FWS initiated five-year status reviews under the ESA for two northeastern species, and requests the submission of scientific and commercial data that has become available since the last review of the species.

FWS determined threatened species status for the Upper Coosa River distinct population segment of the frecklebelly madtom under the ESA, finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act to provide for conservation of the species, and designated approximately 134 river miles in Georgia and Tennessee as critical habitat.

FWS listed prostrate milkweed as endangered under the ESA, and designated approximately 661 acres in Starr and Zapata Counties, Texas, as critical habitat for the species.

FWS proposed to list the Coastal-Southern California distinct population segment (DPS) of the California spotted owl as endangered and the Sierra Nevada DPS of the California spotted owl as threatened under the ESA, and finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act for the Sierra Nevada DPS that provides for the conservation of the species.

FWS proposed to establish a nonessential experimental population of the gray wolf in Colorado under ESA §10(j).

FWS proposed removing the Southeast U.S. distinct population segment of the wood stork from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife under the ESA due to recovery.

NMFS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list Olympic Peninsula steelhead as a threatened or endangered distinct population segment under the ESA and to designate critical habitat concurrently with the listing, finding that the petition presented substantial scientific and commercial information indicating that it may be warranted.

FWS proposed revisions to the regulations concerning the issuance of enhancement of survival and incidental take permits under the ESA to clarify the appropriate use of such permits; clarify the Service's authority to issue the permits for non-listed species without also including a listed species; simplify the requirements for enhancement of survival permits by combining safe harbor agreements and candidate conservation agreements with assurances into one agreement type; and include portions of its five-point policies for safe harbor agreements, candidate conservation agreements with assurances, and habitat conservation plans in the regulations to reduce uncertainty.

FWS announced three 90-day findings on petitions to delist the grizzly bear in the lower 48 states under the ESA; the agency found that the petitions to delist populations in two specific ecosystems, the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem and the greater Yellowstone ecosystem may be warranted, but that the petition to delist the grizzly bear in the lower 48 states on the basis of it not being a valid listable entity did not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that it may be warranted.

FWS announced technical corrections for 62 wildlife and plant species under the ESA, including changes of and corrections to errors in scientific or common names, listing citations, and taxonomic heading placement.