Endangered Species Act Documents
(January 2006)
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General Information Candidate Conservation Listing
Consultation Habitat
Conservation Planning Recovery and State
Grants General Policies
National Marine Fisheries Service Documents Endangered Species Bulletin Reprints Website Links Additional Course Documents
The
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended This HTML version has
internal links to facilitate locating individual sections.
The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
PDF format
View the new Introduction to the Endangered Species Act
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General Information
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U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service Regional Offices Fact Sheet in PDF format
Endangered Species Program Contacts
Fact Sheet in PDF format
ESA Basics: Over 25 Years of Protecting Endangered
Species Fact Sheet in PDF format
Why Saving Endangered Species Matters Fact
Fact Sheet in PDF format
Conserving Borderline Species, A Partnership between the
United States and Canada Pamphlet in PDF format
State Conservation Agreements Pamphlet in PDF
format
The Endangered Species Program and How it Works on
Private Lands Fact Sheet in PDF format
Where Can I Find It: Guide to the Endangered Species
Website Fact Sheet in PDF format
Permits for Native Species Under the
Endanagered Species Act Fact Sheet in PDF format
What You Can Do To Help Wildlife and Plants
Fact Sheet in PDF Format
Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans
Fact Sheet in PDF format
The Military and the Endangered Species Act:
Interagency Cooperation Fact Sheet in PDF format
Candidate Conservation
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Candidate Species:
Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act Fact Sheet in PDF
format
Safe Harbors and Candidate Conservation Agreements with
Assurances Permit Regulations [64 FR 32705, June 17, 1999] PDF
format
Candidate Species and Candidate Conservation Agreements
with Assurances for Non-Federal Property Owners Fact Sheet in
PDF format
Safe Harbor Agreements for Private
Landowners Fact Sheet in PDF format
2001 Candidate Notice of Review [66 FR
54808, October 30, 2001] PDF format
2004 Candidate Notice of Review [69 FR
24876, May 4, 2002] PDF format
Listing
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FWS/NMFS: Section
4 Regulations PDF format
FWS: Listing Handbook [1994: Procedural
Guidance for the Preparation and Processing of Rules and Notices Pursuant to
the Endangered Species Act] PDF format
Listing a Species as Threatened or Endangered:
Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act Fact Sheet in PDF
format
Critical Habitat - What is it? Fact Sheet in PDF format
The Petition Process: for requests to list a
species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act
Fact Sheet in PDF format
Proposed Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When
Making Listing Decisions Fact Sheet in PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Final Policy for Evaluation of Conservation
Efforts When Making Listing Decisions [64 FR 15100, March 28,
2003] PDF format
Consultation
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Section 7 Handbook
PDF format
Guidance for the Establishment, Use, and Operation of
Conservation Banks PDF format
50 CFR Section 7 Regulations PDF format
Consultations with Federal Agencies; Section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act Fact Sheet in PDF format
Habitat Conservation
Planning
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"No Surprises" Questions
and Answers" Fact Sheet in PDF format
Habitat Conservation Plans:
Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act Fact Sheet in PDF
format
Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook
PDF format
Addendum to the Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook
[65 FR 35242, June 1, 2000] PDF format
Addendum to the HCP Handbook: Questions and Answers
Fact Sheet in PDF format
Habitat Conservation Plan Assurances ("No
Surprises") Rule [63 FR 8859, February 23, 1998] PDF
format
Relationship of National Wildlife Refuges and Habitat
Conservation Planning Efforts Memorandum in PDF format
Recovery and State Grants
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Recovery Planning Guidelines
1990 Guidance in PDF format
Delisting a Species Fact Sheet
in PDF format
Policy Regarding Controlled Propagation of Species Listed
Under the Endangered Species Act [65 FR 56916, September 20,
2000] PDF format
Private Stewardship Grants Program
Fact Sheet in PDF format
Endangered Species Grants Contacts
Fact Sheet in PDF format
Partnerships with States: Tools for Helping Communities
and Landowners Conserve Species Habitat Fact Sheet in PDF
format
General Policies
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Definition of Harm [64
FR 60727, November 8, 1999] HTML format
Definition of Harm [64 FR 60727, November 8,
1999] PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Interagency
Cooperative Policy for the Ecosystem Approach to the Endangered Species Act,
[59 FR 34274, July 1, 1994] HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of
Interagency Cooperative Policy for the Ecosystem Approach to the Endangered
Species Act [59 FR 34274, July 1, 1994] PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Interagency Cooperative
Policy for Peer Review in Endangered Species Act Activities [59
FR 34270, July 1, 1994] HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of
Interagency Cooperative Policy for Peer Review in Endangered Species Act
Activities [59 FR 34270, July 1, 1994] PDF format
OMB Final Peer Review Bullentin [01-14-05] PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Interagency
Cooperative Policy on Information Standards Under the Endangered Species Act
[59 FR 34271, July 1, 1994] HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Interagency
Cooperative Policy on Information Standards Under the Endangered Species Act
[59 FR 34271, July 1, 1994] PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Interagency
Cooperative Policy on Recovery Plan Participation and Implementation Under the
Endangered Species Act [59 FR 34272, July 1, 1994] HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of
Interagency Cooperative Policy on Recovery Plan Participation and
Implementation Under the Endangered Species Act [59 FR 34272,
July 1, 1994] PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Interagency
Cooperative Policy for Section 9 Prohibitions [59 FR 34272,
July 1, 1994] HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Interagency
Cooperative Policy for Section 9 Prohibitions [59 FR 34272,
July 1, 1994] PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Interagency
Cooperative Policy Regarding the Role of State Agencies in ESA Activities
[59 FR 34275, July 1, 1994] HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Interagency Cooperative
Policy Regarding the Role of State Agencies in Endangered Species Act
Activities [59 FR 34275, July 1, 1994] PDF format
Policy Regarding Controlled
Propagation of Species Listed Under the Endangered Species Act
[65 FR 56916, September 20, 2000] PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Conserving
Listed Species While Providing and Enhancing Recreational Fishing Opportunities
[61 FR 27978, June 3, 1996] HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Conserving Listed Species While Providing and
Enhancing Recreational Fishing Opportunities [61 FR 27978, June
3, 1996] PDF format
See the documents below for policies that are more
specific to a particular aspect of our program.
