Petitions Awaiting 90-Day Findings

Background

Under the Endangered Species Act, any person or organization can petition us to:

• List a species as threatened or endangered.

• Reclassify or delist a species.

• Revise critical habitat.

Please see this Public Advisory: Information to Consider When Submitting a Petition under the Endangered Species Act for more information about submitting a petition, corresponding to the recent ESA petition regulations revision.

After receiving a petition, we evaluate whether it presents substantial information that the petitioned action may be warranted. Within 90 days (to the maximum extent practicable), we must publish a finding that states our decision whether to accept the petition. This is called a “90-day finding.”

Petitions

We are currently evaluating the following petitions, which have pending 90-day findings.

More Information

• ESA Petition and Listing Process
• Negative 90-Day Findings
• Candidate Species
• Proposed Species
• Endangered Species Conservation