Recently added articles from Endangered Species Update:
Reptilian pathogens of the Florida everglades: the associated costs of Burmese pythons.(environmental risk assessment of invasive species)(Report)
Jul 01, 2007; ... Abstract The predation activity of the invasive Burmese python (Python molurus bivitattus) was evaluated using probability and the economic costs associated with current federal and state values for endangered species. The objective was to provide a realistic valuation of the ...
Species at risk: Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) body mass: a comparison of live-trapped individuals, published literature, and unpublished museum specimens.
Jul 01, 2007; ... Abstract. The Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) is a California endemic species and listed as Threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. Mohave ground squirrels are diurnally active from approximately midMarch to late July annually; entering ...
An opinion: successes and setbacks in black-footed ferret recovery: do we really have the capabilities, resources, and socio/ political will to recover critically endangered species?(Report)
Jul 01, 2007; ... Dramatic habitat losses and human persecution over decades preceding passage of Endangered Species Act legislation caused the near extirpation and/or dramatic decline of many North American wildlife species. The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes; ferret) was widely regarded as extinct ...
Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont and New York: Biology, History and the Fate of and Endangered Species.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2007; ... Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont and New York: Biology, History and the Fate of and Endangered Species Furman, Jon The University Press of New England, Hanover and London 228 pages This book is a fascinating account of the Timber Rattlesnake ...
Focus On Nature[TM].(drosophila life development and behavior)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The eggs hatched. Hundreds of little babies. As these energetic larval babies feed on decaying native trees such as koa, alani, 'olapa and 'oha they outgrow their confining skins. Several molts and several days later they transform into agile, quarter-inch ...
Smithsonian National Zoo scientists raise elkhorn coral larvae for reintroduction.(News From Zoos)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007 ... This fall, staff from the AZA-accredited Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC acquired 12,000 endangered elkhorn coral larvae on a harvest mission in Puerto Rico. They are raising the microscopic larvae in a controlled environment and will attempt to reintroduce the adult coral to ...
Saint Louis Zoo sponsors Grevy's Zebra conservation programs in Africa and the U.S.(News From Zoos)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007 ... The AZA-accredited Saint Louis Zoo is spearheading conservation efforts in the U.S. and in Kenya for the critically endangered Grevy's zebra, Equus grevyi. Working in partnership with several Kenyan non-profits and AZA-accredited zoo partners, including Denver Zoo, John Ball Zoo, Sedgwick ...
Point Defiance Zoo wins AZA conservation award for Red Wolf breeding program.(American Zoo and Aquarium Association )(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007 ... At the 2007 AZA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA this September, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium's Red Wolf Recovery Program received the North America Conservation Award. This award was presented to Will Waddell, the program manager and Coordinator of the AZA Species Survival Plan [R] ...
Two zoos to create new state-of-the-art facilities for captive rearing of rescued amphibians.(Toledo Zoo in Ohio and Fort Worth Zoo in Texas)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007 ... In response to significant declines in the populations of amphibians worldwide, Toledo Zoo in Ohio and Fort Worth Zoo in Texas, both accredited by AZA, have begun construction on innovative biosecure buildings to house and breed a variety of threatened amphibian species. Fort Worth Zoo ...
Detroit Zoo breeds 40 Wyoming toadlets for recovery program.(News From Zoos)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007 ... At the National Amphibian Conservation Center at the AZA-accredited Detroit Zoo, forty juvenile Wyoming toads, Bufo hemiophrys baxteri, one of the most endangered amphibians in the U.S., are being raised by zoo staff. Due to disease and loss of their wetland habitat, the numbers of these ...
AZA-accredited Calgary Zoo breeding program produces five litters of endangered marmots.(Vancouver Island marmot)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007 ... The Vancouver Island marmot, Marmota vancouverensis, is the most endangered animal in Canada. Endemic to Vancouver Island in British Columbia, habitat destruction and adverse effects from agricultural chemicals have driven these alpine rodents into devastating decline. To help prevent the ...
Fisheries and Habitat Conservation.(Fish and Wildlife Service programs)
Jul 01, 2007; ... Helping to Avoid Listing and Promote Recovery [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Our mission is to provide leadership in sustaining and enhancing fish, wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of the American people and to engage citizens in the shared stewardship of our ...
Species recovery through Habitat and Resource Conservation.(Fish and Wildlife Service program )
Jul 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Division of Habitat and Resource Conservation (HRC) is often the first Fish and Wildlife Service program engaged to prevent the decline of species so that they will not need Endangered Species Act protection. But if a species is listed, HRC is also ...
Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance.(environmental protection program)
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance (FWMA) Program plays a vital role in restoring and maintaining the Nation's fish and wildlife resources. It functions like a general practitioner in the medical field; its biologists monitor the health of fish and wildlife, diagnose ailments, ...
Partnerships for shared stewardship.(Fish and Wildlife Service's social programs for environmental protection)
Jul 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Two of the Fish and Wildlife Service's most popular and effective programs for voluntary, citizen and community-based conservation initiatives are the Partners for Fish and Wildlife and Coastal programs. They are a bridge ...
The Environmental Contaminants Program.
Jul 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Fish and Wildlife Service has been studying the effects of contaminants on fish and wildlife since the agency's earliest days, but the Environmental Contaminants Program did not began to take form until the 1950s, when increasing awareness of pollution ...
Clearing the water for mussels.(wildlife conservation)(Report)
Jul 01, 2007; ... In cooperation with our partners, the Fish and Wildlife Service's Environmental Contaminants Program provides the science needed to improve water quality for restoring freshwater mussels--our Nation's largest group of threatened and endangered animals. There is wide agreement ...
The Lake Apopka agreement.(watershed management and conservation)
Jul 01, 2007; ... From November 1998 through early April 1999, a bird die-off occurred on the north shore of Lake Apopka, Florida. The deaths occurred on former farmlands that had been purchased to reduce nutrient run-off into the lake by the St. Johns River Water Management District and the Natural ...
Developing barriers to biological invasions.
Jul 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The pathways used by non-native species are not always obvious. Many problematic species, diseases, and parasites have been transferred to new locations as undetected (and unplanned) hitchhikers. As many as 80 percent of endangered species may be ...
Alaskans are "pulling together".(wildlife control of invasive plant purple loosestrife)
Jul 01, 2007; ... When we hear about "invaders," we often imagine the danger these interlopers pose is obvious and immediate. However, newly introduced species may not become invasive for decades after they arrive. In 1993, biologist W.R. Courtenay warned that "every introduction must be viewed as a ...