Comments closed June 22
Support Designation of Critical Habitat for 22 Species
Fish and Wildlife Service · Aguiguan, Alamagan
- What
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate critical habitat for 22 endangered and threatened species across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal would protect roughly 59,886 acres across nine islands, covering 9 animal species and 13 plant species. It'll affect federal land managers, military planners, and developers who operate on or near the designated areas, as activities requiring federal permits would need to undergo additional review to avoid harming the habitat.
- Where
- Aguiguan, Alamagan, Asuncion
- How much
- We have no figure for this fight yet; the agency’s own words are under Case.
- Decided
- Comments closed June 22, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read October 29, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur summary of the Federal Register 2026-05678 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchNo verified figure is on the record for this fight.
- DecidedJune 22, 2026, from Federal Register, the notice's DATES field (federalregister.gov API) ↗: “Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, below) must be received by 11:59 pm eastern time on the closing date.”. Read October 29, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
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Protective action worth supporting
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate critical habitat for 22 endangered and threatened species across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal would protect roughly 59,886 acres across nine islands, covering 9 animal species and 13 plant species. It'll affect federal land managers, military planners, and developers who operate on or near the designated areas, as activities requiring federal permits would need to undergo additional review to avoid harming the habitat.
In the agency’s own words
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for 9 animal species and 13 plant species from the Mariana Islands (the U.S. Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands) under the Endangered Species Act (Act). In total across both the Territory and Commonwealth, approximately 59,886 acres (24,235 hectares) on the islands of Aguiguan, Alamagan, Asunci[oacute]n, Guam (including the island of Cocos), Pagan, Rota, Saipan, Sarigan, and Tinian fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. We also announce the availability of an ec…
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- Center for Biological Diversity
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Filed its own comment on this decision on June 22, 2026.
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