ILIAFO IPAC Intro Letter.pdf

Species List Introduction Letter with Section 7 Section 7
Section 7 Consultation The Endangered Species Act (ESA) directs all Federal agencies to work to conserve endangered and threatened species and to use their authorities to further the purposes of the Act. Section 7 of the Act, called "Interagency Cooperation," is the mechanism by which Federal agencies ensure the actions they take, including those they fund or authorize, do not jeopardize the existence of any listed species.

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Consultation Guidance

Author(s)
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Grayscale U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service logo
Monarch ESA Coordinator
Ecological Services
Expertise
Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation,
Recovery Planning and Implementation,
Endangered Species Listing and Classification
Moline,IL
Type of document
Protocol
Facility
Image collage of federally listed species in Illinois-Iowa including decurrent false aster, rusty patched bumble bee, Iowa Pleistocene snail, eastern massasauga rattlesnake, and freshwater mussel species
The Illinois-Iowa Field Office is the home of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, for the states of Illinois and Iowa. Ecological Services at the Illinois-Iowa Field Office includes the following programs: Endangered Species, Environmental Response and Restoration,...