As part of the process mandated by the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct five-year status reviews of 59 endangered or threatened fish, wildlife, and plants.
The public is invited to provide information and comments concerning these species on or before August 5, 2024. However, the Service encourages the submission of new information on any species at any time.
These five-year reviews will ensure listing classifications under the ESA are accurate and will recommend any change in status, where appropriate, based on the latest science and analysis. In addition to reviewing the classification of these species, five-year reviews present an opportunity to track species’ recovery progress. These reviews may benefit species by providing valuable information to guide future conservation efforts.
Information gathered during a review can assist in making funding decisions, considerations related to reclassifying species status, conducting interagency consultations, making permitting decisions, and determining whether to update recovery plans, and other actions under the ESA.
The 59 endangered and threatened fish, wildlife, and plant species included in this announcement are:
Endangered fish and wildlife (25 species): Alabama lampmussel, Alabama sturgeon, armored marstonia (snail), barrens topminnow, birdwing pearlymussel, bluemask (=jewel) darter, Choctawhatchee beach mouse, Conasauga logperch, cracking pearlymussel, Cumberland bean (pearlymussel), Cumberlandian combshell, dromedary pearlymussel, fat pocketbook, Gulf moccasinshell, interrupted rocksnail, littlewing pearlymussel, Neosho mucket, Ochlockonee moccasinshell, oval pigtoe, royal marstonia (snail), rush darter, Saint Francis' satyr butterfly, shinyrayed pocketbook, slender campeloma, and St. Andrew beach mouse.