Planning and Consultation Tools in Alabama
Emergency Consultation Resources
Species Information
State Agency Project Review
- Please contact the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for review
Conservation Measures
- Alabama Conservation Measures Library
- Alabama's Best Management Practices for Forestry
- Alabama’s Best Management Practices for Forestry Manual (2007)
- Avoiding and Minimizing Incidental Take of Migratory Birds Library Collection
- Bald and Golden Eagle Management Library Collection
- Eastern Indigo Snake Standard Conservation Measures
- General Best Management Practices in Alabama
- Mining Operation Best Management Practices
- Monarch Butterfly Conservation Measures
- Poultry Production Facilities Best Management Practices
- Recommended Best Management Practices for Bridges in Alabama
- Solar Farm Conservation Measures in Alabama
Endangered Species Act Project Review and 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.
Learn more about Section 7 Consultation Tools
- Information for Planning and Consultation ( IPaC IPaC
Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) is a project planning tool that streamlines the USFWS environmental review process
Learn more about IPaC ) - Training Video: IPaC Extended Overview - IPaC determination keys currently available for Alabama: Northern long-eared bat, Multi-state Indiana bat, Wood stork (coming soon)
- IPaC Consultation Package Builder provides an interactive, step-by-step process to help you prepare a biological assessment leveraging U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data and recommendations, including conservation measures designed to help you avoid or minimize effects to listed species. See Demo.
Survey Guidelines
- Bat Survey Guidelines: Current range-wide Indiana bat summer survey guidance and additional survey requirements within the State of Alabama
- Flattened Musk Turtle Survey Guidelines
- Freshwater Mussel Survey Protocol for the Southeastern Atlantic Slope and Gulf Coastal Drainages in Florida and Georgia
- Mussel Data Sheets specific to Alabama
- Surveys for plants should be conducted during the target species’ flowering period.