Candidate Conservation
Guidance for the
Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks [May 2,
2003] Memorandum
Notice of Availability: Guidance for the
Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks [68 FR
24753, May 2, 2003] HTML format
Notice of Availability: Guidance for the
Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks [68 FR
24753, May 2, 2003] PDF format
Final Policy for Candidate Conservation
Agreements with Assurances [64 FR 32726, June 17, 1999] HTML
format
Final Policy for Candidate Conservation Agreements
with Assurances [64 FR 32726, June 17, 1999] PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Announcement of Final Safe
Harbor Policy; Announcement of Final Policy for Candidate Conservation
Agreements With Assurances [64 FR 32717, June 17, 1999] HTML
format
FWS/NMFS: Announcement of Final
Safe Harbor Policy; Announcement of Final Policy for Candidate Conservation
Agreements With Assurances [64 FR 32717, June 17, 1999] PDF
format
# 2002 Candidate Notice of Review
[67 FR 40657, June 13, 2003] HTML format
# 2002 Candidate Notice of Review [67 FR
40657, June 13, 2003] PDF format
Our Listing Program
FWS/NMFS: Final Policy for
Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions
[68 FR 15100, March 28, 2003] HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Final Policy for Evaluation of Conservation
Efforts When Making Listing Decisions [64 FR 15100, March 28,
2003] PDF format
Notice of Intent to Clarify the
Role of Habitat in Endangered Species Conservation [64 FR
31871, June 14, 1999] PDF format
Notice of Intent to Clarify the Role of Habitat in
Endangered Species Conservation [64 FR 31871, June 14, 1999]
PDF format
FWS/NMFS: Interagency
Policy Regarding the Recognition of Distinct Vertebrate Population Segments
Under the Endangered Species Act [61 FR 4722, February 7, 1996]
HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Interagency Policy Regarding the Recognition of
Distinct Vertebrate Population Segments Under the ESA [61 FR
4722, February 7, 1996] PDF format
Consultations
Guidance for
the Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks
[May 2, 2003] Memorandum
Notice of Availability: Guidance for the
Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks [68 FR
24753, May 2, 2003] HTML format
Notice of Availability: Guidance for the
Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks [68 FR
24753, May 2, 2003] PDF format
Habitat Conservation Planning
FWS/NMFS: Notice of
Availability of a Final Addendum to the Handbook for Habitat Conservation
Planning and Incidental Take Permitting Process [65 FR 35242,
June 1, 2000] HTML format
FWS/NMFS: Notice of Availability of a Final Addendum
to the Handbook for Habitat Conservation Planning and Incidental Take
Permitting Process [65 FR 35242, June 1, 2000] PDFformat
Habitat Conservation Plan
Assurances (``No Surprises'') Rule [63 FR 8859, February 23,
1998] HTML format
Habitat Conservation Plan Assurances (``No
Surprises'') Rule [63 FR 8859, February 23, 2998] PDF format
Working with Tribes
SECRETARIAL ORDER # 3206: American
Indian Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the ESA
HTML format
SECRETARIAL ORDER # 3206: American
Indian Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the ESA
PDF format
National Marine Fisheries
Service
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FWS/NMFS:
Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Jurisdictional Responsibities and Listing
Procedures Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 PDF format
NMFS
Listing and Priority Guidelines [55 FR 24296, June 15, 1990]
PDF format
NMFS: Policy of Applying the
Definition of Species Under the Endangered Species Act to Pacific Salmon
[56 FR 58612, November 20, 1991] PDF format
NMFS: Recovery Planning
Guidelines [September, 1992] PDF format
NMFS: Interim Policy on
Artificial Propagation of Pacific Salmon Under the Endangered Species Act
[58 FR 17573, April 5, 1993] PDF format
NMFS 15 CFR Part 902 50 CFR Parts
217, et al. Endangered and Threatened Species: Regulations Consolidation; Final
Rule [64 FR 14052, March 23, 1999] PDF format
NMFS: Environmental Review Procedures for
Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act [June, 1999]
PDF format
NMFS: Section 10 Regulations
PDF format
Authorizing Incidental Take
Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act WordPerfect file
NMFS: Endangered Species Act
Biennial Report to Congress, October 1, 1996 - September 30, 1998
PDF format
Endangered Species Bulletin
Reprints
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Endangered Species Bulletin subscription
form
Amargosa Toad
The Federal Role in Habitat Conservation
Department of Defense and the ESA
Listing Program
Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker and Safe Harbor
Recovery Program
Wisconsin Habitat Conservation Plan
Website Links
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The Endangered
Species Program homepage
Daily Endangered
Species Program update site for Federal Register publications
Alternate
Government Printing Office Federal Register website
Index to Recovery
Plans (1989 to Present)
Endangered Species Grants
to States, Territories and Private Landowners
Additional U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
grants
The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Endangered Species
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