Endangered Species Bulletin articles from July 1998

Endangered Species Bulletin archives from July 1998

Bird Conservation: More than Just Chasing the Tails.
July 1, 1998... Each generation of bird conservation has built upon the successes, and tried to correct the shortcomings, of its predecessors. The current generation, too, is looking to the past to help shape its future. With exponential rises in human...

Bird Conservation in America's Heartland.
July 1, 1998... Ever hear of the Interior Low Plateau Region? If not, you may be surprised that it covers over 30 million acres (12.1 million hectares), spread across a wide swath of the south-central United States from southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio,...

Conserving the Migratory Birds of Mexico's Wetland Ecosystems.
July 1, 1998... Step southward across the U.S-Mexico border and you have entered one of the world's most biologically diverse countries. Mexico's complex topography and climate have spawned a multitude of habitats, such as lush tropical forests in Chiapas and...

Managing Wetlands in Northwestern Mexico.
July 1, 1998... The Mexican government established the Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta Biosphere Reserve in June 1993 to protect and restore one of the most productive and diverse coastal areas in Mexico. Due to its importance for native and...

Shade-Grown Coffee: It's for the Birds.
July 1, 1998... Every morning, people around the world start their day with the same ritual: they pour themselves a cup of coffee. The United States is one of the world's largest consumers of coffee, and for many Americans, coffee seems to have become a...

Growing Coffee in the Volcano's Shadow.
July 1, 1998... "I'll have a bag of coffee, please!" It's a common request that we Nicaraguans have at the corner market each morning. Many of us can't begin our day without our usual cup of coffee. But few people are aware of the arduous process by which...

Outfoxing the Fox.
July 1, 1998... Long-term ecological horizons are difficult to see in a world where dramatic changes occur almost daily. Many of these changes are negative and are caused by human activity. But sometimes human activities work the other way. The Aleutian Canada...

Partners in Flight-Canada.
July 1, 1998... Partners in Flight-Canada is a national program to ensure the long-term viability of populations of native Canadian landbirds across their range of habitats. This requires taking action before species become endangered. To be successful, we...

Winter in the Bahamas May be No Vacation for Kirtland's Warbler.
July 1, 1998... New findings have begun to question long-held beliefs about the wintering grounds of the endangered Kirtland's warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii). For most of the past 30 years, it was assumed that this Neotropical migrant's wintering habitat in...

Nature Tourism in the Rio Grande Valley.
July 1, 1998... When I think about my favorite foods, I think ingredients: Feta cheese. Fresh alfalfa. Lemon pepper pasta. White chocolate. And when I think about my favorite birding spots, I, too, think ingredients: Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park. Santa...

Migratory Bird Conservation at Fort Hood.(Texas)
July 1, 1998... Fort Hood, a major Army training base located on approximately 220,000 acres (88,000 hectares) in central Texas, supports the largest known breeding populations of the endangered black-capped vireo (Vireo articapillus) and golden-cheeked...

DoD MAPS Future for Bird Conservation.(Department of Defense, Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship)
July 1, 1998... The history of the MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) program on Department of Defense (DoD) lands began in 1992 with the establishment of five monitoring stations on three bases--Patuxent River Naval Air Station and Indian...

Returning the Birds to Faulkner's Woods.(William Faulkner)
July 1, 1998... The Mississippi Alluvial Valley, which covers parts of seven States from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the mouth of the Mississippi River, was once a 9.7 million-hectare (24.2 million-acre) maze of floodplain forests, cypress brakes, rivers,...

Charting the Future of the Refuge System.
July 1, 1998... On October 19-21, 1998, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will host the first Service-wide National Wildlife Refuge System Conference in Keystone, Colorado. The conference is being convened to chart the future course for the Nation's...

The Wild Bird Conservation Act.
July 1, 1998... The international wildlife trade has taken a heavy toll on many forms of wildlife and, in particular, exotic birds. As a result, many populations of exotic bird species have become threatened with extinction. Many of these heavily-traded birds...

A Tool of Persuasion.(international wildlife conservation)
July 1, 1998... As a means of influencing international species conservation on a bilateral basis with other countries, the Administration has at its disposal a relatively obscure, but powerful, law: Section 8 of the Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967 (22...

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
July 1, 1998... From old Military Highway along the Rio Grande, crop dusters can be seen soaring above acres and acres of straight crop rows. To many people who live along this stretch of highway, the few isolated patches of brush still found in this area are...

REGIONAL NEWS & RECOVERY UPDATES.
July 1, 1998... Region 1 Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) Vernal pool invertebrate surveys funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) Oregon State Office have revealed the presence of this threatened crustacean within several pools...

LISTING ACTIONS.
July 1, 1998... During February-April 1998, the Fish and Wildlife Service published the following proposed and final listing actions in the Federal Register: Listing Proposals Santa Cruz Tarplant (Holocarpha macradenia) An aromatic annual herb in the...

BOX SCORE.
July 1, 1998... Listings and Recovery Plans as of June 30, 1998 ENDANGERED THREATENED GROUP U.S. FOREIGN U.S. FOREIGN MAMMALS 59 251 8 16 BIRDS ...