# Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications
**AGENCY:**
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
**ACTION:**
Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
**SUMMARY:**
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits, permit renewals and/or permit amendments to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing any of the requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that we receive during the public comment period.
**DATES:**
We must receive written data or comments on the applications by August 11, 2021.
**ADDRESSES:**
*Reviewing Documents:* Documents and other information submitted with the applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act. Submit a request for a copy of such documents to Karen Marlowe (see *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* ).
*Submitting Comments:* If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by one of the following methods:
• *U.S. Mail:* U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office, Ecological Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
• *Email: [email protected].* Please include your name and return address in your email message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that we have received your email message, contact us directly at the telephone number listed in *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* .
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, 404-679-7097 (telephone), *[email protected]* (email), or 404-679-7081 (fax). Individuals who are hearing or speech impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY assistance.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
We invite review and comment from local, State, and Federal agencies and the public on applications we have received for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered and threatened species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ), and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17. With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that authorizes such take. The ESA's definition of “take” includes hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing, and also such activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA authorizes the permittee to take endangered or threatened species while engaging in activities that are conducted for scientific purposes that promote recovery of species or for enhancement of propagation or survival of species. These activities often include the capture and collection of species, which would result in prohibited take were a permit not issued. Our regulations implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant species.
**Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment**
Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in the wild. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits. Accordingly, we invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies and the public to submit written data, views, or arguments with respect to these applications. The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and likely to influence agency decisions are those supported by quantitative information or studies.
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.
| Permit application No. | Applicant | Species | Location | Activity | Type of take | Permit action |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TE 62026D-1 | Catherine Haase, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Kentucky and Tennessee | Study community structure and habitat use | Hand-capture from culverts, identify, and release | Amendment. |
| TE 32397A-5 | James Godwin, Auburn University, Auburn, AL | Alabama red-bellied turtle (
), eastern indigo snake (
), flattened musk turtle (
) and Black Warrior waterdog (
) | Alabama and Mississippi | Population management, scientific research, population surveys, and monitoring | Turtles: Capture, handle, mark by marginal scute, PIT-tag, collect tissue and blood samples, conduct oral and cloacal swabbing, salvage hatched or depredated eggs, monitor nests, and insert data logger into nests; Eastern indigo snake: Capture, handle, PIT-tag, collect blood, collect cloacal swab, and scale-clip Black Warrior waterdog: Capture, handle, temporarily hold to photograph and measure, PIT-tag, and collect tail tip tissue sample | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 60238B-1 | Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, GA | Indiana bat (
), gray bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia | Presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring | Capture with mist nets, handle, identify, and release | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 087176-4 | David Eisenhour, Morehead, KY | Blackside dace (
), relict darter (
), duskytail darter (
), Kentucky arrow darter (
), Cumberland darter (
), and palezone shiner (
) | Kentucky and Tennessee | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, and release | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 022690-5 | Meadowview Biological Research Station, Woodford, VA | (green pitcher plant),
ssp.
(Alabama canebrake pitcher plant), and
ssp.
(mountain sweet pitcher plant) | Virginia | Interstate commerce | Sale of artificially propagated specimens in interstate commerce | Renewal. |
| TE 83011B-1 | Prescott Weldon, Bristol, VA | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming | Presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and studies to document habitat use | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio-tag, and collect hair samples | Renewal. |
| PER 0002010 | Shawn Zeringue-Krosnick, Tennessee Tech, Cookeville, TN | (Short's bladderpod) | Federal lands in Tennessee | Examination of pollination, reproductive success, and life history traits | Collection of flowers and seeds and collection of one voucher specimen from each population | New. |
| TE 65002A-2 | Robert Oney, Versailles, KY | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), and Virginia big-eared bat (
(=
)
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming | Presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and studies to document habitat use | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio-tag, and collect hair samples | Renewal. |
| TE 148282-6 | Jack Wilhide, Franklin, TN | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), Ozark big-eared bat (
(=
)
), and Virginia big-eared bat (
(=
)
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming | Presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and studies to document habitat use | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio-tag, light-tag, wing-punch, and collect hair samples | Renewal. |
| TE 94849B-2 | Copperhead Environmental Consulting, Paint Lick, KY | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), Ozark big-eared bat (
(=
)
), and Virginia big-eared bat (
(=
)
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming | Presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, population monitoring, and to evaluate potential impacts of white-nose syndrome or other threats | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio tag, light-tag, swab, and wing-punch | Renewal/Amendment. |
| PER 0002649 | Joey Weber, Candler, NC | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), and Virginia big-eared bat (
(=
)
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming | Presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and studies to document habitat use | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio-tag, and collect hair samples | New. |
| PER 0002076 | California Carnivores, Sebastopol, CA | (Godfrey's butterwort),
(green pitcher plant),
ssp.
