# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Black Warrior Waterdog and Designation of Critical Habitat
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2018-01-03 · Effective 2018-02-02 · 83 FR 257
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-28386
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 257
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2018-01-03
- **Effective date:** 2018-02-02
- **Interior docket:** Docket Nos. FWS-R4-ES-2016-0029 and FWS-R4-ES-2016-0031
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended for the Black Warrior waterdog (Necturus alabamensis) and designate critical habitat. The effect of this regulation will be to add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and designate critical habit for this species. In total, approximately 673 kilometers (420 miles) of streams and rivers in Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marshall, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston Counties, Alabama, fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/01/03/2017-28386/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-endangered-species-status-for-black-warrior-waterdog)
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