Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri)
Policy Actions

1991

• United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) publishes 90-day finding on petition to list Steller’s eider as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) finds that a listing may be warranted and initiates status review

1992

• 12-month review by USFWS finds the listing of Steller’s eider under the ESA as warranted but precluded indicating that there are other listings of higher priority (PDF 677 kB)

1994

• USFWS proposes listing the Alaska breeding population of Steller’s eider as threatened under the ESA (PDF 470 kB)
• Steller’s eider included on the USFWS candidate list as proposed threatened (see pg. 11) (PDF 3,330 kB)

1996

• USFWS includes Steller’s eider as their list of candidate species for listing under the ESA as proposed threatened (see pg. 5) (PDF 292 kB)

1997

• USFWS lists the Alaska breeding population of Steller’s eider as threatened under the ESA (PDF 76 kB)

2000

• USFWS proposes critical habitat for the Alaska breeding population of Steller’s eider (PDF 684 kB)

2001

• USFWS designates critical habitat for the Alaska breeding population of Steller’s eider (PDF 1,007 kB)

2003

• Recovery plan for Alaska breeding population of Steller’s eider published (PDF 1,349 kB)