(Alabama canebrake pitcher plant), and
ssp.
(mountain Sweet pitcher plant) | California | Interstate commerce | Sale of artificially propagated specimens in interstate commerce | New. |
| PER 0007863 | Jana Day, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet | FISH: Relict darter (
), Kentucky arrow darter (
), Cumberland darter (
), palezone shiner (
), and blackside dace (
); FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Cumberland elktoe (
), spectaclecase (
), fanshell (
), dromedary pearlymussel (
), Cumberlandian combshell (
), oyster mussel (
), tan riffleshell (
), purple cat's paw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (
), white catspaw (pearlymussel) (
), northern riffleshell (
), tubercled blossom (pearlymussel) (
), snuffbox (
), cracking pearlymussel (
), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (
), scaleshell mussel (
), ring pink (mussel) (
), littlewing pearlymussel (
), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (
), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (
), sheepnose mussel (
), clubshell (
), rough pigtoe (
), slabside pearlymussel (
), fat pocketbook (
), fluted kidneyshell (
), rabbitsfoot (
), winged mapleleaf (
), rayed bean (
), and Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (
); CRAYFISH: Big Sandy crayfish (
) | Kentucky | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, and release | New. |
| TE 33465A-2 | USDA Forest Service, National Forests in Alabama, Montgomery, AL | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina | Population management and monitoring | Capture, band, drill nest cavities, install inserts, install restrictors, install snake and squirrel excluders, monitor nest cavities and artificial nest cavities, and translocate | Amend. |
| TE 132772-2 | USDA Forest Service, National Forests in Alabama, Montgomery, AL | REPTILE: Flattened musk turtle (
); FISH: Blue shiner (
), Cahaba shiner (
), goldline darter (
), and rush darter (
); FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Alabama moccasinshell (
), Alabama pearlshell (
), Coosa moccasinshell (
), Cumberlandian combshell (
), dark pigtoe (
), fine-lined pocketbook (
), fuzzy pigtoe (
), orange-nacre mucket (
), ovate clubshell (
), southern acornshell (
), southern clubshell (
), southern kidneyshell (
), southern pigtoe (
),southern sandshell (
), triangular kidneyshell (
), and upland combshell (
); FRESHWATER GASTROPODS: Cylindrical lioplax (
), flat pebblesnail (
), lacy elimia (
), painted rocksnail (
), round rocksnail (
), and tulotoma snail (
) | National forests in Alabama | Surveys and population monitoring | Capture, identify, measure, release, and salvage relict shells | Renewal. |
| TE 12399A-5 | Audubon Nature Institute, New Orleans, LA | Green (
), Kemp`s ridley (
), hawksbill (
), leatherback (
), loggerhead (
), and olive ridley (
) sea turtles | Louisiana | Monitoring of rehabilitated turtles | Insert PIT tag and attach flipper tag prior to release | Renewal. |
| PER 0002667 | Mitchell D. Kriege, Erlanger, KY | Spectaclecase (
), fanshell (
), dromedary pearlymussel (
), Cumberlandian combshell (
), oyster mussel (
), purple cat's paw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (
), white catspaw (pearlymussel) (
), northern riffleshell (
), tubercled blossom (pearlymussel) (
), snuffbox (
), cracking pearlymussel (
), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (
), Higgins eye (pearlymussel) (
), ring pink (mussel) (
), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (
), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (
), sheepnose mussel (
), clubshell (
), James spinymussel (
), rough pigtoe (
), fat pocketbook (
), fluted kidneyshell (
), rabbitsfoot (
), winged mapleleaf (
), rayed bean (
), and Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, and release | New. |
| TE 66445B-1 | Angelina D. Fowler, Nashville, TN | FISH: Blue shiner (
), boulder darter (
), and snail darter (
); CRAYFISH: Nashville crayfish (
) | Alabama and Tennessee | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, and release | Renewal. |
| PER 0002899 | George C. Fullerton, Tallahassee, FL | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina | Population management and monitoring | Capture, band, drill nest cavities, install inserts, install restrictors, monitor nest cavities and artificial nest cavities, and translocate | New. |
| PER 0003043 | National Audubon Society, Moss Point, MS | Green (
), Kemp's ridley (
), hawksbill (
), leatherback (
), loggerhead (
), and olive ridley (
) sea turtles | Harrison County, Mississippi | Nest monitoring | Locate and mark nests, excavate nests following hatchling emergence, and inventory hatched nests | New. |
| TE 171516-9 | Copperhead Environmental Consulting, Inc., Paint Lick, KY | FISH: Kentucky arrow darter (
), Cumberland darter (
), and blackside dace (
); FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Cumberland elktoe (
), spectaclecase (
), fanshell (
), dromedary pearlymussel (
), Cumberlandian combshell (
), oyster mussel (
), yellow blossom (pearlymussel) (
), tan riffleshell (
), purple cat's paw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (
), northern riffleshell (
), green blossom (pearlymussel) (
), tubercled blossom pearlymussel) (
