# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Black Pinesnake
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2020-02-26 · Effective 2020-03-27 · 85 FR 11238
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-02281
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 11238
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2020-02-26
- **Effective date:** 2020-03-27
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2014-0065
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the black pinesnake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi) under the Endangered Species Act (Act). In total, approximately 324,679 acres (131,393 hectares) in Forrest, George, Greene, Harrison, Jones, Marion, Perry, Stone, and Wayne Counties, Mississippi, and in Clarke County, Alabama, fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. The effect of this regulation is to designate critical habitat for the black pinesnake under the Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/26/2020-02281/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-black-pinesnake)
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