# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Wintering Population of the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) in North Carolina
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2008-10-21 · Effective 2008-11-20 · 73 FR 62816
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-23206
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **State:** NC
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 62816
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2008-10-21
- **Effective date:** 2008-11-20
- **Interior docket:** FWS-R4-ES-2008-0041
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate revised critical habitat for the wintering population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus) in North Carolina under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 2,043 acres (ac) (827 hectares (ha)), in Dare and Hyde Counties, North Carolina, fall within the boundaries of the revised critical habitat designation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/10/21/E8-23206/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-revised-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-the)
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