), snuffbox (
), turgid blossom pearlymussel) (
), finerayed pigtoe (
), shiny pigtoe (
), cracking pearlymussel (
), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (
), scaleshell mussel (
), ring pink (mussel) (
), littlewing pearlymussel (
), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (
), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (
), sheepnose mussel (
), clubshell (
), James spinymussel (
), southern clubshell (
), rough pigtoe (
), slabside pearlymussel (
), fat pocketbook (
), fluted kidneyshell (
), rabbitsfoot (
), rough rabbitsfoot (
), Appalachian monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), rayed bean (
), purple bean (
), and Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (
); CRAYFISH: Big Sandy crayfish (
) | Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, release, and salvage relict shells | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 88778B-2 | John W. Lamb, Arnold Air Force Base, TN | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Tennessee | Contaminant study | Collect fur and guano | Amendment. |
| PER 0004778 | Catherine M. Jachowski, Clemson University, Clemson, SC | Carolina heelsplitter (
) | South Carolina | Investigation of impediments to recruitment | Collect glochidia from fish fins and gills to sacrifice for DNA analysis, release captive-reared individuals produced at Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery into silos for growth and survival monitoring that includes weekly handling and measuring | New. |
| TE 12379D-1 | Robert A. McCleery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | Rice rat (silver rice rat) (
) | Monroe County, Florida, from Little Pine Key to Boca Chica Key | Assessing the impacts of Hurricane Irma on the rice rat | Radio-tag adults and monitor movements | Amendment. |
| TE 54891B-1 | Luke E. Dodd, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Kentucky | Presence/absence surveys and studies to document habitat use | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets and harp-traps, handle, identify, collect hair, band, attach radio-transmitters, swab, and wing-punch | Renewal. |
| TE 069754-7 | Gerald R. Dinkins, Knoxville, TN | FISH: 38 species; FRESHWATER MUSSELS: 88 species; FRESHWATER GASTROPODS: 14 species | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, release, and salvage relict shells | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 62778B-2 | Chanston T. Osborne, Aberdeen, NC | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming | Presence/absence surveys | Capture with mist nets and harp traps, handle, identify, band, and attach radio transmitters | Renewal. |
| TE 237537-2 | Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO | Price's potato bean (
), Cumberland sandwort (
), Mead's milkweed (
), Guthrie's (=Pyne's) ground-plum (
decurrent false aster (
), Cumberland rosemary (
), leafy prairie clover (
), tiny tim (
), Virginia sneezeweed (
), fleshyfruit gladecress
), Mohr's Barbara's button (
), Missouri bladderpod (
), Short's bladderpod (
), Virginia spiraea (
), running buffalo clover (
), and Tennessee yellow-eyed grass (
) | On lands under Federal jurisdiction in Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia | seed banking, artificial propagation, conservation research, educational display, and genetic analyses | Remove and reduce to possession (collect) seeds and leaves | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 059008-9 | CCR Environmental, Inc., Atlanta, GA | REPTILES: Eastern indigo snake (
), gopher tortoise (
), yellow-blotched map turtle (
), ringed map turtle (
), black pine snake (
), Alabama red-bellied turtle (
), and flattened musk turtle (
); AMPHIBIANS: Reticulated flatwoods salamander (
), frosted flatwoods salamander (
), Black warrior (=Sipsey Fork) waterdog (
), Red Hills salamander (
), and dusky gopher frog (
); FISH: 45 species; FRESHWATER MUSSELS: 81 species; FRESHWATER GASTROPODS: 12 species; CRAYFISH: Nashville crayfish (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, identify, release, and salvage relict shells | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 59798B-2 | Daguna Consulting, LLC, Rochester, MN | Dwarf wedgemussel (
), yellow lance (
), and James spinymussel (
) | Virginia | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, measure, age by examining growth rings, sex, photograph, PIT-tag or plastic shell tag, mark, and release | Amendment. |
| TE 13910A-3 | Terry L. Derting, Murray State University, Murray, KY | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), Virginia big-eared bat (
), and Ozark big-eared bat (
) | Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia | Presence/absence surveys, habitat use studies, population monitoring, and studies to evaluate potential impacts of white-nose syndrome or other threats | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets and harp-traps, handle, identify, collect hair, band, attach radio-transmitters, light-tag, swab, and wing-punch | Renewal. |
| TE 89785B-1 | North Florida Wildlife, LLC, Crawfordville, FL | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia | Population management and monitoring | Capture, band, monitor nest cavities, construct and monitor artificial nest cavities and restrictors, and translocate | Renewal. |
