# 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 May 25, 2022.
**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 in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
We invite review and comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies 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 if a permit were 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 | Applicant | Species | Location | Activity | Type of take | Permit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TE 054973-6 | Nicholas Haddad, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | Mitchell's satyr butterfly (
) and Saint Francis' satyr butterfly (
) | Alabama, Michigan, Mississippi, and North Carolina | Population monitoring, scientific research, captive propagation, and release into suitable habitat | Capture, mark, transport, release, recapture, and salvage | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 822525-7 | Joseph McGlincy, Wiregrass Ecological Services, Bainbridge, GA | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee | Population management and monitoring | Capture, band, monitor nest cavities, construct and monitor artificial nest cavities and restrictors, recapture, and translocate | Renewal. |
| PER 0020528 | Kyle Edmonds, USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, London, KY | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), Ozark big-eared bat. (
(
)
), and Virginia big-eared bat (
(
) | Kentucky | Presence/probable absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, and radio tag | New. |
| TE 206777-4 | Ralph Costa, Ralph Costa's Woodpecker Outfit, LLC, Mountain Rest, SC | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, 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, recapture, collect buccal swabs, and translocate | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 130300-6 | Paul Johnson, Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center, Marion, AL | Alabama sturgeon (
), boulder darter (
), Cahaba shiner (
), chucky madtom (
), palezone shiner (
), rush darter (
), vermilion darter (
), watercress darter (
);
Alabama lampmussel (
), Alabama pearlshell (
), Appalachian monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), birdwing pearlymussel (
), black clubshell (
), Canoe Creek clubshell (
), Choctaw bean (
), clubshell (
), Coosa moccasinshell (
), cracking pearlymussel (
), Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberland elktoe (
), Cumberland monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberlandian combshell (
), dark pigtoe (
), dromedary pearlymussel (
), fanshell (
), fat threeridge (mussel) (
), finerayed pigtoe (
), flat pigtoe (
), Georgia pigtoe (
), Gulf moccasinshell (
), heavy pigtoe (
), littlewing pearlymussel (
), Ochlockonee moccasinshell (
), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (
), Ouachita rock pocketbook (
), oval pigtoe (
), ovate clubshell (
), oyster mussel (
), pale lilliput (pearlymussel) (
), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (
), purple bean (
), purple cat's paw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (
), ring pink (mussel) (
), rough pigtoe (
), round ebonyshell (
), scaleshell mussel (
), sheepnose mussel (
), shiny pigtoe (
), shinyrayed pocketbook (
), slabside pearlymussel (
), snuffbox mussel (
), southern acornshell (
), southern clubshell (
), southern kidneyshell (
), southern pigtoe (
), southern sandshell (
), spectaclecase (mussel) (
), stirrupshell (
), tan riffleshell (
(
)), triangular kidneyshell (
), tubercled blossom (pearlymussel) (
), upland combshell (
), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (
), winged mapleleaf (
);
Anthony's riversnail (
), armored snail (
(
)
), cylindrical lioplax (snail) (
), flat pebblesnail (
), interrupted (=Georgia) rocksnail (
), plicate rocksnail (
), rough hornsnail (
), royal marstonia (snail) (
), and slender campeloma (
) | Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee | Scientific research, captive propagation, relocation, and reintroduction | Collect, transport, hold in captivity for longer than 45 days, release, translocate, and euthanize | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 084054-4 | James Orr, AECOM, Franklin, TN | Anthony's riversnail (
) and Nashville crayfish (
) | Alabama and Tennessee | Presence/probable absence surveys, population monitoring, and distribution studies | Capture, identify, measure, and release | Renewal. |
| TE 38642A-3 | Kenneth Meyer, Avian Research and Conservation Institute, Gainesville, FL | Audubon's crested caracara (
) and Everglade snail kite (
