Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions (PECE)
Published Date: 1/30/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is renewing its approval to collect information about how conservation efforts are evaluated when deciding if a species needs protection. This affects anyone involved in wildlife conservation and helps ensure smart, science-based decisions. Comments on this renewal are open until March 2, 2026, with no new costs or changes proposed.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Paperwork Continues for Conservation Plans
If you are a State, local, or Tribal government, a business, a nonprofit, or an individual involved in wildlife conservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is renewing the Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts (PECE) information collection without changes. The agency says respondents must still submit conservation plans, monitoring results, and progress reports and estimates reporting takes 120 hours, monitoring 600 hours, and developing a conservation plan 2,000 hours per respondent, with a total estimated burden of 8,160 hours; comments are open until March 2, 2026. The notice also states there are no new non-hour monetary costs associated with this renewal.
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