USbet365下载ios Clearance to Proceed with Federally-Insured Loan and Grant Project Requests

This guidance and clearance letter is provided to fulfill the ESA鈥檚 statutory obligations in a timely and consistent manner, and to assist Federal agencies, State and local governments, and consultants in addressing 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
and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental impact review requirements for federally insured loan and grant project requests in all cities and unincorporated areas within the jurisdiction of participating Service field offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, California, Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, and Nevada. 

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Serving Florida by conserving our most imperiled species and working with others to conserve plants, fish, and wildlife.
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Serving Mississippi by conserving our most imperiled species and working with federal and state agencies, private landowners, and others to conserve plants, fish, and wildlife. The Mississippi Ecological Services office is the oldest field office in the country, first established in 1948.
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Our vision is to collaboratively foster vibrant, healthy, abundant and self-sustaining resources within the Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain by promoting nature based solutions. Congress has entrusted the Service to conserve and protect federal trust resources for the public's use and benefit...
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The Tennessee Field Office is a leader in conserving Tennessee's imperiled species and their habitats, ensuring that sustainable populations of fish, wildlife, and plants continue to thrive for future generations.
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The USbet365下载ios Kansas Ecological Services Field Office is located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the northern Flint Hills. The office provides information related to at-risk, threatened and endangered species that may occur in Kansas and other management directives for the USbet365下载ios and partners.
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The Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office (Yreka FWO) is an Ecological Services Office in Siskiyou County, northern California and located a few miles south of the Oregon border. Our office supports conservation work within the Shasta-Trinity and Klamath National Forests and adjoining private lands...
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The Wyoming Ecological Services Field Office is responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing federally protected fish and wildlife and their habitats in the State. The office seeks to carry out its responsibilities by working cooperatively with other Federal and State agencies, various...
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The Montana Ecological Services Field Office coordinates with federal and state agencies, local governments, private and non-governmental organizations, and tribes to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats within the state of Montana for the continuing benefit of...
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The Reno Fish and Wildlife Office works with our partners to protect and conserve endangered fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats in Nevada's Great Basin, the Eastern Sierra, and the Tahoe Basin for the continuing benefit of the American people.
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The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...