) | Florida | Examine core foraging areas, roosts, nest sites, timing of destinations of long-distance movements throughout the year, habitat loss and degradation effects, methyl mercury levels, and genetic sex determination | Capture, weigh, measure, band, collect body coverts, blood, and egg albumen, attach solar-powered transmitters, and release | Amendment. |
| TE 62026D-2 | Catherine Haase, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Kentucky and Tennessee | Assess bat community structure and habitat use | Capture with mist nets, handle, identify, band, and radio tag | Amendment. |
| TE 084047-5 | St. John's River Water Management District, Mount Dora, FL | Florida scrub-jay (
) and red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Florida | Population management and monitoring | Capture, band, and release;
capture, band, monitor nest cavities, construct and monitor artificial nest cavities and restrictors, recapture, and translocate | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 810274-14 | ICF Jones and Stokes, Inc., Fisherville, KY | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), Ozark big-eared bat (
(
)
), and Virginia big-eared bat (
(
);
Blackside dace (
), Cumberland darter (
), diamond darter (
), duskytail darter (
), Kentucky arrow darter (
), palezone shiner (
), relict darter (
), and snail darter (
);
Alabama lampmussel (
), Appalachian elktoe (
), Appalachian monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), birdwing pearlymussel (
), black clubshell (
), clubshell (
), cracking pearlymussel (
), Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberland elktoe (
), Cumberland monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberland pigtoe (
), Cumberlandian combshell (
), dark pigtoe (
), dromedary pearlymussel (
), fanshell (
), fat pocketbook (
), finelined pocketbook (
), finerayed pigtoe (
), flat pigtoe (
), fluted kidneyshell (
), green blossom (pearlymussel) (
), heavy pigtoe (
), Higgins eye (pearlymussel) (
), inflated heelsplitter (
), littlewing pearlymussel (
), northern riffleshell (
), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (
), orangenacre mucket (
), oyster mussel (
), pale lilliput (pearlymussel) (
), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (
), purple bean (
), purple cat's paw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (
), rabbitsfoot (
), rayed bean (
), ring pink (mussel) (
), rough pigtoe (
), rough rabbitsfoot (
), scaleshell mussel (
), sheepnose mussel (
), shiny pigtoe (
), slabside pearlymussel (
), snuffbox mussel (
), southern combshell (
), spectaclecase (mussel) (Cumberlandia monodonta), stirrupshell (
), tan riffleshell (
(
)), tubercled blossom (pearlymussel) (
), turgid blossom (pearlymussel) (
), white catspaw (pearlymussel) (
), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (
), winged mapleleaf (
), and yellow blossom (pearlymussel) (
); and
Big Sandy crayfish (
) | 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, and Wyoming;
Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia;
Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (except Upper Coosa River Basin and Tributaries), Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin;
Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia | Presence/probable absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring;
and
Presence/probable absence surveys | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, and radio tag;
Capture, identify, and release;
Capture, identify, mark, release, collect relict shells;
Capture via seining, handle, identify, and release | Renewal. |
| TE 43264B-1 | Nicole Riddle, Columbia, SC | Carolina heelsplitter (
) | South Carolina | Presence/probable absence surveys | Remove from substrate, handle, identify, release, and salvage shells | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 089075-5 | Donna Oddy, Rockledge, FL | Alabama beach mouse (
), Anastasia Island beach mouse (
), Choctawhatchee beach mouse (
), Perdido Key beach mouse (
), St. Andrew beach mouse (
), and southeastern beach mouse (
) | Alabama and Florida | Long-term monitoring, presence/probable absence surveys, mark/recapture studies, and genetic analyses | Capture, tag, ear snip, collect hair, radio collar, release, and translocate | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 009638-12 | Appalachian Technical Services, Inc., Wise, VA | Indiana bat (
), gray bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), Virginia big-eared bat (
(
)
);
Blackside dace (
), Cumberland darter (
), duskytail darter (
Kentucky arrow darter (
);
Appalachian monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), birdwing pearlymussel (
), clubshell (
), cracking pearlymussel (
), Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberland elktoe (
), Cumberland monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberlandian combshell (
), dromedary pearlymussel (
), fanshell (
), fat pocketbook (
), finerayed pigtoe (
), fluted kidneyshell (
), littlewing pearlymussel (
northern riffleshell (
), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (
), oyster mussel (
), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (
), purple bean (
), purple cat's paw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (
), rabbitsfoot (
), ring pink (mussel) (
), rough pigtoe (
), rough rabbitsfoot (
), sheepnose mussel (
), shiny pigtoe (
), slabside pearlymussel (
), snuffbox mussel (
);
Guyandotte River crayfish (
) and Big Sandy crayfish (
) | Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia | Presence/probable absence surveys and scientific research aimed at recovery of the species | Enter hibernacula, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, band, radio tag, and release;
Capture via seining, netting, trapping, or electroshocking, handle, identify, and release;
Remove from substrate, handle, identify, data collection, tagging, and release;
Capture via seining, handle, identify, and release | Renewal. |
| TE 81492B-1 | Dylan Brooks, Sylva, NC | Indiana bat (
) and northern long-eared bat (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, 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, and Wisconsin | Presence/probable absence surveys, habitat use and assessment research, population monitoring, and studies to evaluate potential impacts of White-nose Syndrome or other potential threats | Capture with mist nets, handle, identify, band, and radio tag | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 03305C-1 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, Memphis, TN | Curtis pearlymussel (
), fanshell (
), fat pocketbook (
), fat threeridge (mussel) (
), Higgins eye (pearlymussel) (
), inflated heelsplitter (
), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (
), Ouachita rock pocketbook (
), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (
), rabbitsfoot (
), rayed bean (
), ring pink (mussel) (
), scaleshell mussel (
), sheepnose mussel (
), snuffbox mussel (
), southern clubshell (
), spectaclecase (mussel) (
), turgid blossom (pearlymussel) (
), and winged mapleleaf (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee, Wisconsin | Presence/probable absence surveys | Capture, identify, and release | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 81430B-1 | Heather Wallace, Raleigh, NC | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), and Virginia big-eared bat (
(
)
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee | Presence/probable absence surveys, population monitoring, genetic analyses, and White-nose Syndrome sampling | Enter hibernacula, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio tag, collect hair samples, wing punch, and swab | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 81500B-1 | Sara Samoray, Nashville, TN | 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, 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/probable absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, population monitoring, and to evaluate potential impacts of White-nose Syndrome or other threats | Capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, and radio tag | Renewal. |
| TE 178643-3 | Jeffrey West, Columbia, SC | Carolina heelsplitter (
) | North Carolina and South Carolina | Presence/probable absence surveys | Capture, handle, identify, and release | Renewal. |
| TE 81353B-1 | Stephanie Penk, Sylva, NC | Indiana bat (
) and northern long-eared bat (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, 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, and Wisconsin | Presence/probable absence surveys, habitat use and assessment research, population dynamics evaluation, and migration research | Capture with mist nets, handle, identify, band, and radio tag | Renewal. |
| TE 88796C-2 | Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL | Blue shiner (
), Cahaba shiner (
), goldline darter (
), rush darter (
), vermilion darter (
);
Alabama moccasinshell (
), Coosa moccasinshell (
), dark pigtoe (
), finelined pocketbook (
), Georgia pigtoe (
), heavy pigtoe (
), inflated heelsplitter (
), orangenacre mucket (
), ovate clubshell (
), southern acornshell (
), southern clubshell (
), southern combshell (
), southern pigtoe (
), triangular kidneyshell (
), upland combshell (
) | Alabama | Population surveys | Capture, handle, identify, and release | Amendment. |
| PER 0036267 | Shane Kelley, Louisville, KY | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), and Virginia big-eared bat (
(
)
) | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 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/probable absence surveys | Capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, and radio tag | New. |
| PER 0036268 | KFS LLC, Huntsville, AL | Alabama beach mouse (
) | Alabama | Population monitoring, mark/recapture studies | Capture, tag, and release | New. |
| TE 42183A-2 | Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Alabama, Arkansas, 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, recapture, and translocate | Renewal/Amendment. |
| TE 087194-5 | Florida Forest Service, Goethe State Forest, Dunnellon, FL | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Goethe State Forest, Levy County, Florida | Population management and monitoring | Capture, band, construct and install artificial nest cavities and restrictors, monitor nest cavities, recapture, and translocate | Renewal/Amendment. |
| PER 0037085 | Mississippi Aquarium, Gulfport, MS | Green sea turtle (
), hawksbill sea turtle (
), Kemp's ridley sea turtle (
), leatherback sea turtle (
), and loggerhead sea turtle (
) | Mississippi | Population monitoring should they be re-encountered and physiological research during rehabilitation | Insert PIT tag, attach flipper tag, and collect blood samples | New. |
| PER 0037218 | Alabama Department of Environmental Management, Decatur, AL | Alabama sturgeon (
), blue shiner (
), boulder darter (
), Cahaba shiner (
), goldline darter (
), palezone shiner (
), rush darter (
), spring pygmy sunfish (
), trispot darter (
), vermilion darter (
), watercress darter (
) | Alabama | Presence/probable absence surveys and population monitoring | Capture, handle, identify, and release | New. |
| PER 0037593 | Donald Hubbs, Camden, TN | Alabama lampmussel (
), Alabama moccasinshell (
), Appalachian elktoe (
), Appalachian monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), birdwing pearlymussel (
), clubshell (
), Coosa moccasinshell (
), cracking pearlymussel (
), Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberland elktoe (
), Cumberland monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberland pigtoe (
), Cumberlandian combshell (
), dromedary pearlymussel (
), fanshell (
), fat pocketbook (
), finelined pocketbook (
), finerayed pigtoe (
), fluted kidneyshell (
), Georgia pigtoe (
), green blossom (pearlymussel) (
), inflated heelsplitter (
), littlewing pearlymussel (
), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (
), oyster mussel (
), pale lilliput (pearlymussel) (
), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (
), purple bean (
), purple cat's paw (purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (
), rabbitsfoot (
), rayed bean (
), ring pink (mussel) (
), rough pigtoe (
), rough rabbitsfoot (
), scaleshell mussel (
), sheepnose mussel (
), shiny pigtoe (
), slabside pearlymussel (
), snuffbox mussel (
), southern acornshell (
), southern clubshell (
), southern pigtoe (
), spectaclecase (mussel) (
), tan riffleshell (
(
)), triangular kidneyshell (
), tubercled blossom (pearlymussel) (
), turgid blossom (pearlymussel) (
), upland combshell (
), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (
), winged mapleleaf (
), and yellow blossom (pearlymussel) (
) | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee | Presence/probable absence surveys, scientific research, and collect for captive propagation and reintroduction | Remove from substrate, handle, identify, collect tissue, mark, release, collect for propagation at permitted Tennessee facility, transport, and release | New. |
| TE 88797B-2 | Amber Nolder, Harrisburg, PA | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-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, and Wyoming | Presence/probable absence surveys, habitat assessments, and habitat-use studies | Capture with mist nets and harp traps, handle, identify, band, mark with non-toxic paint, and radio tag | Renewal. |
| TE 142806-3 | James Cox, Tallahassee, FL | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Florida and Georgia | Cross-fostering nestlings | Monitor, capture, weigh, band, release, translocate, and collect cloacal swabs | Amendment. |
| PER 0037739 | Arkansas State University, State University, AR | (pondberry) | Arkansas | Scientific research and propagation | Collect root/rhizome tissue, and stem pieces | New. |
| PER 0037719 | Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, Okeechobee, FL | Florida grasshopper sparrow (
