Changed circumstances
Changed circumstances are changes in circumstances affecting a species or geographic area covered by a conservation plan that can reasonably be anticipated by the plan's developers and the Service for which responses can be identified in a conservation plan (e.g., the listing of new species, effects of climate change, or a fire or other natural catastrophic event in areas prone to those events).
Source
50 CFR § 17.3
Scoping language
In addition to the definitions contained in part 10 of this subchapter, and unless the context otherwise requires, in this part 17: