AF047E5D-B6AE-4207-9582-33AB848C76E1 eng utf8 dataset dataset Jennifer Connolly U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs Geospatial Data Steward 202-566-1612 1301 Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20460 connolly.jennifer@epa.gov pointOfContact 2026-04-12 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification 2007 geometryOnly composite 1891 4269 EPSG 6.5(3.0.1) Endangered Species Range Areas 2022-10-01 publication Jennifer Connolly U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs Geospatial Data Steward 202-566-1612 1301 Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20460 connolly.jennifer@epa.gov publisher mapDigital The Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered species and the habitats in which they are found. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service of U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization (NMFS/NOAA) lead federal implementation of the ESA, though they are supported by other federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Section 7 of the ESA directs all Federal agencies to conserve endangered and threatened species and to use their authorities to ensure actions do not jeopardized the further existence of threatened and endangered species or adversely modify designated critical habitats. As part of the Section 7 coordination, federal agencies work with USFWS and NMFS to identify species found within the jurisdiction of the United that could be affected by actions carried out by the agency. Of note, the US EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is responsible for ensuring that Agency actions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) are in compliance with ESA. OPP determines if ESA-listed species or their designated critical habitat may be affected by pesticide products. Pesticide products that “may affect” an ESA-listed species or its designated critical habitat may be subject to additional regulation. Species ranges represent anywhere an individual of the listed species could be found based on the best available information at the time of delineation. As defined in ESA, critical habitat delineates habitat characteristics in specific geographical areas and may be occupied or unoccupied by a threatened or endangered species at the time of listing. These areas must contain physical or biological features essential to conservation of a species and may require special management considerations or protection. Critical habitat may also include areas that are not currently occupied by the species but that may be needed for their recovery. Range areas represent more generalized habitat where species are or could be found based on the best available information. For some species, best available information is based on site specific surveys. For others, it will be historical location information based on political boundaries. These areas are, therefore, less geographically explicit than critical habitat. Consideration of both the species range and critical habitat ensures the conservation of the ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend. To support EPA’s implementation of ESA, critical habitat and range data for species listed under ESA Section 7 were obtained by the US EPA from the USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) database in November 2020. These data were supplemented with areas provided by NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) where NOAA has species authority. For NMFS species not found in either location, a request was made directly to the NMFS scientists. The last download of the species locations occurred in November 2020. This feature service depicts designated range data for species listed under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Delineated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Organization, the associated polygons are enhanced with field attributes supporting ESA implementation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ranges represent anywhere an individual could be found based on the best available information at the time of delineation. Feature Service: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention, Office of Pesticide Programs; Data Steward: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Ecological Services; National Oceanic & Atmospheric Organization, National Marine Fisheries Service Jennifer Connolly U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs Geospatial Data Steward 202-566-1612 1301 Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20460 connolly.jennifer@epa.gov publisher weekly United States place EPA Place Names 2015-01-31 publication Agriculture Biology Conservation Ecology Ecosystem Environment Exposure Hazards Land Modeling Pesticides Regulatory Risk Toxics Water theme EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus 2007-11-02 publication 020:083 theme Federal Program Inventory 2013-09-16 publication Downloadable Data EPA Public Domain License licenseUnrestricted https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html unclassified vector eng utf8 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview Version 10.0 (Build 17763) ; Esri ArcGIS 13.5.3.57366 true -180.00002 180.00002 -85.470289 89.987675 File Geodatabase Feature Class https://services.arcgis.com/cJ9YHowT8TU7DUyn/arcgis/rest/services/Critical_Habitat/FeatureServer EPA GeoPlatform Hosted Feature Service order https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d46156cc921d4b41923c70c280b82458 EPA Geoplatform Item page information dataset Critical habitat and range data for species listed under ESA Section 7 were obtained by the US EPA from the USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) database. These data were supplemented with areas provided by NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) where NOAA has species authority. For NMFS species not found in either location, a request was made directly to the NMFS scientists. Attribute data are synchronized with USFWS ECOS API weekly, and polygons are synchronized quarterly following manual QA review. asNeeded