On August 25, 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a proposed rule relating to the existing critical habitat for the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus). The murrelet is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The proposed rule does not purport to change the Service’s previous designation of critical habitat for the murrelet in 1996, as amended in 2011. 61 Fed. Reg. 26,256; 76 Fed. Reg. 61,599.
The Service is reconsidering its prior critical habitat determination pursuant to the U.S. District Court for the District ...
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