Documents and Resources

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Documents: General Info, Fact Sheets and Agreements

• Examples of Landowner Tools for At-Risk Species Conservation (PDF, 37KB)
• Southeast Regional Strategy (October 2012) (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Insight from Today's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serivice - working to conserve species so they do not end up on the endangered list (Forest Landowners Association magazine article by Regional Director Cindy Dohner) (PDF, 1.9MB)
• What Are Candidate Species? (PDF, 483KB)
• Early Action: Candidate Conservation Agreements (PDF, 10.4MB)
• Chart of Species Not Listed as Result of Early Conservation Action (279KB)
• List of 374 Species in Substantial 90-Day Finding (PDF, 224KB)
• Southeast Region Candidate Species: 2010 Candidate Notice of Review (PDF, 224KB)
• Table of Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances Nationwide (PDF, 238KB)
• Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances: Robust Redhorse CCAA (PDF, 2.4MB)
  • Appendix (PDF, 2.2 MB)
  • Section 10 Permit (PDF, 979 KB)
• Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances: Spring Pygmy Sunfish
• Candidate Conservation Agreement: Camp Shelby Brrowing Crayfish
• Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances: Adams Cave Beetle
• Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurance and Safe Harbor Agreement: Speckled Pocketbook and Yellowcheek Darter

Documents: Gopher Tortoise

• Draft Range-Wide Conservation Strategy (posted January 23, 2013 - 828kb)
• Candidate Conservation Agreement for the Gopher Tortoise (posted December 20, 2012 - 2.4MB)
  • Literature Cited (299 kb)
  • Survey Handbook - includes survey methodology (3 mb)

Documents: ESA Actions (Intent to Sue, 90-Day Finding, Petition to List) By Date

• April 20, 2010: Petition to list 404 Aquatic and Aquatic-Dependent Species
• July 27, 2011: 12-month finding on Gopher Tortoise
• August 22, 2011Petition to list Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
• September 1, 2011: Petition to list Black-Capped Petrel
• September 27, 2011: 90-day Finding Substantial on 374 Aquatics
• September 28, 2011: Petition to list Caribbean Mayten
• October 6, 2011: 90-day Finding Not Substantial for 30 Aquatics
• March 23, 2012: Notice of Intent to Sue on Big Sandy Crayfish
• May 10, 2012: 90-day Finding on Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
• May 25, 2012: Notice of Intent to Sue on Failure to Issue 12-mo Finding on 25 Amphibians and Reptiles
• May 30, 2012: Big Sandy Crayfish Lawsuit (also in 90-Day Finding on 374)
• June 18, 2012: Notice of Intent to Sue for Failure to Issue 12-mo Finding on 10 Florida Species
• June 21, 2012: 90-day Finding on Black-capped Petrel
• July 5, 2012: 90-day finding on petition to list Carribean Mayten
• July 11, 2012: Petition to list 53 Amphibians and Reptiles
• July 24, 2012: Notice of Intent to Sue on Obey Crayfish
• August 7, 2012: American Eel Lawsuit
• August 29, 2012: Notice of Intent to Sue from the National Association of Homebuilders
• September 13, 2012: 7 Species Lawsuit (3 also in 90-Day Finding on 374)
• September 27, 2012: Notice of Intent to Sue on Dusky Gopher Frog
• October 19, 2012: Landowner Notice of Intent to Sue on Dusky Gopher Frog
• December 14, 2012: Petition of Save Crystal River, Inc. to Downlist West Indian Manatee and Subspecies Thereof from Endangered to Threatened
• January 23, 2013: Lower Florida Keys Striped Mud Turtle Petition Withdrawal
  • Background: Lower Keys Striped Mud Turtle Biological Status Review
• January 24, 2013: Seepage Salamander Petition Withdrawal
  • Background: Good News at Last on the Seepage Salamander
• January 29, 2013: Notice of Intent to Sue on the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
• February 14, 2013: Settlement Agreement for Big Sandy Crayfish
• February 20, 2013: Notice of Intent to Sue on the MacGillivray's seaside sparrow and the Florida Keys mole skink
• March 14, 2013: Notice of Intent to Sue on 13 southeastern freshwater species
• March 19, 2013: Court Ruling on Leatherback Sea Turtle

Resources

• Georgia biologists try to dig gopher tortoise out of its decline (Macon Telegraph)
• USFWS Video: Recovering the Robust Redhorse
• Ancient river creature yields clues to environment (Atlanta Journal-Constitution article on eastern hellbender, August 4, 2012)