# Endangered Wildlife; 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, invite the public to comment on the following applications for a permit to conduct scientific research to promote conservation or other activities intended to recover and enhance endangered species survival. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits certain activities that may impact endangered species, unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The ESA also requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
**DATES:**
To ensure consideration, please submit your written comments by February 12, 2025.
**ADDRESSES:**
*Document availability:* Request documents from the contact in the *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* section.
*Comment submission:* Submit comments by email to *[email protected].* Please specify the permit application you are interested in by number ( *e.g.,* Permit Record No. PER1234567).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Marty Tuegel, Supervisor, Environmental Review Division, by phone at 505-248-6651, or via email at *[email protected].* 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:**
**Background**
With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ), prohibits activities that constitute take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activity. The ESA's definition of “take” includes hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing, and also such activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting.
The ESA and our implementing regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at title 50, part 17, provide for issuing such permits and require that we invite public comment before issuing permits for activities involving listed species.
A recovery permit we issue under the ESA, section 10(a)(1)(A), authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or enhance the species' propagation or survival. These activities often include such prohibited actions as capture and collection. 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**
Documents and other information submitted with these applications are available for review by any party who submits a request as specified in *ADDRESSES* . Our release of documents is subject to Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) requirements.
Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in the wild. 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. Please refer to the permit record number when submitting comments.
| Permit record No. | Applicant | Species | Location | Activity | Type of take | Permit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PER1906198 | Herman, Eric; Chandler, Arizona | Southwestern willow flycatcher (
) | Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah | Presence/absence surveys, nest monitoring | Harass, harm | Renew/amend. |
| PER0946319 | Westland Resources, Inc.; Tucson, Arizona | Southwestern willow flycatcher (
) | Arizona, New Mexico | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Renew/amend. |
| PER2691439 | Zara Environmental, LLC.; Manchaca, Texas | Pink mucket (
), Guadalupe fatmucket (
), Texas pimpleback (
), false spike (
), Guadalupe orb (
), Texas fatmucket (
), Balcones spike (
) | Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Renew/amend. |
| PER9580515 | Powers, Jarrod; Stillwater, Oklahoma | Winged mapleleaf (
), Ouachita rock pocketbook (
), scaleshell mussel (
), Neosho mucket (
) | Oklahoma | Presence/absence surveys, relocations, habitat surveys | Harass, harm | Amend. |
| PER9356671 | Bastrop County; Bastrop, Texas | Houston toad (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys, bio-sample | Harass, harm | New. |
| PER11358780 | Houston Zoo, Inc.; Houston, Texas | Kemp's ridley sea turtle (
), hawksbill sea turtle (
), leatherback sea turtle (
), Barton Springs salamander (
), Houston toad (
), Big Bend gambusia (
), Comanche Springs pupfish (
), Leon Springs pupfish (
) | Texas | Receive, rehabilitate, release, transport, educational display, captive propagation, headstarting, presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm, capture | Renew. |
| PER13973885 | SWCA Incorporated; Austin, Texas | Gulf Coast jaguarundi (
), ocelot (
), golden-cheeked warbler (
), northern aplomado falcon (
), southwestern willow flycatcher (
), whooping crane (
), Houston toad (
), Barton Springs salamander (
), Austin blind salamander (
), Texas blind salamander (
), fountain darter (
), Comal Springs dryopid beetle (
), Comal Springs riffle beetle (
), Peck's Cave amphipod (
), Helotes mold beetle (
), Coffin Cave mold beetle (
), Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (
), Madla Cave meshweaver (
), Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (
), ground beetle (
), ground beetle (
), Tooth Cave ground beetle (
), Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (
), Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (
), Tooth Cave spider (
), Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (
), Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (
), Bee Creek Cave harvestman (
), Bone Cave harvestman (
), lesser prairie-chicken (
), dunes sagebrush lizard (
), Texas hornshell (
), Texas pimpleback (
), Guadalupe orb (
), Texas fatmucket (
), Guadalupe fatmucket (
), false spike (
), Balcones spike (
) | Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas | Presence/absence surveys, handle, voucher specimen | Harass, harm, capture, kill | Renew/amend. |
| PER11662207 | Gargaro, Madison; San Antonio, Texas | Golden-cheeked warbler (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Renew. |
| PER11837375 | San Antonio Zoo; San Antonio, Texas | Clear Creek gambusia (
) | Texas | Captive propagation | Harass, harm, capture | Amend. |
| PER11325945 | Terrell, Danielle; Austin, Texas | Texas pimpleback (
), Texas fatmucket (
), false spike (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys, relocations | Harass, harm | New. |
| PER11327677 | Craig, Cody; Austin, Texas | Texas pimpleback (
), Guadalupe orb (
), Texas fatmucket (
), Guadalupe fatmucket (
), false spike (
), Balcones spike (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys, relocations | Harass, harm | New. |
