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The gopher tortoise is listed as threatened in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.Photo credit: Randy Browning/USFWS |
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Service seeks data on protecting gopher tortoise: deadline November 9
October 2009
The Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking scientific information about the gopher tortoise in the eastern portion of its range, including Florida, to decide whether to propose listing the species as endangered or threatened.
News Release
Gopher Tortoise Status in the Eastern Portion of its Range Merits Further Review
Gopher tortoise species profile
Gopher Tortoise Conservation Bank announced for Mobile, Alabama
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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 |
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Alaska Expedition Yields a Jackpot of Data about Secretive Sea Bird, the Kittlitz’s Murrelet
September 2009
A strenuous expedition to a remote area of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge has uncovered valuable life-history information about the Kittlitz’s murrelet, a candidate for listing.
Fish & Wildlife Journal entries
Species Profile
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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 |
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July 2009
Louisiana Pine Snake
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Yellow-billed cuckoo, Photo credit: working group member, Murrelet Halterman, Southern Sierra Research Station
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June 2009
The yellow-billed cuckoo in the western portion of its range is a candidate for listing under the ESA. A diverse working group formed in October 2008 to address needs of this species has already developed a standardized survey protocol and are working on a conservation assessment/strategy aimed at conserving this species through out its riparian habitat in the western U.S. Members of this group include staff from four regions of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and from the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, United States Geological Survey, State Wildlife agencies for CA, NV, AZ, OR, CO, MT, and NM, as well as several universities and NGOs.
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Caterpillar of Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly.
Photo credit: Oregon Zoo
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April 2009
Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly, a candidate species, Benefits from Work of the Oregon Zoo
December 9, 2008
New Conservation Effort Benefits Rare Species in Southeastern New Mexico
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