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S7 Step-by-Step Instructions

Species' Distributions

Species' Life Histories

Species Specific S7 Guidance & Conservation Measures

ES Field Office Contacts

Example Documentations
and Letters

Glossary

Midwest Endangered Species

Endangered Species
Section 7(a)(2) Consultation Process

Listed and Candidate Species Life History Information

MAMMALS

Canada lynx ( Lynx canadensis)

Ecology and Conservation of Lynx in the United States
Fact Sheet (PDF)
FWS Canada Lynx website

Gray bat (Myotis grisescens)

Fact sheet
Southeast U.S. Fact Sheet

Gray wolf (Canis lupus)

Biologue (fact sheet)
Questions and Answers about Wolf Biology
FWS Western Great Lakes Wolves website

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)

Indiana Bat Fact Sheet
Indiana Bat Recovery Plan (1983) - this is a large PDF file (7MB)
Indiana Bat Recovery Plan - Draft of First Revision (2007)
Summer Life History Information for Michigan

Indiana Bat Information by the USGS Biological Survey

Ozark big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii ingens)

Fact sheet
Species Account

BIRDS

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

On August 9, 2007, the bald eagle was removed from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. Therefore, it is no longer protected under the Endangered Species Act and Section 7 consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not necessary. However, the bald eagle remains protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Click here to go to guidelines that were prepared to help landowners, land managers and others meet the intent of that Act and avoid disturbing bald eagles.

Least tern (Sterna antillarum) - Interior population

Fact sheet
Recovery Plan

Kirtland's warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)

Fact sheet
Working Together to Save a Special Bird....managing the forest for the Kirtland's warbler (a fact sheet)

Species Abstract (4 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features Inventory

Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) - Great Lakes population

Fact sheet
Recovery Plan (PDF)

Species Abstract (4 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory

REPTILES

Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

This is a candidate species

Fact Sheet
Eastern massasauga candidate form

Species Abstract (4 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features Inventory

Copperbelly water snake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Fact Sheet

Lake Erie water snake (Nerodia sipedon insularum)

Fact Sheet
Recovery Plan (pdf 1.6MB; 111 pages)

AMPHIBIANS

Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi)

Ozark Hellbender Candidate Form (PDF)

FISHES

Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)

Arkansas Darter Candidate Form (PDF)

Grotto sculpin (Cottus sp.)

Grotto Sculpin Candidate Form

Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus)

Fact sheet

Niangua darter (Etheostoma nianguae)

Fact sheet

Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae)

Fact Sheet

Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)

Fact sheet

Scioto madtom (Noturus trautmani)

Fact Sheet

Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka)

Fact Sheet

CLAMS

Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)

Fact sheet
Species Account

Species Abstract (2 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory

Cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata)

Fact sheet
Recovery Plan

Curtis' pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisi)

Fact sheet

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)

Fact sheet

Fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax)

Fact sheet

Higgins eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii)

Fact Sheet
Recovery Plan: first revision - PDF May 2004

Neosho mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana) This is a candidate species

Neosho Mucket Candidate Form (PDF)

Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Fact sheet

Species Abstract (2 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory

Orange-footed pearlymussel (=pimple back) (Plethobasus cooperianus (p. striatus))

Fact sheet

Pink mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis orbiculata (=l. abrupta))

Fact sheet

Purple cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma (=l. dysnomia) obliquata obliquata)

Fact sheet
USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's Fact Sheet

Rayed Bean (Villosa fabalis)

This is a candidate species

Rayed Bean Candidate Form (26 page PDF)

Species Abstract (2 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory

Ring pink (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa)

Fact sheet

Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum)

Fact sheet

Scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)

Fact Sheet
Draft Recovery Plan (PDF)

Sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus)

This is a candidate species

Sheepnose Candidate Form (PDF)

Spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta)

This is a candidate species

Spectaclecase Candidate Form (PDF)

