# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Lake Erie Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule; notice of availability of final post-delisting monitoring plan. · Published 2011-08-16 · Effective 2011-09-15 · 76 FR 50680
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-20104
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 50680
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2011-08-16
- **Effective date:** 2011-09-15
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2010-0039
## Abstract

Under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are removing the Lake Erie watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife due to recovery. This action is based on a review of the best available scientific and commercial data, which indicate that the subspecies is no longer endangered or threatened with extinction, or likely to become so within the foreseeable future.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/08/16/2011-20104/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-removal-of-the-lake-erie-watersnake-nerodia-sipedon)
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