Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Pawnee Montane Skipper (Hesperia Leonardus Montana)

Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Pawnee Montane Skipper (Hesperia Leonardus Montana)
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The Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan is being completed to fulfill the Agency Priority Performance Goals (APGs). This goal requires that 100% of all Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recovery plans will have quantitative criteria for what constitutes a recovered species by September 30, 2019.

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Program
A rocky shoreline of a river. The water is calm. Mist and green branches line the river.
The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
Program
Baileys Crossroads,VA
Species
The skipper, a member of the Hesperidae butterfly family, was first described in 1911 as Pamphila (Hesperia) pawnee montana. In 1982, two species (Hesperia pawnee and Hesperia leonardus) were combined, retaining the specific name leonardus, and treating the Pawnee montane skipper as Hesperia...
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Kingdom
Animalia
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Subspecies
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Mountain-Prairie