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<br />together to develop the strategy for managing the black-tailed prairie dog. A copy of the states' <br />conservation strategy can be obtained by visiting the Service's web site at www,r6,fWs,gov/btprairiedog, tit <br /> <br />The FWS is conducting a comprehensive review of the black-tailed prairie dog to determine whether <br />the black-tailed prairie dog should be proposed for listing as an endangered or threatened species. The <br />review is responsive to petitions for listing filed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Biodiversity <br />Legal Foundation and others last summer. The FWS believes the occupied range of the prairie dog in the <br />D,S. has declined by 99 percent during the last century, with less than 1 million acres remaining, <br /> <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes List of Candidates For Endangered Species Act <br />Protection: On October 25, the FWS published a revised Candidate Notice of Review naming 258 <br />species of plants and animals that may warrant protection under the ESA. The Notice also identifies the <br />56 domestic animal and plant species that are currently proposed for addition to the lists of endangered <br />and threatened wildlife and plants, The Notice was last updated in September 1997 and is published to <br />solicit new information on the status of candidate species and threats to their survival. <br /> <br />FWS Releases New Guidance for Listing Endangered Species: On October 22, the FWS <br />finalized new guidelines for assigning priorities for listing endangered and threatened species under the <br />ESA for federal FY-1999 and FY-2000. This guidance allows the FWS to allocate resources to species <br />that are in the greatest need of protection. The new guidance establishes the following priorities: <br />. Priority One: Emergency listings for species facing a significant risk to their well-being; <br />. Priority Two: Decision of pending listing proposals; <br />. Priority Three: Determine whether candidate species should be listed; and <br />. Priority Four: Petitions to add species to the list or to delist or reclassify species, <br /> <br />Critical habitat actions, however, are no longer covered by this guidance, The FWS expects to <br />complete a number of critical habitat actions during FY 2000 that will be funded separately from other <br />listing actions. <br /> <br />tit <br /> <br />In April 1995, Congress imposed a one-year moratorium on listing species, When the moratorium <br />was lifted in April 1996, the FWS faced a backlog of 243 proposed species awaiting final determinations <br />and it created a priority approach to dealing with the listing process to address the needs of the most <br />vulnerable species, Final listing determinations have been made for all species that made up the <br />moratorium backlog, however, additional species have been proposed for listing. Today, 56 species <br />proposed for listing await a final determination; the total number of listed species is now 1197, <br /> <br />HCP Hearings: The first of two congressional hearings on habitat conservation plans (RCPs) for <br />endangered species was held on October 19 by the Senate Endangered Species Subcommittee, Witnesses <br />testified about the need for more federal funding and problems presented by a "one-size-fits-all" approach <br />to RCPs, The 2 to 6 years required to negotiate RCPs was also criticized, The second hearing, slated for <br />sometime in November, is expected to focus on opportunities to make RCPs more useful. The <br />Subcommittee is also expected to hold a hearing on the Endangered Species Act and state water rights <br />early next year, <br /> <br />Indian Water Rights and ESA Regulations: It appears the Interior Department is still hearing <br />extensive concern about its draft report and recommendations for addressing "inequities and anomalies" <br />related to the Department's trust responsibilities to native Americans and its administration of the ESA, <br />On November I, I wrote to the Interior Department indicating the concerns raised in our discussion at the ... <br />September meeting and by the Attorney General's review concerning the draft report prepared by . <br /> <br />4 <br />
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