Chapter 1
50 CFR 13
50 CFR 17
50 CFR 222
63 FR 8859: Habitat Conservation Plan Assurances ("No Surprises") Rule
65 FR 35241: Five-Point Policy
84 FR 44760
Administrative Procedure Act
Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
FWS Memo on the Use of Endangered Species Act Section 10 Permits to Provide Bald and Golden Eagle Act Authorization for Incidental Take of Bald Eagles and Golden Eagles (May 11, 2011)
Case Law on HCPs
Clean Water Act
Coastal Zone Management Act
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
FOIA FWS
FOIA NMFS
FWS General Conservation Plans Policy Memo (October 5, 2007)
FWS National Conservation Training Center (NCTC)
H.R. Rep. No. 97-835 (October 13, 1982)
HCP Land Acquisition Grants program
HCP Planning Assistance Grants program
Karner blue butterfly HCP
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act - Essential Fish Habitat
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
National Marine Sanctuaries Act
NOAA Administrative Order 218-8
Privacy Act
Secretarial Order 3206
Section 4(d) of the ESA (42 FR 4656; 50 CFR 17.31(a))
Washington County, Utah HCP
ESA Regulations and Policies
Example Environmental Action Statement (EAS)
Example Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
Example Record of Decision (ROD)
FWS Native American Policy
FWS Service Manual 730 FW1
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
NEPA Categorical Exclusion Screening Form for HCPs and Environmental Action Statement (EAS)
NMFS Permit Application
Permit Requirements
Chapter 3
40 CFR 1500 to 1508: Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Procedures of the National Environmental Policy Act
50 CFR 13
50 CFR 17
50 CFR 222
80 FR 26832 Final Rule on Incidental Take Statements Under Section 7
Arizona Cattle Growers v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management (9th Cir, December 17, 2001)
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
DOI National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Final Incidental Take Statement Rule (May 11, 2015)
FWS Departmental Manual 516 DM 8
FWS General Conservation Plan Policy Memo (October 2007)
FWS Multiple Project and Owner ITP Guidance Memo (April 3, 2013)
Getting Started Questionnaire
Industry Conservation Plan – Final HCP
Industry Conservation Plan – Biological Opinion
Industry Conservation Plan – Environmental Assessment
Industry Conservation Plan – Findings and Recommendations
Industry Conservation Plan – Finding of No Significant Impact
Information, Planning, and Consultation System ( )
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Act
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
No Conflict of Interest Disclosure for NEPA Contractors
Pima County Multi-Species Conservation Plan
Section 6 Grants
Template EIS Disclosure and No Conflict Statement for Contractors
Chapter 4
Army Corps of Engineers Clean Water Act
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
FWS Native American Policy
FWS Tribal Consultation Handbook
FWS Tribal Secretarial Order
General Services Administration's Committee Management Secretariat
National Park Service Special Use Permit
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
NOAA General Counsel Guidelines for Compiling an Agency Administrative Record
NOAA Procedures for Government-to-Government Consultation with Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations
Secretarial Order 3206 (June 5, 1997)
Standardized Guidance on Compiling a Decision File and an Administrative Record, DOI, June 2006
Tribal Consultation Policy
Chapter 5
CEQ 40 FAQs
CEQ's National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
Effects Pathway Management (Internal FWS website)
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Information, Planning and Conservation System (IPaC)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Chapter 6
Consultation Handbook for Procedures for Conducting Consultation and Conference Activities Under Section 7 of the ESA
Data Management Plan
Data Management Planning Tool
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) or ISO 19115 Metadata Standards
Interagency Policy Regarding the Recognition of Distinct Vertebrate Population Segments Under the ESA (61 FR 4722, February 7, 1996)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
USGS Data Management Plan Checklist
Chapter 7
A Quick Introduction to Zonation
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
FOIA FWS
FOIA NMFS
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA)
Lucid Chart
MARXAN
MaxEnt
Mental Modeler
Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
