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Insects (Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, and Candidate)

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

Fact Sheet

Reintroducing American burying beetle in Ohio Reynoldsburg Field Office

Dakota skipper(Hesperia dacotae)

Dakota Skipper Natural History and Status Information:

Dakota Skipper Fact Sheet

Dakota Skipper Status Assessment (June 2002) PDF; 84 pages; 600KB

Dakota Skipper Management and Restoration:

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restore Native Prairie and Oak Savanna Communities In the Little Sioux Watershed in Northwest Iowa – Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, and O’Brien Counties, Iowa

Dakota Skipper Conservation Guidelines (Sept. 2007)

 

Private Stewardship Grant (2005): Imperiled Species Conservation on Private Land in Western Minnesota (Wilkin, Ottertail, Grant, Pope, Kandiyohi, Big Stone, Yellow Medicine and Lac Qui Parle counties, Minnesota)

Dakota Skipper Regulatory Information:

Questions and Answers about Designating Dakota Skipper as a Candidate for Listing under the Endangered Species Act

 

Region 3 Candidate Species List

 

Information about the candidate conservation program

Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana)

Natural History and Regulatory Information:

Hine's Emerald Dragonfly Fact Sheet

USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

Species Profile (links to National USFWS Endangered Species website)

Recovery Actions:

Recovery Plan

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project

Grant: Habitat Conservation Planning Assistance for Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly in Cook and Will counties, Illinois (2005)

Critical Habitat Designated for the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly:

Federal Register Final Rule: Designation of Critical Habitat for the Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly (September 5, 2007)

Summary of the Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly Critical Habitat Designation (September 5, 2007)

News Release: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Critical Habitat for Endangered Dragonfly (September 5, 2007)

Critical Habitat Fact Sheet

Documents that were published prior to the Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Hine's:

Federal Register: Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly: reopening of comment period. May 18, 2007

Federal Register: Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat - July 20, 2006

Summary of the Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat

Transcript from Public Hearing on the Proposal to Designate Critical Habitat - August 15, 2006 (PDF: 29 pages; 64KB)

Draft Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Designated for Hine's Emerald Dragonfly

Federal Register Notice of Availability for Draft Economic Analysis - March 20, 2007
Draft Economic Analysis (PDF; 5.8MB; 132 pages) - March 16, 2007
Map of Wisconsin Unit 11 (PDF) - March 16, 2007

Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius hungerfordi Spangler)

Recovery Actions:

Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle Final Recovery Plan (Sept. 2006)
5 Year Review Initiated July 19, 2005

Natural History and Regulatory Information

Species Profile - links to our national endangered species website

Fact Sheet

Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Mitchell's satyr butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Mitchell's Satyr Natural History and Regulatory Information:

Fact Sheet
Species Profile (links to the FWS National Endangered Species Site)

Mitchell's Satyr Recovery Actions:

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restoring Southeast Michigan’s High Diversity Landscapes Through Collaborative Stewardship – Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties, Michigan

 

Recovery Land Acquisition Grant (2006): Conservation Easement Acquisition for Mitchell’s Satyr (Washtenaw County, MI)

 

Private Stewardship Grant (2005): Cotton Lake Fen and Prairie Restoration (Calhoun County, Michigan)

Recovery Plan - PDF: 7.9 MB; 81 pages

Mitchell's Satyr Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)

Mitchell's Satyr Rangewide HCP

 

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