| PER11488706 | Gudgell, Lee; Seguin, Texas | Guadalupe orb (
), Guadalupe fatmucket (
), false spike (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | New. |
| PER13531963 | Gladys Porter Zoo; Brownsville, Texas | Kemp's ridley sea turtle (
), hawksbill sea turtle (
), leatherback sea turtle (
), Gulf Coast jaguarundi (
ocelot (
) | Texas | Receive, rehabilitate, release, educational display, nesting detection, retrieval and relocation, bio-sample, tag, presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Renew/amend. |
| PER12291510 | Schwalb Stream Ecology Lab at Texas State University; San Marcos, Texas | Texas pimpleback (
), Guadalupe orb (
), Texas fatmucket (
), Guadalupe fatmucket (
), false spike (
), Balcones spike (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | New. |
| PER11498907 | Carreon, Sarah; Helotes, Texas | Golden-cheeked warbler (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | New. |
| PER13993348 | Fischer, Clay; South Padre Island, Texas | Gulf Coast jaguarundi (
), ocelot (
), golden-cheeked warbler (
), Houston toad (
), southwestern willow flycatcher (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Renew/amend. |
| PER11639611 | Macedo, Danielle; Austin, Texas | Golden-cheeked warbler (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | New. |
| PER12084642 | Laine, Robin; San Antonio, Texas | Golden-cheeked warbler (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Renew. |
| PER12079456 | HDR Engineering Inc.; Austin, Texas | Golden-cheeked warbler (
), Houston toad (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Amend. |
| PER0029468 | Jenkerson, Jeffrey; San Marcos, Texas | Guadalupe fatmucket (
), Texas fatmucket (
), Guadalupe orb (
), Texas pimpleback (
), Balcones spike (
), false spike (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys, relocations | Harass, harm, capture | Amend. |
| PER13185642 | Stantec Texas; Austin, Texas | Guadalupe fatmucket (
), Texas fatmucket (
), Guadalupe orb (
), Texas pimpleback (
), Balcones spike (
), false spike (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys, salvage, relocations | Harass, harm, capture | Amend. |
| PER12929504 | Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corporation; Austin, Texas | Golden-cheeked warbler (
), Houston toad (
), northern aplomado falcon (
), southwestern willow flycatcher (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Renew. |
| PER13146293 | Lazo, Walker; San Antonio, Texas | Helotes mold beetle (
), Coffin Cave mold beetle (
), Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (
), Madla Cave meshweaver (
), Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (
), ground beetle (
), ground beetle (
), Tooth Cave ground beetle (
), Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (
), Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (
), Tooth Cave spider (
), Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (
), Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (
), Bee Creek Cave harvestman (
), Bone Cave harvestman (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys, voucher specimen collection | Harass, harm, kill | Amend. |
| PER13361397 | Aragon, Felicia; Santa Fe, New Mexico | Southwestern willow flycatcher (
) | New Mexico | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | New. |
| PER13544765 | Lutterschmidt, William; Huntsville, Texas | Houston toad (
) | Texas | Handle, bio-sample, e-DNA analysis | Harass, harm, capture | New. |
| PER0055324 | Bio-West, Inc.; Round Rock, Texas | Guadalupe fatmucket (
), Texas fatmucket (
), Guadalupe orb (
), Texas pimpleback (
), false spike (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Amend. |
| PER13547800 | Brown and Gay Engineers, Inc.; Frisco, Texas | Lesser prairie-chicken (
), dunes sagebrush lizard (
) | Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | Amend. |
| PER13743117 | City of Austin—Balcones Canyonlands Preserve; Austin, Texas | Golden-cheeked warbler (
), Barton Springs salamander (
), Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi), Coffin Cave mold beetle (
), Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia), Madla Cave meshweaver (
), Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (
), ground beetle (
), ground beetle (
), Tooth Cave ground beetle (
), Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (
), Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (
), Tooth Cave spider (
), Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (
), Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (
), Bee Creek Cave harvestman (
), Bone Cave harvestman (
) | Texas | Presence/absence surveys, nest monitoring, bio-sample, banding, nest collection, voucher species | Harass, harm, capture, kill | Renew/amend. |
| PER12056733 | Borchardt, Grahme; Benbrook, Texas | Lesser prairie-chicken (
) | Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas | Presence/absence surveys | Harass, harm | New. |
| PER5502059 | Fenolio, Dante; San Antonio, Texas | Ozark big-eared bat (
), gray bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), Indiana bat (
), Hell Creek Cave crayfish (
), Benton County Cave crayfish (
), Barton Springs salamander (
), Austin blind salamander (
), Peck's Cave amphipod (
), Comal Springs riffle beetle (
), Comal Springs dryopid beetle (
), Texas blind salamander (
), Mexican blind catfish (
), Clear Creek gambusia (
) | Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas | Presence/absence surveys, bio-sample, voucher specimen, transport | Harass, harm, capture, kill | New. |
**Public Availability of Comments**
All comments we receive become part of the public record associated with this action. Requests for copies of comments will be handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and Service and Department of the Interior policies and procedures. 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 to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their entirety.
**Authority**
We provide this notice under section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ).
Amy Lueders,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.