If we never did a critical habitat designation, the frogs would still would be protected and so would their likely habitat.

The Service is determined to take the actions necessary to save and restore the smelt, and that is where we are focusing our energies.

Generally when a property owner or developer finds either the habitat or a species on the property and they are proposing to do something, they need to contact us and advise us of it.

We're working proactively to develop conservation strategies to help the blackbird bounce back before it reaches crisis stage.

The San Francisco garter snake is very imperiled, and we're just making progress on getting them back.

If they have interest in starting a dialogue, we'd be more than happy to talk to them.