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New Mexico meadow jumping mouse
New Mexico meadow jumping mouse
photo by J. Frey

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Taylor's checkerspot butterfly
Taylor's checkerspot butterfly
photo by Aaron Barna, Ft. Lewis

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DeBeque phacelia
DeBeque phacelia
photo by Creed Clayton, FWS

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Recent News and Activities
The gopher tortoise is listed as threatened in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

The gopher tortoise is listed as threatened in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.Photo credit: Randy Browning/USFWS		 Corey Shake sets up a camera at a Kittlitz’s murrelet nest site while Christina Wells collects data at the nest.
Corey Shake sets up a camera at a Kittlitz’s murrelet nest site while Christina Wells collects data at the nest. Photo credit: James Lawonn/USFWS
 Christopher Melder, a contract wildlife biologist at Fort Polk, handles a wild Louisiana pine snake at the environmental office. Photo credit: Angie Thorne/Fort Polk
Christopher Melder, a contract wildlife biologist at Fort Polk, handles a wild Louisiana pine snake at the environmental office. Photo credit: Angie Thorne/Fort Polk
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Yellow-billed cuckoo. Photo credit: working group member, Murrelet Halterman, Southern Sierra Research Station
 Caterpillar of Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly
Caterpillar of Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly.
Photo credit: Oregon Zoo
  

Last updated: November 13, 2009