LAND USE NEWS

November 2008

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reviews Listed Status of Marbled Murrelet

On October 2, 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced a 90-day finding on a petition to remove the California, Oregon and Washington population of the marbled murrelet from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife. The marbled murrelet is a small seabird whose breeding range extends from Bristol Bay, Alaska south to northern Monterey Bay in Central California. The FWS determined that the petition was supported by substantial information, and therefore, it is initiating a status review of the marbled murrelet, which will serve as its five-year status review. The FWS will “review the rangewide status of the species, and if necessary, the configuration and status of any distinct population segments.”