Endangered Species Bulletin articles from January 2000

Endangered Species Bulletin archives from January 2000

New Hope for the Pallid Sturgeon.(resurgence of fish in Missouri River)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The first known reproduction of the pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in the Lower Missouri River in at least the last 50 years has been confirmed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists, who point to the startling discovery as...

The Rail Road To Recovery.(protection of the Guam rail bird)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Guam rail (Gallirallus owstoni) was once a common bird on the Pacific island of Guam. In the early 1980's, however, this species, along with seven other native forest birds, was extirpated from the wild due to predation by the invasive...

Rescuing Island Castaways.(efforts to protect the Laysan duck of Hawaii)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Laysan duck or teal (Anas layanensis) has the most restricted range of any cluck species and is among the world's most highly threatened birds. Before the arrival of humans to the Hawaiian Islands, this species occurred on most islands in...

Ranching for Longhorns and Wildlife.(Texas Coastal Prairie Conservation Initiative allows prairie habitat conservation)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, the San Bernard River, a ribbon of water and hardwood trees in the gulf coast prairie of southeastern Texas, passes through the ranch of John and Taunia Elick. Their ranch is home not only to Texas...

Lower Canon Creek Restoration.(effectiveness of Fish and Wildlife Service's Jobs-in-the-Woods Watershed Restoration Program in Northern California and Oregon)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Since 1995, the Fish and Wildlife Service's Jobs-in-the-Woods Watershed Restoration Program (JITW) has provided funds for watershed restoration and enhancement projects on private, State, and tribal lands within the range of the northern...

Black Bears and Songbirds "on Disk".(CD ROM helps educate people about wildlife conservation in Louisiana)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... On the surface, black bears and songbirds don't appear to have much in common. After all, most songbirds probably weigh less than a pound, have wings, come in as many colors as the rainbow, and can fill any forest with song. Black bears, on the...

Imperilled Streams Exhibit at Tennessee Aquarium.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... A banded water snake (Natrix sipedon) slithers upstream defying the strong current. A huge wrinkled hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) peeks from behind a boulder. The stilt-like legs of a great blue heron (Ardea herodius) step gingerly...

Monitoring Contaminants in Alaskan Peregrines.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Arctic and American peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius and F. p. anatum, respectively) were listed as endangered in 1970. At the time, some local populations of American peregrine falcons in the eastern United States had disappeared,...

The Medicinal Plant Working Group.(efforts of the Plant Conservation Alliance to protect native medicinal herbs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The market for medicinal herbs in the United States is worth over $3 billion and is growing at a rate of about 20 percent per year (Nutrition Business Journal 1998). At least 175 species of plants native to North America are offered for sale in...

Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).(Antioch, California)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Service initiated a dune restoration project at Antioch Dunes NWR in California's bay area prior to the start of the winter rains. Heavy equipment helped us to recreate three large dunes in an area that was leveled in the mid-1800's for...

Habitat Acquisition.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Service has signed an agreement with the Catellus Development Corporation (formerly the realty branch of Santa Fe Pacific) that will add more than 450 acres (180 hectares) of vernal pool/tidal marsh ecotone environments to the Don Edwards...

Pearl Harbor NWR.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii (TNC) extended many helping hands in an effort to enhance habitat for endangered waterbird species on Pearl Harbor NWR's Honolulu Unit. As part of TNC's Staff Development Day, 45 employees from all over Hawaii...

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) This threatened fish has been successfully reared at the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery in Nevada since 1967 as a part of coordinated efforts involving the hatchery, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and Nevada Division...

Salmon.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Service released more than 30,000 endangered winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) young from Livingston Stone into the Sacramento River on January 27. Approximately 26,500 of the fish resulted from 23 matings of...

ON THE WEB.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... We continue to improve the Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program web page. Some of the new features and changes we've made so far this year are summarized below. Please let us know what you think by responding to our web team...

LISTING ACTIONS.(Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service publishes Endangered Species Act)
January 1, 2000... From October 1999 through January 2000, the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published the following Endangered Species Act listing actions in the Federal Register. The full text of each proposed and final...