MOU 19770718 Shared Jurisdiction of Sea Turtles
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Population Viability Analysis (PVA)
Resource Equivalency Analysis (REA)
Interagency Policy Regarding Implementation of Section 4(b)(2) of the ESA (81 FR 7226, February 11, 2016)
Species Status Assessments (SSAs)
Chapter 8
50 CFR 13
50 CFR 17
50 CFR 222
Effect Pathway Manager (EPM) (Internal FWS website)
Environmental Conservation Online System ( )
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Information for Planning and Conservation System (IPaC)
Section 7 50 CFR 402
Chapter 9
Case Law on Funding
Climate-Smart Conservation: Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice (a guide co-sponsored by FWS and NOAA)
Compensatory Mitigation Rule for Clean Water Act section 404 permits (33 CFR 325, April 10, 2008)
Compensatory Mitigation Rule for Clean Water Act section 404 permits (33 CFR 332, April 10, 2008)
Compensatory Mitigation Rule for Clean Water Act section 404 permits (40 CFR 230, April 10, 2008)
Conservation Banking
DOI Climate Change Adaptation Policy (2012) 523 DM 1
DOI Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2014)
DOI Policy 600 DM 6.7
Example Letter of Credit
FWS Climate Change Adaptation policy (2013) 056 FW 1
Groves et al. 2012 Incorporating climate change into systematic conservation planning. Biodiversity Conservation. 21: 1651-1671
Habitat Conservation Plan Assurances (No Surprises) Rule (63 FR 8859, February 23, 1998)
Meffe, G. K. and C. R. Carroll. 2006. Principles of Conservation Biology, 3rd Edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
National Wildlife Federation v. Babbitt, 128 F.Supp.2d 1274
National Wildlife Federation v. Norton, 2005 WL2175874 (E.D. Cal., 2005)
National Wildlife Federation v. Norton, 306 F.Supp.2d 920 (E.D. Cal. 2004)
NMFS Endangered Species Act Climate Guidance (2016)
Noss et al. 1997. The Science of Conservation Planning: Habitat Conservation Under the Endangered Species Act. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Primack, R.B. 2014. Essentials of Conservation Biology 6th edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Resource Equivalency Analysis (REA)
Sierra Club v. Babbitt, 15 F.Supp.2d 1274 (S.D. Ala. 1998)
Sierra Club v. Norton, 207 F.Supp.2d 1310 (S.D. Ala. 2002)
Soule, M. E., and B. A. Wilcox, eds. 1980. Conservation Biology: An Ecological-Evolutionary Perspective. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Soule, M. E., M. E. Gilpin, W. Conway, and T. Foose. 1986. The millennium ark. Zoo Biol., In press.
Strategic Habitat Conservation (SHC)
SWCBD v. Bartel, 470 F. Supp. 2d 1118 (S.D. Cal. 2006)
Union Neighbors United, Inc. v. Jewell, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 14377 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 5, 2016)
Writing Refuge Management Goals and Objectives: A Handbook
Chapter 10
65 FR 35241 5-Point Policy (June 1, 2000)
A Road Map for Planning a Biological Monitoring Program
ArcGIS
Climate-Smart Conservation: Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice (a guide co-sponsored by the FWS and NOAA)
Data Management Plan
Data Management Planning Tool
Databasin
DOI Adaptive Management Applications Guide
DOI Adaptive Management Technical Guide
Designing Monitoring Programs in an Adaptive Management Context for Regional Multiple Species Conservation Plans (USGS)
Federal Data Repository
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) or ISO 19115 metadata standards
Guidance for Designing an Integrated Monitoring Program (NPS)
How to Develop Survey Protocols: A Handbook (Interactive Edition)
Informing Decisions in Changing Climate, National Research Council (2009)
Miradi
Notice of Availability of a Final Addendum to the Handbook for Habitat Conservation Planning and Incidental Take Permitting Process (65 FR 35242, June 1, 2000)
San Diego Management and Monitoring Plan
The Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation
USGS Data Cycle Overview
USGS Data Management Plan Checklist
USGS ScienceBase
Chapter 11
40 CFR part 230 Clean Water Act section 404
50 CFR 13
50 CFR 17
50 CFR 222
Center for Natural Lands Management
CEQ's National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy/HCP/NCCP
HCP Planning Assistance Grants
Long-term Stewardship Calculator (The Nature Conservancy)
Long-term Stewardship Calculator: Accompanying Handbook (The Nature Conservancy)
Miscellaneous Receipts Statute, 31 U.S.C. 3302(b)
National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
Natomas Basin HCP
Scodari, P. et. al. (2011). Implementing Financial Assurance for Mitigation Project Success. Institute for Water Resources and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Chapter 12
