Species
A broad and exciting array of wildlife
inhabits the coastal areas of
Southern New England and the New York Bight.
With awareness and dedication we can help protect these species and
their habitats, and ensure that they'll have an enduring place on the land,
in the sea, and across the sky. We must combine our resources.
We must work together. That is the spirit of the Coastal Program.
Species Groups:
Fisheries
Seabirds
Shorebirds
Waterfowl
Coastal Colonial Waterbirds
Endangered and Threatened (Listed) Species
One of the responsibilities of the Coastal Program
is to help protect and recover those plant and animal species that are
listed as threatened or endangered.
Endangered Species Act:
The purposes of the Endangered Species Act are
to
· conserve endangered species
or threatened species,
· conserve the ecosystems upon which
they depend, and
· take steps toward species recovery.
Definition:
The Act defines an endangered species as one in
danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
A threatened species is any species likely to become endangered within
the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
The Act requires that listing decisions be based
on the best scientific and commercial data available, without regard to
possible economic or other impacts of such determinations.
Listed Species in the Southern New England
- New York Bight region:
Dwarf
wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon)
Northeastern
beach tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis)
Puritan
tiger beetle (Cicindela puritana)
American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
Karner
blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Shortnose
sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Bog
turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii)
Loggerhead
sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
Green
sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Leatherback
sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
Atlantic
(Kemp's) ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
Peregrine
falcon (Falco peregrinus)-delisted 1999
Bald
eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)-delisted 2007
Piping
plover (Charadrius melodus)
Roseate
tern (Sterna dougalli dougalli)
Indiana
bat (Myotis sodalis)
Finback
whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Northern
right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Humpback
whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Sperm
whale (Physeter catodon)
Knieskern's
beaked-rush (Rhynchospora knieskernii)
Northeastern
bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus)
Swamp
pink (Helonias bullata)
Small
whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Seabeach
amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus)
Sensitive
joint-vetch (Aeschynomene virginica)
Jesup's
milk-vetch (Astragalus robbinsii var. jesupi)
Northern
monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense)
Robbin's
cinquefoil (Potentilla robbinsiana)-delisted 2002
Sandplain
gerardia (Agalinis acuta)
American
chaffseed (Schwalbea americana) |
