Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse
endangered-species · US Fish and Wildlife Service · Published 2014-11-20 · Effective 2014-12-22 · 79 FR 69192
Document
Document number
2014-27109
Federal Register citation
79 FR 69192
CFR reference
50 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
endangered-species
Sub-agency
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication date
2014-11-20
Effective date
2014-12-22
Interior docket
Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2012-0108
Abstract
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus), a bird species from southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The effect of this regulation will be to add the Gunnison sage-grouse to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.