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The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a document in the Federal Register on March 22, titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 56 Species in California and Nevada,” which contained some erroneous and misleading information. The ZIP code for one facility, the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, was incorrectly listed, and tables indicating those offices that are accepting information on particular plant and animal species were found “ambiguous.” The FWS therefore released a correction in early April.
The FWS routinely conducts reviews on listed threatened and endangered species at least once every 5 years to maintain accurate records and determine whether certain species should be removed from the list or reclassified. For such reviews, FWS solicits new information from the public, concerned governmental agencies, native American tribes, the scientific community, environmental agencies, industry and other groups concerning the status of those species. For this particular review of California and Nevada species, no commercially important medicinal plants are under investigation. The deadline for the submission of information for this review is May 22.
The correction letter released by FWS, which clarifies those offices that are collecting information on particular species, is reproduced below.
-Courtney Cavaliere
http://www.fws.gov/policy/library/06-3195.html
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-
Year Reviews of 56 Species in California and Nevada; Correction
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of review; correction.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce corrections
to our notice of review that published in the Federal Register on March
22, 2006, concerning initiation of 5-year reviews for 56 species in California and Nevada. The document contained the incorrect zip code for the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office and two ambiguous tables indicating to which offices information for particular species should be submitted. The correct zip code for the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office in 92011, and we are reprinting the address and contact information from the two tables.
DATES: We must receive your information no later than May 22, 2006. However, we will continue to accept new information about any listed
species at any time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of March 22, 2006,
FR
[[Page 16585]]
Doc E6-4120 (71 FR 14538), a document titled ``Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 56
Species in California and Nevada' appeared with an incorrect zipcode
and unclear tables.
Corrections
In the Federal Register of March 22, 2006, on page 14540, on the
fourth line of the third column, change ``in Table 2.' to ``below.'
On pages 14540 through 14542, replace Tables 2 and 3 with the
following text:
The species under review and the addresses to submit information
for each are as follows:
For the Laguna Mountains skipper butterfly, Riverside fairy shrimp,
San Diego fairy shrimp, Catalina Island mountain mahogany, Coachella
Valley milk-vetch, Munz's onion, Orcutt's spineflower, Otay tarplant,
San Jacinto Valley crownscale, slender-horned spineflower, spreading
navarretia, thread-leaved brodiaea, and willowy monardella, submit
comments to the following address: Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year
Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife
Office, 6010 Hidden Valley Road, Carlsbad, CA 92011. Information may be
submitted electronically at fw85yr06@fws.gov. For information
concerning these species, contact Jim Bartel at (760) 431-9440.
For the Inyo California towhee, tidewater goby, Ben Lomond
spineflower, Chorro Creek bog thistle, Hoffmann's rock-cress, Indian
knob mountain balm, Lane Mountain milk-vetch, Menzies' wallflower,
Monterey gilia, Morro manzanita, Pismo clarkia, Santa Cruz Island bush-
mallow, Santa Rosa Island manzanita, and soft-leaved paintbrush, submit
comments to the following address: Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year
Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura Fish and Wildlife
Office, 2493 Portola Road, Suite B, Ventura, CA 93003. Information may
be submitted electronically at fw1vfwo5year@fws.gov. For information
concerning the Inyo California towhee and tidewater goby, contact Mike
McCrary at (805) 644-1766. For information concerning the plant
species, contact Connie Rutherford at (805) 644-1766.
For the blunt-nosed leopard lizard, California freshwater shrimp,
conservancy fairy shrimp, delta green ground beetle, Fresno kangaroo
rat, giant kangaroo rat, Kern primrose sphinx moth, longhorn fairy
shrimp, San Joaquin kit fox, vernal pool fairy shrimp, vernal pool
tadpole shrimp, Bakersfield cactus, Butte County meadowfoam, California
jewelflower, Colusa grass, hairy Orcutt grass, Kern mallow, Sacramento
Orcutt grass, showy indian clover, and slender Orcutt grass, submit
comments to the following address: Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year
Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605, Sacramento, CA 95825.
Information may be submitted electronically at fw1sfo5year@fws.gov. For
information concerning these species, contact Craig Aubrey at (916)
414-6600.
For the Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish, Desert dace, Pahrump
poolfish, Paiute cutthroat trout, White River spinedace, and steamboat
buckwheat, submit comments to the following address: Field Supervisor,
Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada Fish
and Wildlife Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Suite 234, Reno, NV 89502.
Information may also be submitted electronically at fw1nfwo_5yr@fws.gov
For information concerning these species, contact Jody
Brown at (775) 861-6300.
For the Behren's silverspot butterfly and Howell's spineflower,
submit comments to the following address: Field Supervisor, Attention:
5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arcata Fish and Wildlife
Office, 11655 Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521. Information may be
submitted electronically at howellsspineflower@fws.gov for Howell's
spineflower and behrenssilverspot@fws.gov for Behren's silverspot
butterfly. For information concerning Howell's spineflower, contact
Dave Imper at the Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office at (707) 822-7201.
For information concerning Behren's silverspot butterfly, contact Jim
Watkins at the Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office at (707) 822-7201.
For the Modoc sucker, submit comments to the following address:
Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Klamath Falls Fish and Wildlife Office, 6610 Washburn Way,
Klamath Falls, OR 97603. Information may also be submitted
electronically at kfalls@fws.gov. For information concerning the Modoc
sucker, contact Ron Larson at the Klamath Falls Fish and Wildlife
Office at (541) 885-8481.
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