Endangered Species Bulletin articles from September 1998

Endangered Species Bulletin archives from September 1998

Partners for Fish and Wildlife: A New Name for a Growing Program.
September 1, 1998... One recent example of the Partners For Fish and Wildlife Program began in 1994, when the FWS New York Field Office launched a project with the Central and Western New York Chapter of The Nature Conservancy to preserve and enhance French Creek....

Partnerships Take Flight.(bird protection)
September 1, 1998... In 1995, the Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Wisconsin began working with property-owners to reconstruct habitat on private lands for an endangered butterfly called the Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa...

Native Trout Rebound in the Blackfoot River.
September 1, 1998... When the once-renowned Blackfoot River trout fishery of Montana hit rock-bottom in the late 1980's, biologists believed, or at least hoped, that native bull and westslope cutthroat trout (Salvelinus confluentus and Salmo clarki, respectively)...

Habitat Restoration in the North Carolina Sandhills.
September 1, 1998... The North Carolina Sandhills population of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is the second largest of 15 populations identified in the Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) 1985 Red-cockaded Woodpecker Recovery Plan. Unlike...

Longleaf Restoration Initiative.
September 1, 1998... The FWS is working with other agencies and organizations in North Carolina on the Longleaf Restoration Initiative. Public support to restore Longleaf pine habitat in North Carolina has been growing. Through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife...

A Team Approach to Coastal Prairie Conservation.
September 1, 1998... A vast expanse of more than 6 million acres (2.4 million hectares) of coastal prairie habitat once extended from southwest Louisiana to the lower Texas coast. One early explorer described the coastal prairie as "an unbroken, level grassy plain...

Partners Restore Rare Serpentine Ecosystem.
September 1, 1998... Serpentine "barrens" are rare natural communities composed of grasslands and oak savanna growing around outcrops of serpentine, a magnesium-rich mineral that contributes to dry, acidic, erodible, nutrient-poor soils. Despite their name, such...

Atlantic Salmon Watershed Collaborative.
September 1, 1998... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) Gulf of Maine Program, working in conjunction with the Maine Fisheries Stewardship Project, is implementing an innovative partnership to protect and restore Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) watersheds....

Restoring an Atlantic White Cedar Bog.
September 1, 1998... The Fish and Wildlife Service's Albemarle/Pamlico Coastal Program in North Carolina is working with the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and North Carolina State University to restore an 18,000-acre (7,280-hectare) Atlantic white cedar...

Peregrine to Soar Off Endangered List.
September 1, 1998... The FWS initiated recovery of the peregrine falcon by developing partnerships with the Peregrine Fund, the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, and the Midwestern Peregrine Recovery Group to breed peregrines for release in unoccupied...

From Summer Range to Home Range?(pelican preservation)
September 1, 1998... On June 25, 1996, during an air boat training session near the Alamo River, which flows into southern California's Salton Sea, Assistant Refuge Manager Chad Karges and I first noticed the young, downy pelicans. They were sitting on nests made...

Protecting a Flower-loving Fly.
September 1, 1998... In 1993, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final rule protecting the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis), an insect, under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Immediately, some in the media picked up on...

Roseate Tern Recovery: Progress and Challenges.
September 1, 1998... Described by naturalist Arthur Cleveland Bent as "one of nature's loveliest productions," the endangered roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) is making a gradual comeback in the northeastern United States. While the roseate tern is a species with a...

REGIONAL NEWS & RECOVERY UPDATES.
September 1, 1998... Regional endangered species staffers have reported the following news: Region 1 Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) In April, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) biologist Rick Vetter worked with the Oregon Department...

LISTING ACTIONS.
September 1, 1998... From May through July of 1998, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published the following proposed and final listing actions under the Endangered Species Act: Listing Proposals Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) The Canada lynx is a...

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