2023-05928. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 133 Species in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

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 133 species in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Two of these species also occur outside of United States jurisdiction in Canada and Palau. 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 22, 2023. However, we will continue to accept new information about any species at any time.

ADDRESSES:

Submitting Information on Species:

• Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit:

➢ 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].

• Any of the seven species occurring in Oregon:

➢ 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].

• White sturgeon, Banbury Springs limpet, and Bliss Rapids snail:

➢ 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].

• Any of the 122 species occurring in Hawaii, Guam, and/or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands:

➢ 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].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For general information, please contact Grant Canterbury 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:

• Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit: Rose Agbalog, Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 564-200-2124; [e-mail].

• Any of the seven species occurring in Oregon: Jennifer Siani, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 503-231-6179; [e-mail].

• White sturgeon, Banbury Springs limpet, and Bliss Rapids snail: Greg Burak, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office, 208-378-5243; [e-mail].

• Any of the 122 species occurring in Hawaii, Guam, and/or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Megan Laut, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 808-792-9400, [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 133 species, including 4 mammals, 13 birds, 3 fishes, 2 snails, 4 insects, 2 crustaceans, and 105 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:
Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit [Columbia Basin DPS]	Brachylagus idahoensis	Endangered	Washington	68 FR 10388, 3/5/2003.
Pacific sheath-tailed bat	Emballonura semicaudata rotensis	Endangered	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Hawaiian hoary bat	Lasiurus cinereus semotus	Endangered	Hawaii	35 FR 16047, 10/13/1970.
Mariana fruit bat (=fanihi, Mariana flying fox)	Pteropus mariannus mariannus	Threatened	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984; 70 FR 1190, 1/6/2005.
Birds:
Nightingale reed warbler (old world warbler)	Acrocephalus luscinia	Endangered	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	35 FR 8491, 6/2/1970; 35 FR 18319, 12/2/1970.
Mariana gray swiftlet	Aerodramus vanikorensis bartschi	Endangered	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984.
Hawaiian crow (`alala)	Corvus hawaiiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	32 FR 4001, 3/11/1967.
Mariana crow (=aga)	Corvus kubaryi	Endangered	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984.
Mariana common moorhen	Gallinula chloropus guami	Endangered	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984.
Guam Micronesian kingfisher (=Guam kingfisher, sihek)	Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina [= Todiramphus cinnamominus]	Endangered	Guam	49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984; 69 FR 62943, 10/28/2004.
`Akiapola`au	Hemignathus wilsoni	Endangered	Hawaii	32 FR 4001, 3/11/1967.
Palila (honeycreeper)	Loxioides bailleui	Endangered	Hawaii	32 FR 4001, 3/11/1967
Hawaii `ākepa	Loxops coccineus	Endangered	Hawaii	35 FR 16047, 10/13/1970.
Micronesian megapode	Megapodius laperouse	Endangered	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau	35 FR 8491, 6/2/1970.
Hawaii creeper	Oreomystis mana	Endangered	Hawaii	40 FR 44149, 9/25/1975.
Guam rail	Rallus owstoni	Endangered	Guam	49 FR 14354, 4/11/1984; 49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984; 54 FR 43966, 10/30/1989.
Rota bridled white-eye	Zosterops rotensis	Endangered	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	69 FR 3022, 1/22/2004.
Fishes:
White sturgeon [Kootenai River DPS]	Acipenser transmontanus	Endangered	Idaho, Montana, Canada (British Columbia)	59 FR 45989, 9/6/1994.
Warner sucker	Catostomus warnerensis	Threatened	California, Nevada, Oregon	50 FR 39117, 9/27/1985.
Hutton tui chub	Gila bicolor ssp.	Threatened	Oregon	50 FR 12302, 3/28/1985.
Snails:
Bliss Rapids snail	Taylorconcha serpenticola	Threatened	Idaho	57 FR 59244, 12/14/1992.
Banbury Springs limpet	Lanx sp.	Endangered	Idaho	57 FR 59244, 12/14/1992.
Insects:
Hawaiian picture-wing fly	Drosophila digressa	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Hawaiian picture-wing fly	Drosophila heteroneura	Endangered	Hawaii	71 FR 26835, 5/9/2006.
Hawaiian picture-wing fly	Drosophila mulli	Threatened	Hawaii	71 FR 26835, 5/9/2006.
Hawaiian picture-wing fly	Drosophila ochrobasis	Endangered	Hawaii	71 FR 26835, 5/9/2006.
Crustaceans:
Anchialine pool Shrimp	Procaris hawaiana	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Anchialine pool shrimp	Vetericaris chaceorum	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
PLANTS
Flowering Plants:
Liliwai	Acaena exigua	Endangered	Hawaii	57 FR 20772, 5/15/1992.
No common name	Achyranthes mutica	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53108, 10/10/1996.
Mauna Loa silversword	Argyroxiphium kauense	Endangered	Hawaii	58 FR 18029, 4/7/1993.
`Ahinahina	Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense	Endangered	Hawaii	51 FR 9814, 3/1/1986.
Ko`oko`olau	Bidens campylotheca ssp. pentamera	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Ko`oko`olau	Bidens campylotheca ssp. waihoiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Ko`oko`olau	Bidens conjuncta	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Ko`oko`olau	Bidens hillebrandiana ssp. hillebrandiana	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Ko`oko`olau	Bidens micrantha ssp. ctenophylla	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
`Oha wai	Clermontia drepanomorpha	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
`Oha wai	Clermontia lindseyana	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
`Oha wai	Clermontia peleana	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
`Oha wai	Clermontia pyrularia	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Haha	Cyanea asplenifolia	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha	Cyanea copelandii ssp. copelandii	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Haha	Cyanea duvalliorum	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha	Cyanea hamatiflora ssp. carlsonii	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Haha nui	Cyanea horrida	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha	Cyanea kunthiana	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha	Cyanea maritae	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha	Cyanea marksii	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Haha	Cyanea mauiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha	Cyanea munroi	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha	Cyanea obtusa	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
