# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Alabama Stur geon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2009-06-02 · Effective 2009-07-02 · 74 FR 26488
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-12517
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **State:** AL
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 26488
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2009-06-02
- **Effective date:** 2009-07-02
- **Interior docket:** FWS-R4-ES-2008-0058
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 524 kilometers (326 miles) of river fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. The critical habitat includes portions of the Alabama and Cahaba Rivers in Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Clarke, Dallas, Lowndes, Monroe, Perry, and Wilcox Counties, in Alabama.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/06/02/E9-12517/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-alabama-stur-geon)
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