50 CFR 13
50 CFR 17
50 CFR 222
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
General Conservation Plan Policy (October 5, 2007)
Habitat Equivalency Analysis
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
Resource Equivalency Analysis (REA)
Population Viability Analysis (PVA)
Chapter 13
40 CFR 1500 to 1508: Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Procedures of the National Environmental Policy Act
DOI National Environmental Policy Act 43 CFR 46
DOI Tribal Consultation Policy
Executive Order 11990–Protection of Wetlands
Executive Order 12630–Governmental Action and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights
Executive Order 12962–Recreational Fisheries
Executive Order 13112–Invasive Species
Executive Order 13186–Responsibilities of Federal Agencies to Protect Migratory Birds
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
FWS Departmental Manual 516 DM 8
FWS Native American Policy
FWS Record of Decision (ROD) Format
FWS Tribal Consultation Handbook
Low-effect Screening Form HCP and NEPA Environmental Action Statement (EAS)
NOAA Environmental Review Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act
NOAA Procedures for Government-to-Government Consultation With Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations
Plant Protection Act of 2000
Policy and Procedures for Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and Related Authorities
Request for Proposals to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (NiSource HCP)
Secretarial Order 3206: American Indian Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Secretarial Order 3355
Executive Order 13807
Template EIS Disclosure and No Conflict Statement for Contractors
Tribal Secretarial Order
Chapter 14
50 CFR
CEQ 40 FAQs
CEQ's National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
Core CDX Registration
EIS Filing Instructions (August, 1 2016)
Electronic Submittal of Environmental Impact Statements to EPA
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) Instructions
Endangered Species Consultation Handbook
E-NEPA Guide on Registration and Preparing an Environmental Impact Statement Electronic Submission
Example Environmental Action Statement
Example Federal Register Notice of Availability
Example Federal Register Notice of Intent
Example Findings and Recommendations
Example Short Form Environmental Action Statement (EAS)
Example SOL Document Review Memorandum
Example SOL Review Memorandum FRNs
Federal Register Document Review Request Form 3-2198 (Internal FWS website)
FOIA FWS
FOIA NMFS
Incidental Take Permits Associated with a Habitat Conservation Plan Application
GPO Style Manual
Guide to Publishing Documents in the Federal Register
List of Service Regional Offices in the FWS Application
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Environmental Policy Act for National Wildlife Refuges Handbook
NOAA Delegation of Authority Dec. 12, 2005
Office of the Federal Register Document Drafting Handbook
PDM Federal Register Documents Open for Comment
PDM Website
Privacy Act
R4 Tips for Writing Biological opinions and Conference Opinions
R6 Advice for Writing and Reviewing Consultation Documents
Chapter 15
40 CFR 1508.13
50 CFR 13
50 CFR 17
50 CFR 222
516 DM 4
550 FW 3
CEQ's National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
DOI National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (43 CFR 46; 516 DM 1-3)
EPA Central Data Exchange
Example Notice of Availability (NOA) for an Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision
Example Public Comment Summary
NOAA Environmental Review Procedures and NOAA Administrative Order Series 216-6 for NMFS
Significant controversy (see 516 DM 2, for FWS)
Chapter 16
50 CFR 13
516 DM 2 significant controversy
50 CFR 17
50 CFR 222
Bald and Golden Eagle Act
Case Law on HCPs
EIS Filing Instruction (August 1, 2016)
E-NEPA Guide on Registration and Preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for Electronic Submission
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) Instructions
Example Permit Cover Letter with Request for Signature
Example DOI Natural Resources Library Transmittal
Example Environmental Action Statement (EAS)
Example EPA R9 Regional Office Transmittal
Example Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
Example Findings and FONSI Combined (R4)
Example Findings and Recommendations
Example National FWS NEPA Coordinator Transmittal
Example Permit Transfer Letter
Example Record of Decision (ROD)
FWS NEPA Handbook
FWS Record of Decision (ROD) Format
