FWS Lesser Prairie Chicken 1

Jimmy Tobias filed this request with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2 of the United States of America.
Tracking #

FWS-2019-00066

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Completed

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From: Jimmy Tobias


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Any and all written or electronic communications, including attachment, sent or received by Clay Nichols regarding the lesser prairie chicken's species status assessment. Any and all briefing materials generated by FWS Region 2 regarding the lesser prairie chicken's species status assessment. This request also seeks any recommendations made by Region 2 to Fish and Wildlife Service or Interior Department headquarters concerning the Endangered Species Act status of the lesser prairie chicken. This request seeks documents generated in the last six months.

I am a reporter with The Guardian and Pacific Standard.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jimmy Tobias

From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2

Dear Mr. Tobias,

Please see attached acknowledgement letter to your FOIA request.

Sincerely,

David Tischer

Government Information Specialist (FOIA)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Ecological Services
(: 505.248.6658

From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2

Dear Mr. Tobias,

Sorry for the delay. We should receive the records early next week and
will need to review the material. We anticipate that we should have a
response to you by mid-December.

Sincerely,

David Tischer

Government Information Specialist (FOIA)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Ecological Services
(: 505.248.6658

From: Jimmy Tobias

Thank you David for the update. I appreciate it.

Jimmy Tobias

From:

Due to the lapse in funding of the federal government budget, no FOIA requests can be accepted or processed at this time.  When the lapse in appropriations is resolved, we will again be able to accept and process FOIA requests.

From: Jimmy Tobias

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #FWS-2019-00066.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

Jimmy Tobias

From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2

Hello Mr. Tobias,

Sorry for the delay in responding to you. We’ve been very busy since the
shutdown ended.

Request FWS-2019-00066 is currently in review of records. At this time I
cannot give you an approximate time as the records will also be required to
be reviewed by the Solicitors.

Sincerely,

David Tischer

Government Information Specialist (FOIA)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Ecological Services
(: 505.248.6658

From: Jimmy Tobias

Thank you for the update David. I appreciate it.

I'd love to get my hands on these records in the next few weeks if possible.

Sincerely,

Jimmy Tobias

From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2

Hello Mr. Tobias,

Please see attached response letter and related records to your FOIA
request.

Sincerely,

David Tischer

Government Information Specialist (FOIA)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Ecological Services

Region 2 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
(: 505.248.6658

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