| TE 34778A-3 | U.S. Geological Survey, Blacksburg, VA | Gray bats (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), and Virginia big-eared bat (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming | Presence/absence surveys, habitat use studies, population monitoring, and studies on potential impacts of white-nose syndrome or other threats | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio tag, light-tag, swab, and wing-punch | Renewal. |
| TE 84997D-0 | James V. Freeman, Williston, FL | (fragrant prickly-apple) and
(=
)
(=
) (aboriginal prickly-apple) | Florida | Interstate commerce | Sell artificially propagated plants in interstate commerce | New. |
| TE 087191-6 | Sandhills Ecological Institute, Southern Pines, NC | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | North Carolina and South Carolina | Disease research | Capture and recapture birds that exhibit Avian Keratin Disorder to monitor their fate in the population | Amendment. |
| ES 56588D-2 | Martin J. Melville, Marietta, GA | FISH: Spring pygmy sunfish (
), vermilion darter (
), watercress darter (
), and Cahaba shiner (
); FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Purple cat's paw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (
), Alabama pearlshell (
), black clubshell (
), dark pigtoe (
), flat pigtoe (
), heavy pigtoe (
), inflated heelsplitter (
), and stirrupshell (
) | Alabama and Virginia | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, release, and salvage relict shells | Amendment. |
| PER 0009923 | South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC | Carolina heelsplitter (
) | South Carolina | Captive propagation for research and reintroduction | Capture, hold in captivity for more than 45 consecutive days, toxicity testing and other studies, and reintroduction | New. |
| TE 121073-3 | Christopher E. Skelton, Madison, GA | FISH: Laurel dace (
), blue shiner (
), bluemask darter (
), Etowah darter (
), duskytail darter (
), Cherokee darter (
), Cumberland darter (
), boulder darter (
), palezone shiner (
), smoky madtom (
), chucky madtom (
), pygmy madtom (
), amber darter (
), goldline darter (
), Conasauga logperch (
), snail darter (
), and blackside dace (
); | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, release, and salvage relict shells | Renewal. |
| | | FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Fat threeridge (mussel) (
), purple bankclimber (mussel) (
), Altamaha spinymussel (
), upland combshell (
), southern acornshell (
), southern combshell (
), fine-lined pocketbook (
), orangenacre mucket (
), shinyrayed pocketbook (
); Coosa moccasinshell (
), Gulf moccasinshell (
), Ochlockonee moccasinshell (
), southern clubshell (
), southern pigtoe (
), Georgia pigtoe (
), flat pigtoe (
), ovate clubshell (
), oval pigtoe (
), and triangular kidneyshell (
); FRESHWATER GASTROPOD: Interrupted (=Georgia) rocksnail (
); CRAYFISH: Nashville crayfish (
) | | | | |
| TE 111326-3 | Christopher A. Fleming, Nashville, TN | Nashville crayfish (
) | Tennessee | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, identify, sex, and measure | Renewal. |
| PER 0010455 | Kira Lindelof, North Carolina University, Raleigh, NC | (Roan Mountain bluet) | Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina | Research on genetics and habitable range | Tissue and seed collection, propagation, and augmentation | New. |
| TE 37652B-1 | Blue Ridge Parkway, National Park Service, Asheville, NC | (whorled sunflower) | Blue Ridge Parkway, Franklin County, Virginia | Voucher specimen for species confirmation | Collection of stem, leaves, and flowers | Amendment. |
| TE 807672-19 | Joseph H. Carter, Southern Pines, NC | Red-cockaded woodpecker ( | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia | Population management and monitoring and investigation of possible parasites and infections | Capture, band, monitor nest cavities, construct and monitor artificial nest cavities and restrictors, translocate, recapture to remove color bands, and swab | Renewal. |
| TE 676379-6 | NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pascagoula, MS | Leatherback sea turtle (
), hawksbill sea turtle (
), and Kemp's ridley sea turtle (
) | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas | Population monitoring | PIT-tag and flipper tag stranded, incidentally captured, cold-stunned, and rehabilitated individuals | Amendment. |
| TE 054973-6 | Nick M. Haddad, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI | Saint Francis' satyr butterfly (
) | North Carolina | Population monitoring, scientific research, captive propagation, and reintroduction | Capture up to 20 adult butterflies annually for captive rearing and breeding and transport specimens to Michigan State University | Amendment. |
| TE 65346A-2 | Matthew S. Roberts, Richmond, KY | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming | Presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and studies to document habitat use | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio-tag, collect hair samples, and salvage | Renewal. |
**Authority**
We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ).
John Tirpak,
Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services.