Tubercled-blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)

Fact sheet

White cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)

Fact sheet

Species Abstract (2 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory

White wartyback pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus)

Fact sheet

Winged maple leaf (Quadrula fragosa)

Fact sheet
Recovery Plan (pdf file; 359 pages)

SNAILS

Iowa Pleistocene snail (Discus macclintocki)

Fact Sheet

Tumbling Creek Cavesnail (Antrobia culveri)

Fact Sheet
Recovery Plan (September 22, 2003) - PDF 3.5MB; 108 pages

INSECTS

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) (=giant carrion)

Fact Sheet

Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana)

Fact Sheet
Recovery Plan

Species Abstract (3 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory Abstract

Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius hungerfordi Spangler)

Fact Sheet
Draft Recovery Plan

Species Abstract (4 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory Abstract

Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Fact Sheet
Recovery Plan PDF 1.6MB; 293 pages

Species Abstract (6 page PDF) Michigan Natural Feature's Inventory

Mitchell's satyr butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Fact Sheet
Recovery Plan - PDF: 7.9 MB; 81 pages

Species Abstract (4 page PDF) Michigan Natural Feature's Inventory

PLANTS

American hart's-tongue fern(Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum)

Fact Sheet

Species Abstract (3 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory Abstract

Decurrent false aster(Boltonia decurrens)

Fact sheet

Dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris)

Fact sheet

Species Abstract (3 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory Abstract

Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)

Fact sheet
Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Recovery Plan (pdf file 868KB; 63 pages)

Species Abstract (3 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory Abstract

Fassett's locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea)

Fact sheet

Geocarpon (no common name) (Geocarpon minimum)

Fact sheet
Southeast Region Species Account
Recovery Plan

Houghton's goldenrod (Solidago houghtonii)

Fact sheet

Species Abstract (3 page PDF) Michigan Natural Feature's Inventory

Lakeside daisy(Hymenoxys acaulis var. glabra)

Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight
USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's Fact Sheet

Species Abstract (3 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory Abstract

Leafy prairie-clover (Delea foliosa)

Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight
Southeast Region Species Account

Recovery Plan (PDF; 5.87MB)

Leedy's roseroot (Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi)

Fact sheet

Mead's milkweed(Asclepias meadii)

Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight
Recovery Plan (PDF 1.2MB; 131 pages)

Michigan monkey-flower(Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)

Fact sheet

Species Abstract (3 page PDF) Michigan Natural Feature's Inventory

Minnesota dwarf trout lily(Erythronium propullans)

Fact sheet

Missouri bladder-pod(Lesquerella filiformis)

Fact sheet

Northern monkshood(Aconitum noveborancense)

Fact sheet

Pitcher's thistle(Cirsium pitcheri)

Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight
Pitcher's Thistle Recovery Plan

Species Abstract (3 page PDF) Michigan Natural Features's Inventory Abstract

Pondberry(Lindera melissifolia)

Southeast Region Species Account
Pondberry Recovery Plan (PDF; 4MB)

Prairie bush clover(Lespedeza leptostachya)

Fact sheet

Price's potato-bean(Apios priceana)

Fact sheet

Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum)

Fact sheet
Recovery Plan: first revision
USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's Fact Sheet

Short's goldenrod (Solidago shortii)

Southeast Region Species Account

Short's bladderpod (Lesquerella globosa)

This is a candidate species

Short's Bladderpod Candidate and Listing Priority Assessment Form

Small whorled pogonia(Isotria medeoloides)

Fact Sheet

Small Whorled Pogonia Recovery Plan (PDF; 12.5MB)
Final Rule to Reclassify from Endangered to Threatened (PDF) This Final Rule includes information on life history, habitat, and range.

Virginia sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum)

Final Rule to List as Threatened (PDF) The Final Rule includes life history and habitat information.

Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

Southeast Region Species Account

Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

Fact sheet

 

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