Endangered Species Bulletin articles from January 2002

Endangered Species Bulletin archives from January 2002

Endangered species and the National Park Service.
January 1, 2002... The writer Wallace Stegner, who served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior in the Kennedy Administration, once called national parks "the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best...."...

Endemic amphipods in our nation's capital.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Hidden away in shallow, subsurface groundwater communities, the entire known distribution of two tiny species is restricted to only a few springs along Rock Creek in the District of Columbia. Rock Creek Park protects native biodiversity not...

Endangered species in Midwestern parks.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Along with such celebrated species as the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) and the gray wolf (Canis lupus), a variety of important but lesser known endangered and threatened animals and plants occur within the Midwest Region of the...

Alaska: a great land for wildlife.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Alaska, the name given our largest state, comes from an Aleut word, Alashka, meaning "great land." Alaska's national parks are indeed a great land for wildlife. More than 54 million acres (21.8 million hectares) support most of the state's...

Diverse challenges in the Intermountain Region.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), rising above one problem after another as it struggles back from near extinction, exemplifies the challenges facing the National Park Service's Intermountain Region. The Intermountain Region is...

Improving prospects for the Florida panther.
January 1, 2002... This country's big wildcat--called a puma or mountain lion or panther (Puma concolor) in different regions--is common in some units of the National Park System west of the Mississippi River. However, it was thought to be extinct in the eastern...

Endangered species in Pacific and Western parks.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The Pacific West Region of the National Park System encompasses our western coast and Pacific island national parks. With this vast area of states and territories comes a complex set of endangered species issues, ranging from old-growth forests...

Restoring an Atlantic barrier island endemic.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... In 1967, graduate student Elizabeth Higgins conducted a floristic survey of Assateague Island, a barrier island straddling the Maryland-Virginia state line, found seabeach amaranth (Amarantbuspumilus) growing on several wash fiats. In 1993, the...

Turtle patrol on Padre Island.
January 1, 2002... A frantic radio call came into the Padre Island National Seashore Ranger Station on April 29, 1991: a park visitor reported that a sea turtle was crawling ashore! In a flash, we loaded a 4-wheeldrive truck with all the necessities for...

Region 1. (Regional News & Recovery Updates).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Rare Plant Propagation The Fish and Wildlife Service's San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Complex has completed a new greenhouse facility next to the refuge's existing native plant nursery. The new greenhouse is dedicated to the...

Region 4. (Regional News & Recovery Updates).(endangered plant)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Spring Creek Bladderpod (Lesquerella perforata) The FWS Cookeville, Tennessee, Field Office, state of Tennessee, and city of Lebanon have signed a cooperative management agreement for the protection of a Spring Creek bladderpod population...

Region 5. (Regional News & Recovery Updates).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) The largest American burying beetle reintroduction effort in the 12-year history of the species' recovery program took place recently on Nantucket Island off the Massachusetts coast. The Roger...

National office. (Regional News & Recovery Updates).(US-Canada endangered species protection)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... International Outreach The Canadian Wildlife Service and the FWS Endangered Species Program have completed a 28-page joint publication, "Conserving Borderline Species--A Partnership Between the United States and Canada." The booklet...

Proposed listing rules. (Listing Actions).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) The National Marine Fisheries Service, which has ESA jurisdiction for most marine species, has completed a comprehensive status review of the smalltooth sawfish and found that North American populations...

Final listing rules. (Listing Actions).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Ventura Marsh Milk-vetch (Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus) The Ventura Marsh milk-vetch, a plant once thought to be extinct, was listed on May 21 as endangered. Until its rediscovery by a Fish and Wildlife Service biologist in 1997,...

Proposed delisting rules. (Listing Actions).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Robbins' Cinquefoil (Potentilla robbinsiana) A partnership between the Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and Appalachian Mountain Club has restored the Robbins' cinquefoil, an endangered plant native to the White Mountains of New...

Final delisting rule. (Listing Actions).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Aleutian Canada Goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia) Highlighting a successful 35-year conservation effort involving federal and state agencies, conservation organizations, and private landowners, we officially recognized the recovery of the...

Experimental populations. (Listing Actions).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Whooping Crane (Grus americana) Whooping cranes will migrate across the skies of eastern North America this fall for the first time in more than a century as part of a bold experiment conducted by a partnership of federal and state wildlife...

Proposed critical habitat rules. (Listing Actions).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Critical Habitat Critical habitat, as defined in the ESA, is a term for a geographic area that is essential for the conservation of a listed species. Critical habitat designations do not a establish a wildlife refuge, wilderness area, or any...

Final critical habitat rules. (Listing Actions).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) On July 10, we designated 165,211 acres (66,860 ha) along 1,798 miles (2,892 km) of coastline in eight southern states as critical habitat for the wintering population of the piping plover, a shorebird listed...

Listings and recovery plans as of December 31, 2001. (Box Score).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... BOX SCORE Listings and Recovery Plans as of December 31, 2001 ENDANGERED THREATENED GROUP U.S. FOREIGN U.S. FOREIGN MAMMALS 64 251 ...