Chapter 1
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
FWS General Conservation Plans Policy Memo (October 5, 2007)
FWS National Conservation Training Center (NCTC)
HCP Land Acquisition Grants program
HCP Planning Assistance Grants program
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
Secretarial Order 3206
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)
Permit Requirements
Chapter 3
Arizona Cattle Growers v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management (9th Cir, December 17, 2001)
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
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 鈥� Final HCP
Industry Conservation Plan 鈥� Biological Opinion
Industry Conservation Plan 鈥� Environmental Assessment
Industry Conservation Plan 鈥� Findings and Recommendations
Industry Conservation Plan 鈥� Finding of No Significant Impact
Information, Planning, and Consultation System ( )
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
No Conflict of Interest Disclosure for NEPA Contractors
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
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
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
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
(61 FR 4722, February 7, 1996)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
Chapter 7
A Quick Introduction to Zonation
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
FOIA FWS
Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA)
Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Population Viability Analysis (PVA)
Resource Equivalency Analysis (REA)
(81 FR 7226, February 11, 2016)
Species Status Assessments (SSAs)
Chapter 8
Effect Pathway Manager (EPM) (Internal FWS website)
Environmental Conservation Online System ( )
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Information for Planning and Conservation System (IPaC)
Chapter 9
Case Law on Funding
Conservation Banking
Example Letter of Credit
FWS Climate Change Adaptation policy (2013) 056 FW 1
(63 FR 8859, February 23, 1998)
Meffe, G. K. and C. R. Carroll. 2006. Principles of Conservation Biology, 3rd Edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
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)
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)
Writing Refuge Management Goals and Objectives: A Handbook
Chapter 10
(June 1, 2000)
How to Develop Survey Protocols: A Handbook (Interactive Edition)
(65 FR 35242, June 1, 2000)
Chapter 11
HCP Planning Assistance Grants
Chapter 12
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
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
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)
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)
Template EIS Disclosure and No Conflict Statement for Contractors
Tribal Secretarial Order
Chapter 14
EIS Filing Instructions (August, 1 2016)
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) Instructions
Endangered Species Consultation Handbook
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
(Internal FWS website)
FOIA FWS
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
PDM Federal Register Documents Open for Comment
PDM Website
R4 Tips for Writing Biological opinions and Conference Opinions
R6 Advice for Writing and Reviewing Consultation Documents
Chapter 15
550 FW 3
Example Notice of Availability (NOA) for an Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision
Example Public Comment Summary
Significant controversy (see 516 DM 2, for FWS)
Chapter 16
516 DM 2 significant controversy
Bald and Golden Eagle Act
Case Law on HCPs
EIS Filing Instruction (August 1, 2016)
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
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 鈥� Core CDX Registration
Template EIS Disclosure and No Conflict Statement for Contractors
Chapter 17
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
FWS 730 FW1 Service Manual Permits Procedures
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
FWS Manual, under Part 614
Appendix B
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
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
NHPA
FWS Manual Chapter 614
Laws, Regulations, Policy & Guidance
Tribal/Government-to-Government Guidance
FWS Tribal Consultation Handbook
FWS Tribal Secretarial Order
NMFS Administrative Order 218-8 Tribal Consultation
Laws
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
Lacey Act
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
Policy
Final General Conservation Plan Policy Memo (October 5, 2007)
FWS General Conservation Plan Policy Memo (October 5, 2007)
Permits
(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 鈥� Final HCP
Industry Conservation Plan 鈥� Biological Opinion
Industry Conservation Plan 鈥� Environmental Assessment
Industry Conservation Plan 鈥� Findings and Recommendations
Industry Conservation Plan 鈥� 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)
