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Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) [1]

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Date: 2024-07

On November 29, 2022 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The bat faces extinction due to the range-wide impacts of white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease affecting cave-dwelling bats across the continent. The Service released interim guidance and tools, scheduled to be in place until April 1, 2024, to help interested parties transition to the reclassification of the species. We have extended the interim NLEB tools and guidance listed below (see “Interim Tools and Guidance Documents”) for use until final tools are issued this summer.

The Service also is sharing drafts of the new tools and guidance documents for interested parties to preview (see “New Draft Tools” below). The Service is providing this preview so that interested parties can familiarize themselves with changes from the interim NLEB guidance and have the opportunity to ask questions before the final tools and guidance go into effect in summer 2024. Any substantive feedback on the draft materials that is shared before May 1, 2024, will be considered in the development of the final documents. These tools also support the conservation of the tricolored bat (TCB), should the species be listed. The goal is to avoid confusion and disruption for federal, state and Tribal partners, project proponents, landowners and other interested parties with projects that occur in suitable habitat within the NLEB and TCB ranges.

Draft New Tools and Guidance Documents

Interim Tools and Guidance Documents

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has developed several tools and guidance documents to assist stakeholders in assessing impacts of projects.

Other Guidance Documents

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[1] Url: https://www.fws.gov/species/northern-long-eared-bat-myotis-septentrionalis

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