) | Florida | Presence/probable absence surveys, population management and monitoring, and collection and transport of eggs, nestlings, and adults for captive breeding | Nest searching, deploy nest cameras, install predator fences, nest lifting, fire ant treatment, capture with mist nets and audio lures, handle, band, monitor nest cavities, install predator barriers, collect blood, feces, and buccal swabs, collect and transport eggs, nestlings, and adults for captive breeding at permitted White Oak Conservation Foundation facility | New. |
| PER 0037812 | Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Tennessee | Presence/probable absence surveys | Capture via mist nets and harp traps, handle, identify, and release | New. |
| PER 0037836 | Christopher Sheats, New Hill, NC | Neuse River waterdog (
);
Cape Fear shiner (
), Carolina madtom (
), Roanoke logperch (
), Waccamaw silverside (
);
Appalachian elktoe (
), Atlantic pigtoe (
), Carolina heelsplitter (
), dwarf wedgemussel (
), James spinymussel (
), littlewing pearlymussel (
), Tar River spinymussel (
), and yellow lance (
) | North Carolina and South Carolina | Presence/probable absence surveys | Capture via trap and baiting, handle, identify, and release;
Capture via seining, or netting, handle, identify, and release;
Remove from substrate, handle, identify, mark, and release | New. |
| PER 0037837 | Justin Bagley, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL | Blue shiner (
) and Cahaba shiner (
) | Alabama | Presence/Probable absence surveys, genomic analyses, and increase museum collection | Capture via seining or netting, handle, identify, photograph, collect non-lethal fin clips, release, collect voucher specimens | New. |
| TE 079863-4 | Michael Gangloff, Boone, NC | Alabama lampmussel (
), Alabama moccasinshell (
), Alabama pearlshell (
), Altamaha spinymussel (
), Appalachian elktoe (
), Appalachian monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), birdwing pearlymussel (
), black clubshell (
), Carolina heelsplitter (
), Chipola slabshell (
), Choctaw bean (
), clubshell (
), Coosa moccasinshell (
), cracking pearlymussel (
), Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberland elktoe (
), Cumberland monkeyface (pearlymussel) (
), Cumberland pigtoe (
), Cumberlandian combshell (
), dark pigtoe (
), dromedary pearlymussel (
), dwarf wedgemussel (
), fanshell (
), fat pocketbook (
), fat threeridge (mussel) (
), finelined pocketbook (
), finerayed pigtoe (
), flat pigtoe (
), fuzzy pigtoe (
), green blossom (pearlymussel) (
), Gulf moccasinshell (
), heavy pigtoe (
), inflated heelsplitter (
), interrupted (=Georgia) rocksnail (
), James spinymussel (
), littlewing pearlymussel (
), narrow pigtoe (
), Ochlockonee moccasinshell (
), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (
), oval pigtoe (
), ovate clubshell (
), oyster mussel (
), pale lilliput (pearlymussel) (
), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (
), purple bankclimber (mussel) (
), purple bean (
), purple cat's paw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (
), ring pink (mussel) (
), rough pigtoe (
), rough rabbitsfoot (
), round ebonyshell (
), scaleshell mussel (
), sheepnose mussel (
), shiny pigtoe (
), shinyrayed pocketbook (
), slabside pearlymussel (
), southern acornshell (
), southern clubshell (
), southern combshell (
), southern kidneyshell (
), southern pigtoe (
), southern sandshell (
), stirrupshell (
), tan riffleshell (
(
), tapered pigtoe (
), Tar River spinymussel (
), triangular kidneyshell (
), tubercled blossom (pearlymussel) (
), turgid blossom (pearlymussel) (
), upland combshell (
), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (
), winged mapleleaf (
), and yellow blossom (pearlymussel) (
);
Anthony's riversnail (
), armored snail (
(
)
), cylindrical lioplax (snail) (
), flat pebblesnail (
), Lacy elimia (snail) (
), painted rocksnail (
), plicate rocksnail (
), rough hornsnail (
), round rocksnail (
), slender campeloma (
), and tulotoma snail (
) | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia | Presence/probable absence surveys | Capture, identify, tag, collect buccal swabs, release, and salvage shells | Renewal. |
| TE 50300D-1 | Edward Wilson, Lexington, KY | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia | Presence/probable absence surveys | Capture via mist nets and harp traps, handle, identify, and release | Amendment. |
| TE 087191-6 | Sandhills Ecological Institute, Southern Pines, NC | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | North Carolina and South Carolina | Population management and monitoring and research on Avian Keratin Disorder | Capture, recapture, band, construct and monitor artificial nest cavities and restrictors, monitor nest cavities, translocate, collect buccal and cloacal swabs, and capture and recapture birds that exhibit Avian Keratin Disorder to monitor their fate in the population | Renewal/Amendment. |
**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.