# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2014-11-20 · Effective 2014-12-22 · 79 FR 69312
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-27113
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 69312
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2014-11-20
- **Effective date:** 2014-12-22
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2011-0111
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) under the Endangered Species Act (Act). In total, approximately 1,429,551 acres (ac) (578,515 hectares (ha)) are designated as critical habitat in Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, Saguache, and San Miguel Counties in Colorado; and in Grand and San Juan Counties in Utah. The effect of this regulation is to conserve Gunnison sage-grouse habitat under the Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/11/20/2014-27113/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-gunnison)
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