Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 78 Species in Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and California
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews for 78 Species in Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and California under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. A ...
Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information.
SUMMARY:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews for 78 Species in Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and California under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any new information on these species that has become available since the last reviews.
DATES:
Comments will be accepted on or before July 6, 2026. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on the closing date.
To ensure your comment is received and considered, you must submit it using one of the methods identified in the
ADDRESSES
section of this document. Comments submitted through any method not authorized in this document, or sent to an address not listed here, will not be considered.
ADDRESSES:
Comment submission:
All comment submissions must include the docket number [FWS-R1-ES-2026-0959] this document. You must submit comments using one of the following methods:
Electronic submission:
Federal eRulemaking Portal at:
https://www.regulations.gov.
In the Search box, enter FWS-R1-ES-2026-0959, which is the docket number for this action. Then click the Search button. On the resulting page, you may submit a comment by clicking on “Comment.” Please ensure that you have found the correct document before submitting your comments.
U.S. mail:
Public Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2026-0959, Policy and Regulations Branch, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.
Comments submitted through any method not authorized in this document, or sent to an address not listed here, will not be considered. We will not accept comments via email, fax, or hand delivery. We are not required to consider comments that are submitted after the comment period ends or that are submitted via a method outside of these instructions. Comments containing profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate content will not be considered.
We will post all comments at
https://www.regulations.gov.
You may request that we withhold personal identifying information from public review; however, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. See Public Availability of Comments for more information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For general information, please contact Tara Easter, Regional Recovery Biologist, at
tara_easter@fws.gov.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
For information about the following specific species, contact the following people:
Any of the 75 species occurring in Hawaii:
Megan Laut, Recovery Program Manager, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 808-792-9400;
pifwo_admin@fws.gov.
Northern Idaho ground squirrel:
Shannon Brinkman, Recovery Coordinator, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office, 208-918-2155;
ifwo@fws.gov.
Franklin's bumble bee or Gentner's fritillary:
Jennifer Siani, Recovery Coordinator, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 503-231-6179;
fw1ofwo@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Why do we conduct 5-year status reviews?
Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531,
et seq.), we maintain lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plant
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species (referred to as the List) in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.11 (for wildlife) and 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2) of the Act requires us to review the status of each listed species at least once every 5 years. For additional information about 5-year status reviews, refer to our factsheet at
https://www.fws.gov/project/five-year-status-reviews.
What information do we consider in our review?
A 5-year status review considers all new information available at the time of the review. In conducting these reviews, we consider the best scientific and commercial data that have become available since the listing determination or most recent status reviews, such as:
A. Species biology, including but not limited to population trends, distribution, abundance, demographics, and genetics;
B. Habitat conditions, including but not limited to amount, distribution, and suitability;
C. Conservation measures that have been implemented that benefit the species;
D. Threat status and trends in relation to the five listing factors (as defined in section 4(a)(1) of the Act); and
E. Other new information, data, or corrections, including but not limited to taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, identification of erroneous information contained in the List, and improved analytical methods.
Any new information will be considered during the 5-year status review and will also be useful in evaluating the ongoing recovery programs for these species.
Which species are under review?
This notice announces our active review of 78 species, including 1 mammal, 5 birds, 8 insects, and 64 plants, as listed in Table 1.
To ensure that a 5-year status review is complete and based on the best available scientific and commercial information, we request new information from all sources. See What Information Do We Consider in Our Review? for specific criteria. If you submit information, please support it with documentation such as maps, references, methods used to gather and analyze the data, and copies of any pertinent publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources.
If you wish to provide information for any species listed in the table, please submit your comments and materials to the appropriate contact in
ADDRESSES.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Completed and Active Reviews
A table including hyperlinks to the most recently completed 5-year status review for each listed species, as well as notices of 5-year status reviews that are currently in progress, is available at
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/species-five-year-review.
Authority
This document is published under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531et seq.).
Bridget Fahey,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 24598
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
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“Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 78 Species in Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and California,” thefederalregister.org (May 6, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-08969/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-initiation-of-5-year-status-reviews-for-78-species-in-hawaii-idaho-oregon-.