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Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal agency. Imported from federalregister.gov (slug: fish-and-wildlife-service).

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Type	Connected To	Details	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Interagency Cooperation Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Not-Warranted Finding for the Okinawa Woodpecker	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notification of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Eleven Species Treated as Listed Due to Similarity of Appearance	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Similarity of Appearance Explanation for the Northern Distinct Population Segment of the Southern Subspecies of Scarlet Macaw	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Five Species Not Warranted for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	National Wildlife Refuge System; 2025-2026 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Southern Hognose Snake	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Not-Warranted Finding for the Northern California-Southern Oregon Distinct Population Segment of Fisher	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings for Nine Species	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Migratory Bird Hunting; 2025-26 Seasons for Certain Migratory Game Birds	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Migratory Bird Hunting; Final 2025-26 Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Borneo Earless Monitor	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Civil Penalties; 2025 Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Virginia Sneezeweed From the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Roanoke Logperch From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Subsistence Management Program; Transfer of Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Dwarf-flowered Heartleaf From the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Blue Tree Monitor	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Barrens Darter	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Marine Mammals; Incidental Take of Polar Bears During Specified Activities; North Slope, Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Marine Mammals; Incidental Take of Northern Sea Otters During Specified Activities; Seward, Sitka, and Kodiak, Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Gila Chub From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Three Species Not Warranted for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Seven Species of Pangolin	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Two Species Not Warranted for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Ghost Orchid	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Significant Portion of Its Range Analysis for the Northern Distinct Population Segment of the Southern Subspecies of Scarlet Macaw	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Colorado Hookless Cactus From the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	National Wildlife Refuge System; 2025-2026 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Four Distinct Population Segments of the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog; Reopening of the Comment Period	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Fish Lake Valley Tui Chub	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of 21 Species From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed 2025-26 Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Migratory Bird Permits; Authorizing the Incidental Take of Migratory Birds; Withdrawal	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening Comment Periods for Three Proposed Rules; Announcement of a Public Hearing for One Proposed Rule	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Grizzly Bear Listing on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife With a Revised Section 4(d) Rule; Extension of Comment Period	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Not-Warranted Finding for the Spinytail Crayfish	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Similarity of Appearance Explanation for the Northern Distinct Population Segment of the Southern Subspecies of Scarlet Macaw	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed 2025-26 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations (Preliminary)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Big Red Sage	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings for Eight Species	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Clear Lake Hitch	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Grizzly Bear Listing on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife With a Revised Section 4(d) Rule	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on Two Petitions for Gray Wolf	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding for the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem of the Grizzly Bear in the Lower-48 States	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for the Florida Manatee and Endangered Status for the Antillean Manatee	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of the Grizzly Bear in the Lower-48 States	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Four Distinct Population Segments of the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Bleached Sandhill Skipper	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Injurious Wildlife Species; Listing Two Freshwater Mussel Genera and One Crayfish Species	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Injurious Wildlife Species; Listing Salamanders Due to Risk of Salamander Chytrid Fungus	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Ute Ladies'-Tresses From the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Santa Ana Speckled Dace	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Long Valley Speckled Dace	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Pearl River Map Turtle With Section 4(d) Rule; and Threatened Species Status for Alabama Map Turtle, Barbour's Map Turtle, Escambia Map Turtle, and Pascagoula Map Turtle Due to Similarity of Appearance With Section 4(d) Rule; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for the Eastern Regal Fritillary, and Threatened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Western Regal Fritillary	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife: Updating Entries for Five Coral Species and Adding Three Nonessential Experimental Populations of Chinook Salmon	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Cedar Key Mole Skink and Designation of Critical Habitat	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	National Wildlife Refuge System; 2024-2025 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 6-Month Extension of Final Determination on the Proposed Endangered Species Status for the Toothless Blindcat and the Widemouth Blindcat	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Northeastern Bulrush From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Regulatory Authorizations for Migratory Bird and Eagle Possession by the General Public, Educators, and Government Agencies	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Blue Tree Monitor	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Significant Portion of the Range for the Northern Distinct Population Segment of the Southern Subspecies of Scarlet Macaw	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Technical Corrections for 62 Wildlife and Plant Species on the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Hawaiian Hoary Bat; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Emergency Listing of the Blue Tree Monitor as an Endangered Species	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Eastern Hellbender	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Puerto Rican Skink, Lesser Virgin Islands Skink, and Virgin Islands Bronze Skink and Designation of Critical Habitat; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Culebra Skink and Designation of Critical Habitat; Not Warranted Species Status for Mona Skink, Greater Virgin Islands Skink, Greater Saint Croix Skink, and Lesser Saint Croix Skink	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	National Wildlife Refuge System; Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Monarch Butterfly and Designation of Critical Habitat	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Permitting of Rights-of-Way Across National Wildlife Refuges and Other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Administered Lands	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Rayed Bean, Sheepnose, Snuffbox, and Spectaclecase Mussels	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the Rough Popcornflower From Endangered to Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Fluminense Swallowtail Butterfly, Harris' Mimic Swallowtail Butterfly, and Hahnel's Amazonian Swallowtail Butterfly	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Peñasco Least Chipmunk and Designation of Critical Habitat	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Swale Paintbrush	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Not-Warranted Finding for the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Administrative Requirements; Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Acts	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Sira Curassow and Southern Helmeted Curassow	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Critical Habitat Designations for Florida Manatee and Antillean Manatee	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Pecos Pupfish and Designation of Critical Habitat	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Giraffe	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	National Wildlife Refuge System; 2024-2025 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-Subpart B, Federal Subsistence Board Membership; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Marine Mammals; Incidental Take of Polar Bears During Specified Activities; North Slope, Alaska	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing Chipola Slabshell and Fat Threeridge From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Ocmulgee Skullcap and Designation of Critical Habitat	Issued the rule.	Source
Employs	Brain Nesvik	Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service (presidential appointment with Senate confirmation)	Source
Employs	Justin Shirley	Principal Deputy Director, Us Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service (non-career Senior Executive Service)	Source