{"abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce revisions to our Mitigation Policy, which has guided Service recommendations on mitigating the adverse impacts of land and water developments on fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats since 1981. The revisions are motivated by changes in conservation challenges and practices since 1981, including accelerating loss of habitats, effects of climate change, and advances in conservation science. The revised Policy provides a framework for applying a landscape-scale approach to achieve, through application of the mitigation hierarchy, a net gain in conservation outcomes, or at a minimum, no net loss of resources and their values, services, and functions resulting from proposed actions. The primary intent of the Policy is to apply mitigation in a strategic manner that ensures an effective linkage with conservation strategies at appropriate landscape scales.","action":"Notice of final policy.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/11/21/2016-27751.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"81 FR 83440","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This Policy is effective on November 21, 2016.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0126","FXHC11220900000-156-FF09E33000"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-27751","effective_on":"2016-11-21","end_page":83492,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/11/21/2016-27751.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/21/2016-27751/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-mitigation-policy","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-27751?publication_date=2016-11-21","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-11-21/2016-27751/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":53,"page_views":{"count":7336,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 20:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-21/pdf/2016-27751.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-27751.pdf?1479476727","publication_date":"2016-11-21","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/11/21/2016-27751.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"FONSI Mitigation Policy 11-14-16","document_id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0126-0195"},{"title":"Environmental Assessment - USFWS Miigation Policy 11-14-16","document_id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0126-0194"}],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0126","supporting_documents_count":2,"docket_id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0126","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2016-12-11T06:00:27Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":83440,"subtype":null,"title":"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy","toc_doc":"Service Mitigation Policy","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":81}