Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month determination on a petition to revise critical habitat for the Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The petition requests that the Service expand the subspecies' critical habitat designation to include currently occupied mixed conifer habitat and all historically occupied habitat outside the current critical habitat designation. Our 12-month determination is that we intend to assess revisions to the subspecies' critical habitat after a species status assessment and revised recovery plan for the Mount Graham red squirrel are completed.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 [Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2021-0012; FF09E21000 FXES11110900000 212] AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: 12-Month determination. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month determination on a petition to revise critical habitat for the Mount Graham red squirrel ( Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis ) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The petition requests that the Service expand the subspecies' critical habitat designation to include currently occupied mixed conifer habitat and all historically occupied habitat outside the current critical habitat designation. Our 12-month determination is that we intend to assess revisions to the subspecies' critical habitat after a species status assessment and revised recovery plan for the Mount Graham red squirrel are completed. DATES: The determination announced in this document was made on August 3, 2021. ADDRESSES: This determination is available on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov at Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2021-0012. Information and supporting documentation that we received and used in preparing this finding is available for public inspection pursuant to current COVID-19 restrictions. You may contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Ecological Services Field Office, Tucson Sub-Office, 201 N Bonita, Suite 141, Tucson, AZ 85745 for further information about these restrictions. P…
Citation: 86 FR 41742
