Newsletter (February 2025) 
New Documents/Maps Added to the Website
FESTF MAPS: Species Counts by County for Contiguous uS States
David Campana (GSI expert at CSI) generated species count maps by county for the contiguous US states. These maps are available at: FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force - FESTF State Maps: Species Count by County. Additional maps will be posted in the future at: FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force - FESTF Maps.
What's going on at EPA?
Update on EPA's ESA Strategies
- No current update
Update to EPA's ESA Websites
- No current update
Dockets open for Comment
- FWS Draft Carbaryl Biological Opinion - Closes Feb 21, 2025
- Clothianidin; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment - Closes March 3, 2025
- Comparison of Aquatic Life Protective Values Developed for Pesticides Under the FIFRA and the CWA - Closes March 3, 2025
- Atrazine Registration Review - Closes April 4, 2025
recent Decisions by EPA
What's new at US FWS?
Dockets open for Comment
- Removal of Ute ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants - Closes March 10, 2025
- Proposed Endangered Species Status for Big Red Sage, a plant species from central Texas - Closes March 24, 2025
recent Decisions by FWS
- No current update
Calendar of Events
Representatives of FESTF will be attending and/or presenting at the following events:
- Commodity Classic, March 2-4, 2025 in Denver, CO at the Colorado Convention Center - Find us at Booth 1445
