• Rare White Mountain Plant Recovers: Endangered Species Success Story

  "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has removed the Robbins' cinquefoil, a rare plant that was on the brink of extinction just a few years ago, from the federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. The plant's recovery was aided by the conservation efforts of a partnership among the Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the Appalachian Mountain Club, and the New England Wild Flower Society."

  Read the news story.

• The story of the recovery of Robbins' cinquefoil began more than 180 years ago.

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• Click on the picture to see and download a 300 ppi image (suitable for publication) of Robbins' cinquefoil (Potentilla robbinsiana). Credit: USFWS.
    

• Related links:

  -- New England Wild Flower Society (http://www.newfs.org/)

  -- Appalachian Mountain Club (http://www.outdoors.org/)

  -- U.S.D.A. Forest Service, White Mountain National Forest
    (http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/white/)

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