Region 3 Candidate Species

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These plants and animals have been sufficiently studied, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided that they should be proposed for threatened or endangered status. The listing priority number indicates the general order in which they will be proposed. Within each Region, the pace at which new listing proposals are completed depends upon the funding appropriated by Congress to the listing and classification portions of the FWS budget. (Bold type indicates states that are within Region 3.)

Candidate Notice Of Review - Federal Register Notice, December 10, 2008

Information about the Service's Candidate Conservation Program (on National USFWS Endangered Species Website)

Eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

Historical Range: IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, NY, OH, PA, WI, Canada (Ontario)
Lead Region: Region 3
Region 3 Lead Office: Chicago Illinois Field Office
Listing Priority: 9
Listed as Candidate: 1999

 

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus s. catenatus) Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for Rome State Nature Preserve, Ashtabula County - Ohio (August 2006)

 

Eastern Massasauga Candidate Form (PDF file)

 

Eastern Massasauga Fact Sheet

 

Eastern Massasauga: Why Conserve  a Venomous Snake?

 

Eastern Massasauga Status Assessment (.pdf file 1.5 MB)

 

Questions and Answers About Conservation of the Eastern Massasauga

 

Recommended Standard Survey Protocol for the Eastern Massasauga, Sistrurus catenatus catenatus

 

The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake: A Handbook for Land Managers (PDF 1.2MB)

 

Final Environmental Assessment Approved for Implementing Candidate Conservation Agreements for Eastern Massasauga in Mid-Western States (July 26, 2005)

 

Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi)

Historical Range: AR, MO
Lead Region: 3
Region 3 Lead Office: Columbia, Missouri Field Office
Listing Priority: 3
Listed as Candidate: 2001

 

Ozark Hellbender Candidate Form (PDF)

 

2006 Section 6 Grant Project: Evaluation of Health Conditions, Reproductive Hormones, and Mercury in Adult Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)

Historical Range: AR, CO, KS, MO, OK
Lead Region: Region 6
Region 3 Lead Office: Columbia Missouri Field Office
Listing Priority: 11
Listed as Candidate: 1991

 

Arkansas Darter Candidate Form (PDF)

 

Grotto sculpin (Cottus sp.)

Historical Range: MO
Lead Region: Region 3
Region 3 Lead Office: Columbia Missouri Field Office
Listing Priority: 2
Listed as Candidate: 2002

 

Grotto Sculpin Candidate Form

Neosho mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana)

Historical Range: AR, KS, MO, OK
Lead Region: Region 4
Region 3 Lead Office: Columbia Missouri Field Office
Listing Priority: 5
Listed as Candidate: 2001

 

Neosho Mucket Candidate Form (PDF)

 

Rayed Bean (Villosa fabalis) - a freshwater mussel

Current Range: IN, MI, NY, PA, OH, Ontario Canada
Historical Range: IL, IN, KY, MI, NY, PA, OH, TN, VA, WV, and Ontario Canada
Region 3 Lead Office: Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office
Listing Priority: 2
Listed as Candidate: 2004

 

Rayed Bean Candidate Form (PDF)

 

Rayed Bean Status Assessment September 2002 (PDF)

 

Sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus) - a freshwater mussel

Current Range: AL, IL, IN, IA, KY, MN, MS, MO, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV, WI
Region 3 Lead Office: Rock Island Illinois Field Office
Listing Priority: 2
Listed as Candidate: 2004

 

Sheepnose Candidate Form (PDF)

 

Sheepnose Status Assessment September 2002 (PDF)

 

Spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta) - a freshwater mussel

Current Range: AL, AR, IL, IA, KY, MN, MO, TN, VA, WV, WI
Region 3 Lead Office: Twin Cities Field Office
Listing Priority: 4
Listed as Candidate: 2004

 

Spectaclecase Candidate Form (PDF)

Spectaclecase Status Assessment September 2002 (PDF)

 

Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae)

Historical Range: IA, IL, MN, ND, SD, Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan)
Lead Region: Region 3
Region 3 Lead Office: Twin Cities Field Office
Listing Priority: 11
Listed as Candidate: 2002

 

Dakota Skipper Candidate Form (PDF)

 

Dakota Skipper Fact Sheet

 

Dakota Skipper Conservation Guidelines (September 2007)

 

Dakota Skipper Status Assessment (June 2002) PDF; 84 pages; 600KB

 

Questions and Answers about Designating Dakota Skipper as a Candidate for Listing under the Endangered Species Act

 

Short's bladderpod (Lesquerella globosa)

Historical Range: IN, KY, TN
Lead Region: Region 4
Region 3 Lead Office: Bloomington Indiana Field Office
Listing Priority: 5
Listed as Candidate: 1999

Short's Bladderpod Candidate and Listing Priority Assessment Form

 

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