# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Critical Habitat for the Marbled Murrelet
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final determination. · Published 2016-08-04 · Effective 2011-11-04 · 81 FR 51348
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-18376
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 51348
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2016-08-04
- **Effective date:** 2011-11-04
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2015-0070
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine the critical habitat for the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), as designated in 1996 and revised in 2011, meets the statutory definition of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The current designation includes approximately 3,698,100 acres (1,497,000 hectares) of critical habitat in the States of Washington, Oregon, and California.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/04/2016-18376/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-determination-of-critical-habitat-for-the-marbled)
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