Endangered Species Bulletin articles from August 2005

Endangered Species Bulletin archives from August 2005

The Crucians are coming!
August 1, 2005... The Saint Croix ground lizard (Ameiva polops) is a small lizard with adults measuring 1.5-3.5 inches (35-77 millimeters) from snout to vent. It is considered one of the world's most endangered reptiles, with fewer than 500 individuals living in...

How the Scanlans got their range back.
August 1, 2005... Since the late 1800s, western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) has encroached or increased in density on sagebrush and bunchgrass habitats in the intermountain region of the western United States. Such anthropogenic (human-caused) influences as...

Banking on Gopher tortoises.
August 1, 2005... The tortoise beat the hare in a fabled footrace. But the gopher tortoises (Gopherus polypherus) of southwestern Alabama have been slowly losing their race for living space. New homes, roads, and businesses squeeze them out, and the exclusion of...

Rare species are welcome on Arizona Ranch.
August 1, 2005... James W. Crosswhite, a rancher in eastern Arizona, knew that Nutrioso Creek wasn't in the best shape when he bought the 400-acre (162-hectare) EC Bar Ranch in 1996. The stream was a down-cut channel and rabbit brush, an invasive plant not...

Cactus comeback in the Caribbean.
August 1, 2005... When Columbus arrived in the Caribbean, the eastern islands were covered by extraordinary tropical coastal forests. After centuries of European colonization, few of those ecosystems remain intact. The colonization of Culebra began in 1880,...

Meet the beetles!
August 1, 2005... The greater Adams Cave beetle (Pseudanophthalmus pholeter) and the lesser Adams Cave beetle (P. cataryctos) are endemic to a single site in Madison County, Kentucky. Adams Cave, located in the middle of a rapidly developing subdivision...

Bull River: a new Wildlife haven.
August 1, 2005... Thanks to the hard work and dedication of people from several organizations, more than 3 square miles (7.8 sq. kilometers) of outstanding fish and wildlife habitat are now under conservation management in northwestern Montana. Recently, Avista...

Sneezeweed conservation bears fruit.
August 1, 2005... One of the greatest challenges in the twenty-first century is to protect biodiversity in the face of widespread habitat loss. In the central United States, the Ozark Highlands are exceptionally rich in rare natural communities and at-risk...

Keeping family forests.
August 1, 2005... "Family forest" landowners manage about 60 percent of forests nationwide. Yet this statistic does not reflect the tremendous influence these landowners have over certain key landscapes. For instance, the ownership pattern within the...

Boxscore: listings and recovery plans as of August 5, 2005.(Illustration)
August 1, 2005... BOX SCORE Listings and Recovery Plans as of August 5, 2005 U.S. ENDANGERED THREATENED SPECIES ...