# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Suwannee Moccasinshell
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2021-07-01 · Effective 2021-08-02 · 86 FR 34979
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-13800
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 34979
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2021-07-01
- **Effective date:** 2021-08-02
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2019-0059
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the Suwannee moccasinshell (Medionidus walkeri) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. In total, approximately 190 miles (306 kilometers) of stream channels in Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, and Union Counties, Florida, and Brooks and Lowndes Counties, Georgia, fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. The effect of this regulation is to designate critical habitat for the Suwannee moccasinshell under the Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/07/01/2021-13800/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-suwannee)
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