2024-05822. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 100 Species in American Sāmoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information.

SUMMARY:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews for 100 species in American Sāmoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Three of these species also occur outside of United States jurisdiction, in Canada and the South Pacific. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any new information on these species that has become available since the last reviews.

DATES:

To ensure consideration in our reviews, we are requesting submission of new information no later than May 20, 2024. However, we will continue to accept new information about any species at any time.

ADDRESSES:

Submitting Information on Species:

• Any of the 89 species occurring in Hawaii or American Sāmoa:

U.S. mail: Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 3–122, Honolulu, HI 96850; or

Email: [e-mail].

• Woodland caribou and Spalding's catchfly:

U.S. mail: State Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office, 1387 S Vinnell Way, Suite 368, Boise, ID 83709; or

Email: [e-mail].

• Oregon silverspot butterfly:

U.S. mail: State Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 2600 SE 98th Ave., Suite 100, Portland, OR 97266; or

Email: [e-mail].

• Pocket gophers, island marble butterfly, showy stickseed, White Bluffs bladderpod, and Wenatchee Mountains checkermallow:

U.S. mail: State Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 510 Desmond Dr. Southeast, Suite 102, Lacey, WA 98503; or

Email: [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For general information, please contact Grant Canterbury, Regional Recovery Biologist, at 503–231–6151. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

For information about the following specific species, contact the following people:

• Any of the 89 species occurring in Hawaii or American Sāmoa: Megan Laut, Recovery Program Manager, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 808–792–9400; [e-mail].

• Woodland caribou and Spalding's catchfly: Tracy Melbihess, Assistant State Supervisor, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office, 208–378–5243; [e-mail].

• Oregon silverspot butterfly: Jennifer Siani, Recovery Coordinator, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 503–231–6179; [e-mail].

• Pocket gophers, island marble butterfly, showy stickseed, White Bluffs bladderpod, and Wenatchee Mountains checkermallow: Rose Agbalog, Recovery Coordinator, Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 564–200–2124; [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Why do we conduct 5-year status reviews?

Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), we maintain lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plant species (referred to as the List) in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.11 (for wildlife) and 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2) of the Act requires us to review each listed species' status at least once every 5 years. For additional information about 5-year status reviews, refer to our factsheet at https://www.fws.gov/​project/​five-year-status-reviews.

What information do we consider in our review?

A 5-year status review considers all new information available at the time of the review. In conducting these reviews, we consider the best scientific and commercial data that have become available since the listing determination or most recent status reviews, such as:

A. Species biology, including but not limited to population trends, distribution, abundance, demographics, and genetics;

B. Habitat conditions, including but not limited to amount, distribution, and suitability;

C. Conservation measures that have been implemented that benefit the species;

D. Threat status and trends in relation to the five listing factors (as defined in section 4(a)(1) of the Act); and

E. Other new information, data, or corrections, including but not limited to taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, identification of erroneous information contained in the List, and improved analytical methods.

Any new information will be considered during the 5-year status review and will also be useful in evaluating the ongoing recovery programs for these species.

Which species are under review?

This notice announces our active review of 100 species, including 6 mammals, 6 birds, 2 snails, 11 insects, and 75 plants, as listed in the table below.

