SIP Proposal: North Dakota (infrastructure requirements for the 1997 ozone NAAQS)

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list either the eastern population or the southern Rocky Mountain population of the boreal toad as endangered or threatened under the ESA and to designate critical habitat; the agency found that listing the eastern population of the boreal toad may be warranted and initiated a status review.

The U.S. Forest Service adopted a new land management planning rule that guides the development, amendment, and revision of land management plans for all units of the National Forest System.

FWS determined endangered status for the Miami blue butterfly under the ESA and threatened status for the cassius blue butterfly, the ceraunus blue butterfly, and the nickerbean blue butterfly due to their similarity of appearance to the Miami blue butterfly. 77 FR 20948 (4/6/12).

FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment of longfin smelt as endangered or threatened and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing this population segment is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions.

NOAA-Fisheries redefined the geographic range of the endangered central California Coast coho salmon to include Aptos and Soquel Creeks. 

OSM proposed to approve an amendment to Texas' regulatory program under SMCRA regarding annual permit fees and seeks public comment.

NOAA-Fisheries announced a five-year review of North Atlantic and North Pacific right whales under the ESA. 

FWS determined threatened status for the Chiricahua leopard frog under the ESA and designated approximately 10,346 acres in Arizona and New Mexico as critical habitat for the species.

FWS, under ESA §10(j), reestablished the American burying beetle, a federally listed endangered insect, into its historical habitat in Wah'kon-tah Prairie in southwestern Missouri and classified that reestablished population as a nonessential experimental population within Bates, Cedar, St. Clair, and Vernon Counties, Missouri.