Issuance Criteria (FWS) 50 CFR 17.22(b) and 17.32(b)
Issuance Criteria (NMFS) 50 CFR 222
Low-effect Screening Form HCP and NEPA Environmental Action Statement (EAS)
Lacey Act
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
No Conflict of Interest Disclosure for NEPA Contractors
Record of Decision (ROD) Contents Checklist
Registration User Organization Entry – Core CDX Registration
Template EIS Disclosure and No Conflict Statement for Contractors
Union Neighbors United, Inc. v. Jewell, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 14377 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 5, 2016)
Chapter 17
50 CFR 13
50 CFR 17
50 CFR 222
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
FWS 730 FW1 Service Manual Permits Procedures
Incidental Take Permits Associated with a Habitat Conservation Plan Application
National Protocol for Addressing Take and Potential "Take" of Endangered Species through Habitat Modification (August 22, 2016)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
Tracking and Integrated Logging System (TAILS) (Internal FWS website)
Appendix A
36 CFR 60
36 CFR 68
54 U.S.C 470h-2(k)
FWS Manual, under Part 614
National Environmental Policy Act
National Historic Preservation Act
Appendix B
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
50 CFR 17.22(b)(1), 17.32(b)(1)
50 CFR 222
Case Law
Case Law on Funding
Case Law on HCPs
Federal Register
Docket Number Request (FWS Internal Form)
Example DOI Natural Resources Library Transmittal
Example EPA R9 Transmittal
Example Federal Register Specific Publication Date Request
Example Federal Register Transmittal
Example National FWS NEPA Coordinator Transmittal
Short PPM-approved Notice of Availability Template (FWS)
Short PPM-approved Notice of Availability Template (regs.gov) (FWS)
Intra-Service Consultation
R4 Tips for Writing Biological Opinions and Conference Opinions
R6 Advice for Writing and Reviewing Consultation Documents
NEPA
E-NEPA Guide on Registration and Preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for Electronic Submission
CEQ 40 FAQs
NHPA
36 CFR 800 Protection of Historic Properties
FWS Manual Chapter 614
Laws, Regulations, Policy & Guidance
Tribal/Government-to-Government Guidance
FWS Tribal Consultation Handbook
FWS Tribal Secretarial Order
HR Report No. 97-835 Congressional Record
NMFS Administrative Order 218-8 Tribal Consultation
Laws
Administrative Procedures Act (APA)
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA)
Clean Water Act
Coastal Zone Management Act
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - FWS
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - NMFS
Lacey Act
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act - Essential Fish Habitat
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
Privacy Act
Policy
Final General Conservation Plan Policy Memo (October 5, 2007)
FWS General Conservation Plan Policy Memo (October 5, 2007)
Permits
50 CFR 10 Taking, Possession, Transportation, Sale, Purchase, Barter, Exportation, and Importation of Wildlife and Plants
50 CFR 13
50 CFR 17
50 17 CFR - A
50 17 CFR - B
50 17 CFR - C
50 17 CFR - D
50 17 CFR - E
50 17 CFR - F
50 17 CFR - G
50 17 CFR - H
50 17 CFR - I
50 CFR 18
50 CFR 21
50 CFR 22
50 CFR 222
50 CFR 13 - FWS General Permit Procedures
50 CFR 402 Consultation
65 FR 35242 1996 Handbook Addendum 5-Points Policy
Habitat Conservation Plan Assurances (No Surprises) Rule (63 FR 8859, February 23, 1998)
Guidance
FWS Multiple Projects or Project Owners Incidental Take Permit Guidance (April 30, 2013)
FWS Office of Law Enforcement Endangered Species Habitat Take Protocol
Templates & Examples
GCP Examples
Industry Conservation Plan – Final HCP
Industry Conservation Plan – Biological Opinion
Industry Conservation Plan – Environmental Assessment
Industry Conservation Plan – Findings and Recommendations
Industry Conservation Plan – Finding of No Significant Impact
NEPA
Example Finding of No Significant Impact
Example Findings and FONSI Combined
Example Notice of Availability (NOA) for an Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision
Example Short Form Environmental Action Statement (EAS)
Example Simple Amendment Finding of No Significant Impact
Example Permits
Template Permit With Signature Block for Permittee
Federal Register
Example DOI Natural Resources Library Transmittal
Example EPA R9 Regional Office Transmittal
Example Federal Register Specific Publication Date Request
Example National FWS NEPA Coordinator Transmittal
Short PPM-approved Notice of Availability Template (FWS)
Short PPM-approved Notice of Availability Template (regs.gov) (FWS)