Common name	Scientific name	Status	Known range of species occurrence	Final listing rule and publication date
ANIMALS
Mammals:
Pacific sheath-tailed bat (pe'ape'a vai, tagiti, beka beka) (South Pacific subspecies)	Emballonura semicaudata semicaudata	Endangered	American Sāmoa, Fiji, Sāmoa, Tonga, Vanuatu	81 FR 65466, 9/22/2016.
Woodland caribou (southern mountain distinct population segment (DPS))	Rangifer tarandus caribou	Endangered	Idaho, Washington, Canada (British Columbia)	84 FR 52598, 10/02/2019.
Olympia pocket gopher	Thomomys mazama pugetensis	Threatened	Washington	79 FR 19760, 4/9/2014.
Roy Prairie pocket gopher	Thomomys mazama glacialis	Threatened	Washington	79 FR 19760, 4/9/2014.
Tenino pocket gopher	Thomomys mazama tumuli	Threatened	Washington	79 FR 19760, 4/9/2014.
Yelm pocket gopher	Thomomys mazama yelmensis	Threatened	Washington	79 FR 19760, 4/9/2014.
Birds:
Hawaiian duck (koloa maoli)	Anas wyvilliana	Endangered	Hawaii	32 FR 4001, 3/11/1967.
Hawaiian coot ('alae ke'oke'o)	Fulica alai	Endangered	Hawaii	35 FR 16047, 10/13/1970.
Friendly ground-dove (tu'aimeo) (American Sāmoa DPS)	Gallicolumba stairi	Endangered	American Sāmoa	81 FR 65466, 9/22/2016.
Hawaiian common gallinule ('alae 'ula)	Gallinula galeata sandvicensis	Endangered	Hawaii	32 FR 4001, 3/11/1967.
Ma'o (ma'oma'o)	Gymnomyza samoensis	Endangered	American Sāmoa, Sāmoa	81 FR 65466, 9/22/2016.
Band-rumped storm-petrel ('akē 'akē) (Hawaii DPS)	Hydrobates castro	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Snails:
No common name	Eua zebrina	Endangered	American Sāmoa	81 FR 65466, 9/22/2016.
No common name	Ostodes strigatus	Endangered	American Sāmoa	81 FR 65466, 9/22/2016.
Insects:
Island marble butterfly	Euchloe ausonides insulanus	Endangered	Washington	85 FR 26786, 5/5/2020.
Yellow-faced bee	Hylaeus anthracinus	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Yellow-faced bee	Hylaeus assimulans	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Yellow-faced bee	Hylaeus facilis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Yellow-faced bee	Hylaeus hilaris	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Yellow-faced bee	Hylaeus kuakea	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Yellow-faced bee	Hylaeus longiceps	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Yellow-faced bee	Hylaeus mana	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Mariana eight-spot butterfly (ababbang, libweibwogh)	Hypolimnas octocula marianensis	Endangered	Hawaii	80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly	Megalagrion xanthomelas	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Oregon silverspot butterfly	Speyeria zerene hippolyta	Threatened	Oregon, California, Washington	45 FR 44935, 7/2/1980.
PLANTS
Flowering Plants:
Māhoe	Alectryon macrococcus	Endangered	Hawaii	57 FR 20772, 5/15/1992.
No common name	Amaranthus brownii	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 43178, 8/21/1996.
No common name	Bonamia menziesii	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
Maui reedgrass	Calamagrostis expansa	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Calamagrostis hillebrandii	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32014, 5/28/2013.
'Āwikiwiki	Canavalia pubescens	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32014, 5/28/2013.
Kāmanomano	Cenchrus agrimonioides	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53108, 10/10/1996.
Kauila	Colubrina oppositifolia	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
No common name	Cyanea kauaulaensis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Cyperus neokunthianus	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Cyperus pennatiformis	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
Ha'iwale	Cyrtandra hematos	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
'Akoko	Euphorbia haeleeleana	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53108, 10/10/1996.
Heau	Exocarpos menziesii	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Festuca hawaiiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Mēhamehame	Flueggea neowawraea	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
Nānū	Gardenia brighamii	Endangered	Hawaii	50 FR 33728, 8/21/1985.
Nānū	Gardenia remyi	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Gouania meyenii	Endangered	Hawaii	56 FR 55770, 10/29/1991.
Showy stickseed	Hackelia venusta	Endangered	Washington	67 FR 5515, 2/6/2002.
Ma'o hau hele	Hibiscus brackenridgei	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
Hilo ischaemum	Ischaemum byrone	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Aupaka	Isodendrion longifolium	Threatened	Hawaii	61 FR 53108, 10/10/1996.
Wahine noho kula	Isodendrion pyrifolium	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
'Ohe	Joinvillea ascendens ssp. ascendens	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Kamapua'a	Kadua fluviatilis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Kadua haupuensis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Labordia lorenciana	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Lobelia niihauensis	Endangered	Hawaii	56 FR 55770, 10/29/1991.
No common name	Lysimachia filifolia	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 9304, 2/25/1994.
