Link to Resource File(s) NLEB BO - Rebecca Porter.pdf Basic Information Content Category Unpublished Material (ie reports, white paper, field worksheets) Material Type Opinion Summary or Abstract In 2016, the Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a special rule which defines the take prohibitions for the northern long-eared bat. The Programmatic Biological Opinion (PBO) addresses the potential effects of activities which are not prohibited in the final 4(d) rule. The PBO concludes that adverse effects of the described activities would not lead to population-level impacts or declines in the northern long-eared bat. Author or Creator The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Date 01/05/2016 Citation Information Available from BLM Library? No Source Information Owner Entity The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Internal/External Usage External Tagging Information Admin Area Relevance Eastern States Montana-Dakotas New Mexico Wyoming BLM Core Business Permit - Authorizing BLM Program Threatened & Endangered Species Topic Compliance Section 7 Compliance Science Arena Biological/Life Sciences Science Discipline/Field Botany Ecology Fisheries