`Aku`aku	Cyanea platyphylla	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Haha	Cyanea profuga	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha	Cyanea shipmanii	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Popolo	Cyanea solanacea	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha	Cyanea stictophylla	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
`Aku	Cyanea tritomantha	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
No common name	Cyperus fauriei	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Ha`iwale	Cyrtandra ferripilosa	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Ha`iwale	Cyrtandra filipes	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Ha`iwale	Cyrtandra giffardii	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Ha`iwale	Cyrtandra nanawaleensis	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Ha`iwale	Cyrtandra oxybapha	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Ha`iwale	Cyrtandra tintinnabula	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Ha`iwale	Cyrtandra wagneri	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Willamette daisy	Erigeron decumbens	Endangered	Oregon	65 FR 3875, 1/25/2000.
No common name	Festuca molokaiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Nohoanu	Geranium hanaense	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Nohoanu	Geranium hillebrandii	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Honohono	Haplostachys haplostachya	Endangered	Hawaii	44 FR 62468, 10/30/1979.
Hau kuahiwi	Hibiscadelphus giffardianus	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Hau kuahiwi	Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Aupaka	Isodendrion hosakae	Endangered	Hawaii	56 FR 1454, 1/14/1991.
Kio`ele	Kadua coriacea	Endangered	Hawaii	57 FR 20772, 5/15/1992.
Koki`o	Kokia drynarioides	Endangered	Hawaii	49 FR 47397, 12/4/1984.
Large-flowered woolly meadowfoam	Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora	Endangered	Oregon	67 FR 68004, 11/7/2002.
Nehe	Lipochaeta venosa	Endangered	Hawaii	44 FR 62468, 10/30/1979.
Cook's lomatium	Lomatium cookii	Endangered	Oregon	67 FR 68004, 11/7/2002.
Kincaid's lupine	Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii	Threatened	Oregon, Washington	65 FR 3875, 1/25/2000.
No common name	Maesa walkeri	Threatened	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Alani	Melicope zahlbruckneri	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Sea bean	Mucuna sloanei var. persericea	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Kolea	Myrsine vaccinioides	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name	Neraudia ovata	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name	Nervilia jacksoniae	Threatened	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name	Nesogenes rotensis	Endangered	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	69 FR 18499; 04/08/2004.
`Aiea	Nothocestrum breviflorum	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
No common name	Osmoxylon mariannense	Endangered	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	69 FR 18499; 04/08/2004.
`Ala `ala wai nui	Peperomia subpetiolata	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name	Phyllostegia bracteata	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name	Phyllostegia floribunda	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
No common name	Phyllostegia haliakalae	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name	Phyllostegia helleri	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Phyllostegia pilosa	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Kiponapona	Phyllostegia racemosa	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name	Phyllostegia stachyoides	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Phyllostegia velutina	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name	Phyllostegia warshaueri	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Hoawa	Pittosporum halophilum	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Hoawa	Pittosporum hawaiiense	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Kuahiwi laukahi	Plantago hawaiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
No common name	Platydesma remyi	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Hala pepe	Pleomele fernaldii	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Hala pepe	Pleomele hawaiiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Po`e	Portulaca sclerocarpa	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Loulu	Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 41020, 8/7/1996.
Loulu	Pritchardia lanigera	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Loulu	Pritchardia maideniana	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Loulu	Pritchardia schattaueri	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name	Schiedea diffusa ssp. macraei	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Ma`oli`oli	Schiedea hawaiiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
No common name	Schiedea jacobii	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name	Schiedea laui	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name	Schiedea salicaria	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Hayun lagu	Serianthes nelsonii	Endangered	Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	52 FR 4907, 2/18/1987; 52 FR 6651, 5/4/1987.
`Anunu	Sicyos albus	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name	Silene hawaiiensis	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Popolo ku mai	Solanum incompletum	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 10/10/1994.
No common name	Stenogyne angustifolia var. angustifolia	Endangered	Hawaii	44 FR 62468, 10/30/1979.
No common name	Stenogyne cranwelliae	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
No common name	Stenogyne kaalae ssp. sherffii	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Stenogyne kauaulaensis	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Malheur wire-lettuce	Stephanomeria malheurensis	Endangered	Oregon	47 FR 50881, 11/10/1982.
No common name	Tetramolopium arenarium	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Hawaiian vetch	Vicia menziesii	Endangered	Hawaii	43 FR 17910, 4/26/1978.
No common name	Vigna o-wahuensis	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
No common name	Wikstroemia skottsbergiana	Endangered	Hawaii	81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name	Wikstroemia villosa	Endangered	Hawaii	78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
A`e	Zanthoxylum dipetalum var. tomentosum	Endangered	Hawaii	61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Ferns and Allies:
No common name	Asplenium peruvianum var. insulare	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 49025, 9/26/1994.
No common name	Diplazium molokaiense	Endangered	Hawaii	59 FR 49025, 9/26/1994.
Wawae`iole	Huperzia mannii	Endangered	Hawaii	57 FR 20772, 5/15/1992.

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.).

Hugh Morrison,

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