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Homepage Feature - Dec. thru Jan., 2011
Photos by USFWS
Noted for its very distinctive, blue hood-shaped flowers, northern wild monkshood is a threatened species found in Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, and New York. It grows on shaded cliffs, algific slopes, or cool, streamside sites where there are cool soils, cold air drainage, or cold groundwater flowage. On algific talus slopes, these conditions are caused by the outflow of cool air and water from ice contained in underground fissures that are connected to sinkholes and are a conduit for the air flows.
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October 19, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Request for Proposals for Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
October 11: Tenth Group of Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida
News Release
October 6, 2010: Service Continues Involvement with AZA Species Survival Plan for Eastern Massasauga
October 5, 2010: Pallid Sturgeon Recovery Team Meeting
Oct. 1, 2010: Winged Mapleleaf Propagation
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Homepage Feature - Oct. thru Nov., 2010
Photo by USFWS; Joel Trick
It's been a good year for Whooping crane recovery. Here are links to some of the most notable events and to sites with more information.
October 11: Tenth Group of Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida
September 30: Whooping Crane Recovery Report for Oct. 1, 2009 to Sept. 30, 2010
Sept. 1, 2010: Wild Whooping Crane Chicks Fledge in Wisconsin
August 19, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Reintroduction of Non-migratory Whooping Cranes into Southwest Louisiana
News Release
Questions and Answers
USFWS Midwest Whooping Crane page
Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership
Operation Migration
International Crane Foundation
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Sept. 29, 2010: Volunteer Group Boosts Karner Blue Butterfly Recovery Program in Wisconsin
Sept. 29, 2010: Endangered Fanshell Mussels Re-introduced into West Virginia and Ohio
Sept. 28, 2010: Habitat Restoration for Endangered Species in Northeast Indiana: Copperbelly Watersnake and Indiana Bat
Sept. 14, 2010: Change in taxonomic names of three Midwest Listed Plants: Leedy's roseroot, Michigan monkeyflower, and Missouri bladderpod.
Federal Register Final Rule
Sept. 14, 2010: 90-Day Finding on Petitions to Delist the Gray Wolf in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan
 - News Release
- Federal Register Notice
- Information about Wolves in the Western Great Lakes States
- Information about the Petition Process
Sept. 13, 2010: National Wildlife Refuge System closes caves to slow spread of white-nose syndrome
News Release (PDF)
About white-nose syndrome
Sept. 9, 2010: Missouri Net online interview with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Charlie Scott about the Ozark Hellbender
Sept. 9, 2010: Notice of Availablity of Permit Request for Eastern Massasauga Incidental Take within the context of a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances
Sept. 8, 2010: Ozark Hellbender Proposed to be Listed as Endangered and Proposed for Inclusion in Appendix III of CITES
News Release
Federal Register Proposed Rules
and Background Information
Sept. 2, 2010: Fish and Wildlife Service To Provide Limited Endangered Species Act Protections for the Shovelnose Sturgeon
Sept. 1, 2010: Wild Whooping Crane Chicks Fledge in Wisconsin
Sept. 2, 2010: Fish and Wildlife Service To Provide Limited Endangered Species Act Protections for the Shovelnose Sturgeon
Sept. 1, 2010: Wild Whooping Crane Chicks Fledge in Wisconsin
August 30, 2010: Funds will Enhance Great Lakes Coastal Habitats and Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide $400,000 under its Coastal Program as part of a partnership to conserve fish, wildlife and habitat across the Great Lakes basin. Read More>>
August 24, 2010:Oklahoma Grass Pink Orchid May Warrant Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
News Release
Federal Register Notice
August 19, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Reintroduction of Non-migratory Whooping Cranes into Southwest Louisiana
News Release
Questions and Answers
August 10, 2010: Struggles and Triumphs in the Piping Plover's Fight for Survival - - a blog post from a piping plover nest monitor.
July 27, 2010: Missouri Recovery Act Project Benefits Rare Threatened Fish
July 15, 2010: Wisconsin Statewide Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan is Renewed
News Release
Background Information
June 23, 2010: Service Proposes Critical Habitat for the endangered Tumbling Creek Cavesnail
June 16, 2010: Six Wild Whooping Crane Chicks Currently Being Raised by Reintroduced Crane Pairs in Wisconsin!
June 14, 2010: Kirtland's Warbler in Wisconsin - Nesting Update
June 14, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Approved Endangered Species Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grants
June 04, 2010: Wild Whooping Crane Chicks Hatch at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
June 3, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Develop Environmental Impact Statement
On Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan Process for Ohio Wind Project
June 3, 2010: Final Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan for the Bald Eagle
June 1, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Says Lake Erie Watersnake Has Recovered; Proposes Removing Endangered Species Act Protection
May 19, 2010: Celebrate Endangered Species Day with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Minnesota Zoo
May 19, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Celebrates Endangered Species Day
News Release
Feature Stories and Information about Threatened and Endangered Species in the Midwest
April 23, 2010: Winners of Kid's National Endangered Species Day Art Contest Announced
April 23, 2010: Service Revises Critical Habitat
for Endangered Dragonfly
News Release
Background Information
April 21, 2010: Fish and Wildlife Service Invites Comment on Applications for Permits for Wolf Activities in Michigan and Wisconsin
News Release
Background Information
April 20, 2010: President Obama's Earth Day Message: A New Foundation for Energy and the Environment
April 12, 2010: Secretary Salazar Announces Nearly $66 Million in Grants to Conserve Habitat of Threatened and Endangered Species
News Release
2010 Funded Projects in the Midwest
April 7, 2010: Recovery Plan Outlines Steps to Help Rare Mussel
News Release
Scaleshell Recovery Plan
Scaleshell Mussel Fact Sheet
April 1, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces $1 Million to States For Wolf Livestock Compensation Project
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin will receive grants
March 26, 2010: Midwesterners Receive National Endangered Species Recovery Champion Awards
March 03, 2010: National Kids’ Art Contest Highlights Importance of Endangered Species
February 22, 2010: Request for Proposals under the Great Lakes Restoration Inititiative Program.
February 8, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Wind Farm Owners Work Together
>>for more about Indiana bats
>>for more about Wind Energy
January 29, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Begins Environmental Review of Proposed Ohio Wind Energy Facility and Habitat Conservation Plan
January 14, 2010: Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period for the Proposed Rule To Provide Endangered Species Act Protections for the Shovelnose Sturgeon - -
Comment Period Extended Until February 4, 2010
January 12,, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Investigating Wolf Killings in Three States
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