FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) SECTION 10(A) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION; DEVELOPMENT OF CONSERVATION BENEFIT AGREEMENTS AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS, AND ISSUANCE OF ASSOCIATED ENHANCEMENT OF SURVIVAL AND INCIDENTAL TAKE PERMITS

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice called: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 10(a) Program Implementation; Development of Conservation Benefit Agreements and Habitat Conservation Plans, and Issuance of Associated Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on June 9 by Gina Shultz, Acting Assistant Director for Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Summary: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, issue enhancement of survival permits associated with conservation benefit agreements and issue incidental take permits associated with habitat conservation plans under section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended (ESA). ...