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Quote:DENVER — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed the initial review of three petitions filed to remove the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the lower 48 States from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act in certain ecosystems.
The Service finds two of these petitions present substantial information indicating the grizzly bear in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) may qualify as their own distinct population segment and may warrant removal from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife. The Service will now initiate a comprehensive status review of the grizzly bear in the NCDE and GYE based on the best available scientific and commercial data available to inform a 12-month finding. If those findings result in proposing one or more DPSs for delisting, the Service will consider those in the context of the ongoing recovery for the rest of the population in the larger listed entity.
The Service finds the third petition to remove ESA protections for the grizzly bear in the lower 48 states does not present substantial, credible information to warrant further action.
Grizzly bear recovery and conservation are complex issues, requiring coordination among federal agencies, states, Tribes, and other stakeholders. The Service appreciates the states historical commitments and partnerships to recover bears, particularly through conflict prevention efforts that have been effective in reducing human-caused mortality. However, the impact of recently enacted state laws and regulations affecting these two grizzly bear populations is of concern and needs to be evaluated. We will fully evaluate these and all other potential threats, and associated state regulatory mechanisms, in detail when we conduct the status assessments and make the 12-month findings.
Today’s announcement comes as the ESA turns 50 years old in 2023. Throughout the year, the Department of the Interior will celebrate the importance of the ESA in preventing the extinction of imperiled species, promoting the recovery of wildlife, and conserving the habitats upon which they depend. The ESA has been highly effective and credited with saving 99% of listed species from extinction. Thus far, more than 100 species of plants and animals have been delisted based on recovery or reclassified from endangered to threatened based on improved conservation status, and hundreds more species are stable or improving thanks to the collaborative actions of Tribes, federal agencies, state and local governments, conservation organizations and private citizens.
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Substantial 90-day findings represent a relatively low bar, requiring only that the petitioner provide information that the petitioned action may be warranted. The next steps include an in-depth status review and analyses using the best available science and information to arrive at a 12-month finding on whether the removal of ESA protections for grizzly bears in the NCDE and GYE are warranted. If so, removing ESA protections would then be initiated through a separate rulemaking process, with additional public notice and comment.
The public can play an essential role by submitting relevant information, particularly new scientific and commercial data published since the 2021 5-year status review. This information will inform the in-depth status review and can be submitted through regulations.gov: Docket Number: FWS-R6-ES-2022-0150, beginning February 6, 2023, upon publication in the Federal Register and will include details on how to submit comments.
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce three 90-day findings on petitions to delist the grizzly bear in the lower-48 States ( Ursus arctos horribilis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). One petition requests delisting the grizzly bear in the lower-48 States, and the other two petitions request delisting populations in two specific ecosystems, the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). Based on our review, we find that the petitions pertaining to the two ecosystems present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned actions may be warranted. Therefore, with the publication of this document, we announce that we plan to initiate a status review to determine whether the petitioned actions are warranted. To ensure that the status review is comprehensive, we are requesting new scientific and commercial data and other information regarding the grizzly bear in the NCDE and GYE and factors that may affect its status in those ecosystems, including the adequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms to address threats now and in the foreseeable future. Based on the status review, we will issue a 12-month petition finding, which will address whether or not the petitioned actions are warranted, in accordance with the Act. If we ultimately do find that one or more of the petitioned actions is warranted and proceed to propose to delist one or more distinct population segments (DPSs), we will consider the effects of any proposed delisting on the ongoing recovery of the larger listed entity of grizzly bears. We also found that a 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 the petitioned actions may be warranted; therefore, we will take no further action on that petition.
Revisões de status: Se você tiver novos dados científicos ou comerciais ou outras informações sobre o status ou ameaças ao urso pardo no NCDE e GYE ou em seus habitats, particularmente novas informações disponíveis desde nosso status de 5 anos em 30 de março de 2021 revisão, forneça esses dados ou informações por um dos seguintes métodos:
(1) Eletronicamente: Acesse o Portal Federal eRulemaking: https://www.regulations.gov . Na caixa de pesquisa, digite FWS-R6-ES-2022-0150, que é o número do protocolo para esta ação. Em seguida, clique no botão “Pesquisar”. Depois de encontrar o documento correto, você pode enviar informações clicando em “Comentar”. Se suas informações couberem na caixa de comentários fornecida, use este recurso de https://www.regulations.gov , pois é mais compatível com nossos procedimentos de revisão de informações. Se você anexar suas informações como um documento separado, nosso formato de arquivo preferido é o Microsoft Word. Se você anexar vários comentários (como cartas de formulário), nosso formato preferido é uma planilha no Microsoft Excel.
(2) Por cópia impressa: Envie por correio dos EUA para: Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-R6-ES-2022-0150, US Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041 -3803.
Solicitamos que você envie informações apenas pelos métodos descritos acima. Qualquer informação que recebermos durante nossa revisão de status será considerada e publicaremos todas as informações que recebermos em https://www.regulations.gov . Isso geralmente significa que publicaremos qualquer informação pessoal que você nos fornecer.
PARA MAIORES INFORMAÇÕES CONTACTAR:
Hilary Cooley, coordenadora de recuperação do urso pardo, escritório de recuperação do urso pardo, telefone: 406-243-4903, e-mail: [email protected] . Indivíduos nos Estados Unidos que são surdos, surdocegos, com deficiência auditiva ou com deficiência de fala podem discar 711 (TTY, TDD ou TeleBraille) para acessar os serviços de retransmissão de telecomunicações. Indivíduos fora dos Estados Unidos devem usar os serviços de retransmissão oferecidos em seu país para fazer chamadas internacionais para o ponto de contato nos Estados Unidos.
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