Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Ecological Services

1018-BD60 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 1000 Department of the Interior DOI Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reinstatement of Endangered Species Act Protections for the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in Compliance With Court Order

In 2020, FWS delisted the gray wolf entities in the lower 48 United States and Mexico, except for the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi). However, a court order vacated our November 3, 2020, rule removing the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. To comply with that order, FWS will issue a final rule to reinstate threatened status for gray wolf in Minnesota; endangered status for gray wolf in all or portions of the remaining 44 U.S. States and Mexico where the species was listed prior to our November 2020 delisting rule; critical habitat for gray wolf in Minnesota and Michigan; and the rule promulgated under section 4(d) of the Act for gray wolf in Minnesota.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 17 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. No NPRM 03/15/2019 84 FR 9648 NPRM Comment Period End 05/14/2019 Announcement of Public Hearing 06/06/2019 84 FR 26393 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 07/15/2019 Final Action 11/03/2020 85 FR 69778 Final Action Effective 01/04/2021 Final Action Resulting From Court Order 12/00/2023 No Federal Local State Tribal No No No Rachel London Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Ecological Services 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 703 358-2491 703 358-1735 rachel_london@fws.gov 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls Church VA 22041