2024-20786. Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications

Permit application No.	Applicant	Species	Location	Activity	Type of take	Permit action
ES27608B-2	McGehee Engineering Corporation; Jasper, AL	Tricolored bat ( Perimyotis subflavus)	Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee	Presence/probable absence surveys	Enter hibernacula, capture, handle, identify, band, radio tag, and release	Renewal and amendment.
ES54578B-3	Mary Frazer; Raleigh, NC	Tricolored bat ( Perimyotis subflavus)	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York. North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming	Presence/probable absence surveys	Enter hibernacula, capture, handle, identify, band, radio tag, and release	Renewal and amendment.
ES119937-5	Susan Loeb; Clemson, SC	Gray bat ( Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat ( Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat ( Myotis septentrionalis), and tricolored bat ( Perimyotis subflavus)	Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming	Presence/probable absence surveys and scientific research	Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture, handle, identify, band, radio tag, collect hair samples, light tag, wing punch, and release	Renewal and amendment.
ES64393C-2	Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.; Raleigh, NC	Gray bat ( Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat ( Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat ( Myotis septentrionalis), tricolored bat ( Perimyotis subflavus), and Virginia big-eared bat ( Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming	Presence/probable absence surveys	Enter hibernacula or maternity roosts, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio tag, and release	Renewal and amendment.
PER0018443-1	U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center; Vicksburg, MS	Balcones spike ( Fusconaia iheringi), false spike ( Fusconaia mitchelli), Guadalupe orb ( Cyclonaias necki), Guadalupe fatmucket ( Lampsilis bergmanni), Ouachita fanshell ( Cyprogenia sp. cf. aberti), Texas fatmucket ( Lampsilis bracteata), Texas fawnsfoot ( Truncilla macrodon), Texas pimpleback ( Cyclonaias petrina), and western fanshell ( Cyprogenia aberti)	Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas	Presence/probable absence surveys	Capture, handle, identify, and release	Amendment.
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ES02200B-5	Atlanta Botanical Garden; Atlanta, GA	Helonias bullata (swamp pink), Hudsonia montana (mountain golden heather), Isotria medeoloides (small whorled pogonia), Platanthera integrilabia (white fringeless orchid), Sarracenia oreophila (green pitcher plant), Spiraea virginiana (Virginia spiraea), Trillium persistens (persistent trillium), Trillium reliquum (relict trillium), and Xyris tennesseensis (Tennessee yellow-eyed grass)	Federal lands in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee	Long-term storage, artificial propagation, ex situ safeguarding, and genomic studies	Remove and reduce to possession (collect) seeds, leaves, root tips, pollen, and stem cuttings	Renewal.
PER11488797-0	North Carolina State University; Raleigh, NC	Red wolf ( Canis rufus)	Red Wolf SAFE facilities and North Carolina	Evaluation of cortisol values	Collect hair samples	New.
PER3315996-0	Domonique DiLandro; Holly Springs, NC	Indiana bat ( Myotis sodalis)	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin	Presence/probable absence surveys	Enter roosts (bridges, culverts, and abandoned buildings), capture, handle, identify, band, radio tag, and release	New.
ES88778B-3	John Lamb; Decherd, TN	Gray bat ( Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat ( Myotis sodalis), and northern long-eared bat ( Myotis septentrionalis)	Tennessee	Presence/probable absence surveys	Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture, handle, identify, band, radio tag, and release	Renewal and amendment.
ES81492B-2	Biotope Forestry & Environmental, LLC; Nacogdoches, TX	Tricolored bat ( Perimyotis subflavus)	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming	Presence/probable absence surveys	Capture, handle, identify, band, radio tag, and release	Amendment.
PER5292605-0	Amanda Miller; Winchester, TN	Gray bat ( Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat ( Myotis sodalis), and northern long-eared bat ( Myotis septentrionalis)	Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia	Presence/probable absence surveys	Capture, handle, identify, band, radio tag, and release	New.
ES 75551C-1	Phillip Arant; Fairmont,WV	Tricolored bat ( Perimyotis subflavus)	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming	Presence/probable absence surveys	Capture, handle, identify, band, radio tag, and release	Renewal and amendment.
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ES 88796C-3	Geological Survey of Alabama; Tuscaloosa, AL	Fish: Blue shiner ( Cyprinella caerulea), Cahaba shiner ( Notropis cahabae), goldline darter ( Percina aurolineata), rush darter ( Etheostoma phytophilum), trispot darter ( E. trisella), vermilion darter ( E. chermocki), and watercress darter ( E. nuchale); Mussels: Alabama moccasinshell ( Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa moccasinshell ( M. parvulus), dark pigtoe ( Pleurobema furvum), finelined pocketbook ( Hamiota altilis), Georgia pigtoe ( Pleurobema hanleyianum), heavy pigtoe ( P. taitianum), inflated heelsplitter ( Potamilus inflatus), orangenacre mucket ( Hamiota perovalis), ovate clubshell ( Pleurobema perovatum), southern acornshell ( Epioblasma othcaloogensis), southern clubshell ( Pleurobema decisum), southern combshell ( Epioblasma penita), southern pigtoe ( Pleurobema georgianum), triangular kidneyshell ( Ptychobranchus greenii), and upland combshell ( Epioblasma metastriata)	Alabama	Presence/probable absence surveys and monitoring	Fish: capture, handle, identify and release; Mussels: capture, handle, identify, mark, release, and collect relic shells	Renewal and amendment.
ES 824723-12	Archbold Expeditions, Inc; Venus, FL	Birds: Florida grasshopper sparrow ( Ammodramus savannarum floridanus), Florida scrub jay ( Aphelocoma coerulescens), and red-cockaded woodpecker ( Picoides borealis); Reptile: Eastern indigo snake ( Drymarchon couperi); Plants: Cladonia perforata (Florida perforate cladonia), Dicerandra christmanii (Garrett's mint), Polygala lewtonii (Lewton's milkwort), and Ziziphus celata (Florida ziziphus)	Florida	Population management and monitoring, genetic analyses, studies on habitat use, germination experiments, propagation, and reintroduction	Birds: Red-cockaded woodpeckers: capture, band, construct and monitor artificial nest cavities and restrictors, translocate, collect blood, and salvage non-viable eggs; Florida scrub jays: capture, band, collect blood and feathers, radio-tag, provide supplemental food, and administer Ivermectin; Florida grasshopper sparrows: capture, band, collect blood, salvage non-viable eggs, collect eggs and nestlings to be swapped with captive eggs and/or nestlings; Eastern indigo snake: capture, handle, take skin swabs, release, and salvage; Plants: collect seeds, leaves, stem cuttings, and portions of thallus	Renewal and amendment.
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ES63633A-7	Biodiversity Research Institute; Portland, ME	Tricolored bat ( Perimyotis subflavus)	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming	Presence/probable absence surveys	Enter hibernacula, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio tag, and release	Renewal and amendment.