Endangered Species Bulletin articles from January 2003

Endangered Species Bulletin archives from January 2003

A century of conservation.
January 1, 2003... Throughout 2003, the National Wildlife Refuge System celebrates 100 years of extraordinary growth and achievement. A century has passed since President Theodore Roosevelt established the first refuge at Pelican Island, Florida, sparking the...

Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge.
January 1, 2003... Although it's only a "teenager" in the National Wildlife Refuge System, the 32,700-acre (13,230-hectare) Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) on the Big Island of Hawai'i stands among the leaders in endangered species recovery as we...

Refuges are a flight path to recovery.
January 1, 2003... In 1903, at the time the National Wildlife Refuge System was getting its start at Pelican Island, whooping cranes (Grus americana) could be seen migrating over the eastern United States. In the next decade, however, the flock dwindled and...

An amphibious assault.(sea turtles)
January 1, 2003... Standing at night atop a dune on Florida's Atlantic coast, you hear the ocean waves rolling onto the sandy shore and feel the sea spray on your face. The moonlight plays and flickers in the waves. It is soothing and peaceful. Then, the...

Community helps save Laguna Atascosa's wildlife.
January 1, 2003... While piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) search for flies along the shore of the Laguna Madre on the south Texas coast, a pair of aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis) rests atop a nearby yucca and scan the grasslands for prey. A quarter-mile...

The Key deer: back from the brink.
January 1, 2003... The Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) is the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer, and it occurs on only a few islands in the Lower Florida Keys at the southern tip of the Florida peninsula. Hunting Key deer was popular in the...

Research on fox squirrel reaps rewards.
January 1, 2003... National Wildlife Refuges, such as Chincoteague NWR in Virginia, have been instrumental in providing habitat and contributing to the knowledge of Delmarva fox squirrels (Sciurus niger cinereus). At Chincoteague, University of Maryland Eastern...

Refuge for an ice age survivor.
January 1, 2003... A tiny snail, a relict from the last great ice age, finds its home on a cool, rocky slope near the coldwater streams, cliffs, valleys, and sinkholes that make up the Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. The endangered Iowa...

"Habitats" featured on Geography Action!
January 1, 2003... Reaching over 70 million people annually with messages of conservation and stewardship, the National Geographic Education Foundation's Geography Action! program has been successful in promoting community-based stewardship projects that promote...

Bringing tiger beetles together.
January 1, 2003... Puritan tiger beetles (Cicindela puritana) are found in only two places in the world: the Connecticut River in New England and a small part of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. This unusual species has already disappeared from most of its...

Share the Beach: teamwork for turtles.
January 1, 2003... Five blurry faces peer expectantly over the edge of a black tarp at a seemingly insignificant indentation in the sand. The silvery moonlight illuminates their anxious faces and the rippling, multifaceted surface of the nearby sea. Suddenly, the...

The treasures of the Ozark Plateau.
January 1, 2003... The Ozark Plateau ecosystem of eastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas, and southern Missouri boasts an exceptional assemblage of important hardwood forests, high quality rocky bottom clear streams, and unique springs and caves. It is also one of...

The dynamic dunes.(endangered Alabama beach mouse)
January 1, 2003... As the sun sets over Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge on Alabama's Gulf Coast, the silhouettes of the sea oats that grow on the frontal dunes, swinging slightly in the wind, stand in a breathtaking contrast to the deep red of the sky. This...

This partnership is for the birds!(protection of piping plover)
January 1, 2003... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Cape May National Wildlife Refuge), U.S. Coast Guard (Loran Support Unit or LSU, not to be confused with the "Fighting Tigers" of Baton Rouge), and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Division...

Hard work brings results at Chincoteague.
January 1, 2003... Following the 1986 listing of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus) as a threatened species, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, like other Atlantic coast refuges, developed an intensive monitoring and management plan for this...

Box score: listings and recovery plans as of January 31, 2003.
January 1, 2003... BOX SCORE Listings and Recovery Plans as of January 31, 2003 ENDANGERED THREATENED GROUP U.S. FOREIGN U.S. FOREIGN MAMMALS 65 251 9 17...