Big red sage

Salvia pentstemonoides · Wherever found · ECOS entity 3240

In plain words

Federal ESA status Proposed Endangered

The Big red sage is proposed for listing as endangeredendangered: In danger of dying out in all or much of the places where it lives.. The listing is not final yet. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. The latest steps were a proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. and a 12-month finding12-month finding: The agency's answer after a full review: should the species be listed or not?, published together on January 21, 2025. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Big red sage
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
12-month finding12-month finding: The agency's answer after a full review: should the species be listed or not? None set Not in the workplan
12-month finding published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2025. Outcome: listing is warranted. This document is also the proposed rule. FR 2025-01117
Proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. None set Not in the workplan
Proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2025. This document is also the 12-month finding. FR 2025-01117
Comments accepted until March 24, 2025. FR 2025-01117
Final rulefinal rule: The decision that puts a listing or a habitat rule into effect.
Statutory date January 20, 2026 (final rule, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)). No final rule or withdrawal notice published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
Final critical habitatcritical habitat: Places the agency marks as needed for the species to recover. rule
Statutory date not computed (critical habitat with listing, 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)): critical habitat stated as not prudent under 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A) (FR document 2025-01117). FR 2025-01117
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/3240
ECOS
Species profile 8397
Federal Register
Regulations.gov