Uhiuhi	Mezoneuron kavaiense	Endangered	Hawaii	51 FR 24672, 7/8/1986.
Kōlea	Myrsine fosbergii	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
'Aiea	Nothocestrum latifolium	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Hōlei	Ochrosia haleakalae	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Hōlei	Ochrosia kilaueaensis	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
No common name	Phyllostegia brevidens	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Phyllostegia parviflora	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53108, 10/10/1996.
White Bluffs bladderpod	Physaria douglasii ssp. tuplashensis	Threatened	Washington	78 FR 23983, 4/23/2013.
Kuahiwi laukahi	Plantago princeps	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
No common name	Platanthera holochila	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53108, 10/10/1996.
'Ihi	Portulaca villosa	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Baker's loulu	Pritchardia bakeri	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Loulu	Pritchardia remota	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 43178, 8/21/1996.
'Ena'ena	Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium var. molokaiense	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Makou	Ranunculus hawaiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Makou	Ranunculus mauiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Sanicula sandwicensis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
'Iliahi	Santalum involutum	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Dwarf naupaka	Scaevola coriacea	Endangered	Hawaii	51 FR 17971, 5/16/1986.
'Āwiwi	Schenkia sebaeoides	Endangered	Hawaii	56 FR 55770, 10/29/1991.
No common name	Schiedea diffusa ssp. diffusa	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Mā'oli'oli	Schiedea pubescens	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Schiedea verticillata	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 43178, 8/21/1996.
'Ōhai	Sesbania tomentosa	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
'Ānunu	Sicyos lanceoloideus	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
'Ānunu	Sicyos macrophyllus	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Wenatchee Mountains checkermallow	Sidalcea oregana var. calva	Endangered	Washington	64 FR 71680, 12/22/1999.
No common name	Silene lanceolata	Endangered	Hawaii	57 FR 46325, 10/8/1992.
Spalding's catchfly	Silene spaldingii	Threatened	Idaho, Washington, Oregon	66 FR 51598, 10/10/2001.
Pōpolo	Solanum nelsonii	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
'Aiakeakua, pōpolo	Solanum sandwicense	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 9304, 2/25/1994.
No common name	Spermolepis hawaiiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
A'e	Zanthoxylum hawaiiense	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Ferns and Allies:
Palai lā'au	Adenophorus periens	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
No common name	Asplenium dielerectum (= Diellia erecta)	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
No common name	Asplenium diellaciniatum	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Pauoa	Ctenitis squamigera	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 49025, 9/26/1994.
No common name	Deparia kaalaana	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Hohiu	Dryopteris glabra var. pusilla	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Olua	Hypolepis hawaiiensis var. mauiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Kupukupu makali'i	Menisciopsis boydiae (= Cyclosorus boydiae)	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Microlepia strigosa var. mauiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Wāwae'iole	Phlegmariurus nutans	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 14482, 3/28/1994.
No common name	Phlegmariurus stemmermanniae (= Huperzia stemmermanniae)	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Pteris lidgatei	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 49025, 9/26/1994.

Request for New Information

To ensure that a 5-year status review is complete and based on the best available scientific and commercial information, we request new information from all sources. See What Information Do We Consider in Our Review? for specific criteria. If you submit information, please support it with documentation such as maps, references, methods used to gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any pertinent publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources.

If you wish to provide information for any species listed in the table, please submit your comments and materials to the appropriate contact in ADDRESSES .

Public Availability of Comments

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Completed and Active Reviews

A table including hyperlinks to the most recently completed 5-year status review for each listed species, as well as notices of 5-year status reviews that are currently in progress, is available at https://ecos.fws.gov/​ecp/​report/​species-five-year-review.

Authority

This document is published under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Bridget Fahey,

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.