Endangered Species Update articles from April - June 2004

Endangered Species Update archives from April - June 2004

Camera trapping Priodontes maximus in the dry forests of Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
April 1, 2004... Abstract During systematic camera trapping surveys conducted for jaguars, we collected photographs of giant armadillos at three of four dry forest (Chaco and Chiquitano) sites surveyed in eastern lowland Bolivia, thus extending the...

Saving Asia's Threatened Birds: a Guide for Government and civil society.(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... Saving Asia's Threatened Birds is an important work providing a much needed and novel synthesis of the complex issues concerning avian conservation in Asia. This book is the result of a cooperative undertaking between BirdLife International...

The impact of the proposed Eddie Frost Commerce Park on Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni, the Alabama cavefish, a federally endangered species restricted to Key Cave, Lauderdale County, Alabama.
April 1, 2004... Abstract The Alabama cavefish, Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni, is one on of the most endangered species of fish in the world due to its low population size, restriction to a single cave (Key Cave), and threats to the cave's recharge area. The...

Three decades of recovery.
April 1, 2004... The theme of this issue of the Bulletin is the foundation of the Endangered Species Act: recovery. In the ESA, Congress declared that threatened and endangered "fish, wildlife, and plants are of esthetic, ecological, educational, historical,...

A journey of a thousand steps.
April 1, 2004... The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) requires the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Fisheries to develop recovery plans for listed endangered and threatened species and to implement these plans to...

Species on the brink of recovery.
April 1, 2004... The purpose of the Endangered Species Act is to conserve endangered and threatened species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. The ultimate symbolic action in a species' recovery effort is taking the species off the endangered and...

Saving species on the brink of extinction.
April 1, 2004... According to paleontologist Niles Eldredge, Earth is experiencing its sixth major wave of extinction. (1) Our nation has not escaped the forces threatening plant and animal species. Of the more than 1,200 species in the United States currently...

Recovering a prairie orchid.
April 1, 2004... A partnership of stakeholders and the Fish and Wildlife Service's Chicago Ecological Services Field Office took root over 10 years ago and has blossomed into an active recovery program for the eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera...

From cage to rainforest.
April 1, 2004... The Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata), endemic to the island of Puerto Rico, is one of the 10 most endangered birds in the world. This emerald-green parrot is one of nine native species of Amazon parrots found in the West Indies, and the...

Partners for running buffalo clover recovery.
April 1, 2004... In the space between forest and prairie, shade and sunshine, calm and disturbed, grows an unassuming endangered plant with historical ties to the buffalo (Bison bison). Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum) once occurred over a broad...

Recovery planning for the white abalone.
April 1, 2004... The white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni), a marine mollusk highly prized for its tender white meat, is native to the Pacific coast of North America from Point Conception, California, to Punta Abreojos in Baja California, Mexico. It was listed as...

Recovery Champions.
April 1, 2004... It often takes many individuals and organizations to accomplish the steps that move a threatened or endangered species away from the brink of extinction. Yet, it also takes the passion and dedication of individuals to promote and direct the...

Dick Biggins, recovery hero.
April 1, 2004... You wouldn't expect one of the Service's most accomplished biologists to readily share embarrassing stories about himself. Retired Fish and Mollusk Recovery Coordinator Dick Biggins is responsible for getting 29 rare species on the threatened...

"Sea Otter" and the geese.
April 1, 2004... Robert "Sea Otter" Jones first came to the Alaska's Aleutian Islands while serving as a radar officer in the U.S. Army during World War II. He moved to Kodiak after the war, but turned his attention to the Aleutian archipelago again in 1948...

A plan for Hawaiian plants and their ecosystems.
April 1, 2004... The native plants and animals of the Hawaiian Islands comprise one of the world's most remarkable examples of insular evolution. However, since colonization of these islands by humans, starting with the Polynesian voyagers over 1,500 years ago,...

An unconventional approach to habitat conservation.
April 1, 2004... Last year, biologists in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Chesapeake Bay Field Office tried something new to protect a rare reptile, the bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii). They began their work one tree at a time. They were not saving the...

Progress in riparian brush rabbit recovery.
April 1, 2004... Although it was once pervasive in the dense riverside forests of California's San Joaquin Valley, the riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius) nearly disappeared in the 20th century as forests were cleared for farms and cities. With...

Stakeholders unite for flycatcher.
April 1, 2004... Q: What do you get when you cross 14 scientists from various disciplines, numerous Native American tribes, 15 federal agencies, and over 200 community representatives, including ranchers, farmers, water and power interests, environmental...

CPR for species.
April 1, 2004... Have you ever wondered how to give CPR to a plant? Would it be easier with a butterfly? Yes, we are talking about resuscitating species in trouble. However, the abbreviation in this case stands for Cross Program Recovery. This program began...

Partners in butterfly conservation.
April 1, 2004... When the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) and the Fish and Wildlife Service conceived of organizing the Butterfly Conservation Initiative (BFCI), it was, in many ways, a good idea because of the expertise that already existed within...

Listing actions.
April 1, 2004... From January through June of 2003, the Fish and Wildlife Service published the following proposed and final rules in accordance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The full text of each action can be found through our website:...

Box score: listings and recovery plans as of December 31, 2003.(Illustration)
April 1, 2004... BOX SCORE Listings and Recovery Plans as of December 31, 2003 ENDANGERED THREATENED TOTAL U.S. U.S. FOREIGN U.S....

Monetary valuation of rare species and imperiled habitats as a basis for economically evaluating conservation approaches.
April 1, 2004... Abstract Management actions directed towards the conservation of species or habitats are usually measured in resource improvement. Nevertheless, the decision to select and carry out such actions are rooted in the available funding....

Use of roadkill data to index and relate raccoon activity at a heavily predated, highdensity marine turtle nesting beach.
April 1, 2004... Abstract Four years of data from a high-density marine turtle nesting beach at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, Florida were examined along with data on raccoon road-kills from adjacent roads, and data on park attendance (as an index of...

U.S. hatched Andean condors return to Colombia.(News from Zoos)
April 1, 2004... Four Andean condors recently returned to South America as part of a successful international collaborative program that reintroduces the endangered Andean condor to its native home range in Colombia. For more than 14 years, the Zoological...

Youth art aids Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program.(News from Zoos)
April 1, 2004... Roger Williams Park Zoo, in collaboration with the Rhode Island Art Education Association, recently hosted the 3rd Annual Papua New Guinea Youth Art Exchange exhibit from 6 March through 31 April. The exhibit featured artwork and letters shared...

IMLS Awards more than $2 million to museums for critical conservation.(News from Zoos)
April 1, 2004... The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) recently announced the 66 recipients of the 2004 Conservation Project Support. 66 grants were awarded, totaling $2,406,478. Recipients will match the grants with an additional $3,877,531. This...