Recently added articles from Endangered Species Bulletin:
Thirty-five years of the endangered species act.
Mar 22, 2009; ... A lot can happen in three and a half decades. For the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the many changes, challenges, and accomplishments in the conservation of our nation's imperiled trust resources over the past 35 years have been influenced by a variety of social and natural events. ...
A recovery plan begins to flower.(Yreka phlox in China Hill, California)
Mar 22, 2009; ... The landscape on China Hill is dry and rocky, reminiscent of an artist's rendition of some far-away, desolate planet. One wonders what could ever grow in such rough terrain. But junipers and other scraggy shrubs soon catch the eye and remind you that you are indeed in the arid upper ...
Silvery minnows return to Texas.
Mar 22, 2009; ... One of America's most critically endangered species, the Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus), began to face a brighter future on December 17, 2008, with the release of more than 430,000 hatchery-raised fish into former habitat in the Big Bend region of west Texas. The U.S. Fish ...
Recovering a strange, elusive gravedigger.(American burying beetle)
Mar 22, 2009; ... The American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) is a large, vividly marked insect named for its practice of burying its food--carrion--for later consumption. Sometimes referred to as "nature's gravedigger," this oddly colorful scavenger is a natural recycler, ridding the surface of ...
Reintroducing rare beetles to Ohio.(American burying beetles)
Mar 22, 2009; ... In the summer of 2008, biologists released 228 pairs of captive-bred American burying beetles (Nicrophorus americanus) on the Wayne National Forest in southeast Ohio. The reintroduction of this endangered species into Ohio began in 1998 with the release of beetles from healthy populations ...
The cemetery and the clover.(buffalo clover in Congress Green Cemetery, Ohio)
Mar 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Congress Green Cemetery in North Bend, Ohio, is more than just the location of the President William Henry Harrison Tomb. This unique cemetery, managed by the Ohio Historical Society, is also home to an endangered plant, the running buffalo clover ...
Groundbreaking research for the Nihoa millerbird.
Mar 22, 2009; ... Found only on the small Hawaiian island of Nihoa, the critically endangered Nihoa millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi) teeters on the brink of extinction. Its single, small population is highly vulnerable to chance events such as severe storms and droughts, accidental introduction of ...
Climbing the learning curve of short-tailed albatross recovery.
Mar 22, 2009; ... How do you establish a new seabird colony? That was the question facing the Short-Tailed Albatross Recovery Team when it convened in 2005. Although the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus), or STAL, was listed in 1970 as endangered, it was initially considered a foreign species ....
Cross-border conservation in Sonora and Arizona.
Mar 22, 2009; ... Arizona and Sonora share an amazing diversity of biological resources, including many at-risk species of mutual concern to the United States and Mexico. About 40 species occurring in both Arizona and Sonora are on the U.S. or the Mexico endangered species lists, or both. The Fish and ...
The razorback sucker: back from the brink.
Mar 22, 2009; ... As far back as 3 to 5 million years ago, a unique-looking fish with an abrupt, sharp-edged hump behind its head swam the Colorado River and its tributaries. Once widespread and abundant, the razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) is now extremely rare in the wild. The razorback ...
Stepping up recovery for the Houston toad.
Mar 22, 2009; ... Hidden beneath the sandy soils of the ecologically unique "Lost Pines" region of central Texas resides one of the state's most imperiled species. The Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) is a small, greenish-brown, speckled amphibian that can be distinguished from other toads by the ...
Hungry goats restore bog turtle habitat.
Mar 22, 2009; ... During the hottest months of last summer, 19 workers labored every day to remove woody vegetation that invaded a 5-acre (2.2 hectare) wetland in Carroll County Maryland. But these workers were not your typical Fish and Wildlife Service staff. They were goats, and their affinity for woody ...
A challenging future for the black-footed ferret.
Mar 22, 2009; ... The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) is a small, weasel-like animal with a long, slender body marked by black feet and a black mask. Once feared to be extinct, it is among our nation's rarest animals. Black-footed ferrets depend almost exclusively on prairie dogs, which provide food ...
Black-footed ferrets return to Kansas.
Mar 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On December 31, 1957, the last known live black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in the State of Kansas was seen near the town of Studley. Nearly 50 years later, on December 18, 2007, ferrets returned to Kansas. The reintroduction marked the beginning of ...
Two California butterflies wing toward recovery.
Mar 22, 2009; ... The Palos Verdes and El Segundo blue butterflies are small, colorful creatures that survive on pockets of habitat within highly urbanized southern California. Conservation partners are helping the Fish and Wildlife Service make progress toward the recovery of these endangered species. ...
The Newell's shearwaters of kilauea point.(shearwate)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, located on the northern tip of the island of Kaua'i, is the only unit of the entire National Wildlife Refuge System that can boast the presence of nesting Newell's shearwaters (Puffinus auricularis newelli). To date, only four nests of ...
Showy Indian clover reintroduction project.
Mar 22, 2009; ... The showy Indian clover (Trifolium amoenum), a tall native annual, is an endangered wildflower that was once widespread in coastal grasslands within the counties surrounding San Francisco Bay, California. In 1994, after almost all known populations were extirpated due to habitat loss, the ...
Restoring the Oregon chub.
Mar 22, 2009; ... Oregon chub (Oregonichthys crameri) are small minnows endemic to the Willamette Valley of western Oregon. They were formerly common and distributed throughout the valley in off-channel habitat, such as beaver ponds, oxbows, stable backwater sloughs, and flooded marshes. In the last 100 ...
Corps of engineers aids Missouri River wildlife.(United States Army Corps of Engineers)
Mar 22, 2009; ... The Missouri River flows for 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) from its headwaters in Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is charged by Congress to manage the river for social and economic benefits. The Corps' Missouri River Endangered Species Office ...
Central valley project funds recovery.
Mar 22, 2009; ... Over many decades, wildlife and its habitats have declined significantly in the Central Valley of California. To help mitigate this loss, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Fish and Wildlife Service co-manage two programs that contribute to the recovery of threatened and endangered species: ...