eastern Puma (=Cougar) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
81 FR 41925 41925-41926   06/28/2016   1018-AY05 Docket ID: FWS-R5-ES-2015-0001
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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Designation of Critical Habitat for Elfin-Woods Warbler
81 FR 40632 40632-40650   06/22/2016   1018-BA95 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2016-0002
Action: Proposed rule.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings on Two Petitions
81 FR 35698 35698-35701   06/03/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R3-ES-2016-0061; FWS-R2-ES-2016-0062
Action: Notice of petition findings and initiation of status review.
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Designating Critical Habitat for Three Plant Species on Hawaii Island
81 FR 31900 31900-31908   05/20/2016   1018-AZ38 Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2013-0028
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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Revisions to the Regulations for Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances
81 FR 26769 26769-26772   05/04/2016   1018-BB25 Docket ID: FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0171
Action: Proposed rule.
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Revisions to the Regulations for Petitions
81 FR 23448 23448-23455   04/21/2016   1018-BA53 Docket ID: FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0016
Action: Proposed rule; revision and reopening of comment period.
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Proposed Rule To Amend the Listing of the Southern Selkirk Mountains Population of Woodland Caribou
81 FR 22961 22961-22963   04/19/2016   1018-AZ74 Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2012-0097
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of the comment period.
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Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule To List the West Coast Distinct Population Segment of Fisher; Proposed Rule
81 FR 22709 22709-22808   04/18/2016   1018-BA05 Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2014-0041
Action: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
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Threatened Species Status for Platanthera integrilabia (White Fringeless Orchid)
81 FR 22041 22041-22042   04/14/2016   1018-BA93 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2015-0129
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of the comment period.
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Listing the Scarlet Macaw
81 FR 20302 20302-20316   04/07/2016   1018-AY39 Docket ID: FWS-R9-ES-2012-0039
Action: Revised proposed rule; reopening of public comment period.
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12-Month Findings on Petitions To List Island Marble Butterfly, San Bernardino Flying Squirrel, Spotless Crake, and Sprague's Pipit as Endangered or Threatened Species
81 FR 19527 19527-19542   04/05/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2014-0025; FWS-R8-ES-2016-0046; FWS-HQ-ES-2016-0048; FWS-R6-ES-2009-0081
Action: Notice of 12-month petition findings.
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90-Day Findings on 29 Petitions
81 FR 14058 14058-14072   03/16/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R2-ES-2016-0025
Action: Notice of petition findings and initiation of status reviews.
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Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
81 FR 13173 13173-13227   03/11/2016   1018-BA41 Docket ID: FWS-R6-ES-2016-0042
Action: Proposed rule; availability of draft Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan Supplement: Revised Demographic Criteria and draft 2016 Conservation Strategy, and announcement of public informational meetings and hearings.
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Removal of Solidago albopilosa (White-Haired Goldenrod) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants
81 FR 9798 9798-9799   02/26/2016   1018-BA46 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2014-0054
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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Removing the San Miguel Island Fox, Santa Rosa Island Fox, and Santa Cruz Island Fox From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, and Reclassifying the Santa Catalina Island Fox From Endangered to Threatened
81 FR 7723 7723-7741   02/16/2016   1018-BA71 Docket ID: FWS-R8-ES-2015-0170
Action: Proposed rule; availability of draft post-delisting monitoring plan.
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Endangered Status for 49 Species From the Hawaiian Islands
81 FR 3767 3767-3768   01/22/2016   1018-BB07 Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2015-0125
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, and announcement of public information meeting and hearing.
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Proposed Removal of the Scarlet-Chested Parakeet and Turquoise Parakeet From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
81 FR 3373 3373-3374   01/21/2016   1018-A104 Docket ID: FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0176
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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12-Month Finding on a Petition To Downlist the West Indian Manatee, and Proposed Rule To Reclassify the West Indian Manatee as Threatened
81 FR 1597 1597   01/13/2016   1018-AY84 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2015-0178
Action: Correction
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90-Day Findings on 17 Petitions
81 FR 1368 1368-1375   01/12/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2015-0085 FWS-R6-ES-2015-0089, FWS-R4-ES-2015-0090, FWS-R4-ES-2015-0091, etc.
Action: Petition findings and initiation of status reviews.
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12-Month Finding on a Petition To Downlist the West Indian Manatee, and Proposed Rule To Reclassify the West Indian Manatee as Threatened
81 FR 999 999-1026   01/08/2016   1018-AY84 Docket ID: FWS-R4-ES-2015-0178
Action: Proposed rule and notice of 12-month petition finding.
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12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Alexander Archipelago Wolf as an Endangered or Threatened Species
81 FR 435 435-458   01/06/2016   Docket ID: FWS-R7-ES-2015-0167
Action: Notice of 12-month petition finding.
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Proposed Endangered Status for Five Species From American Samoa
81 FR 214 214-215   01/05/2016   1018-AZ97 Docket ID: FWS-R1-ES-2015-0128
Action: Proposed rule; reopening of public comment period and notice of public hearing.
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