Species of Concern
Birds | Amphibians | Insects | Flowering Plants
Fishes | Snails | Crustaceans
The following list includes some (but not all) of the Species of Concern in Region 3 and actions that have or are being taken to document their status
or conserve the species. As time and budget allows, species and additional
information will be added to this list.
"Species
of concern" is an informal term that refers to those species which
Region 3 believes might be in need of concentrated conservation actions.
Such conservation actions vary depending on the health of the populations
and degree and types of threats. At one extreme, there may only need
to be periodic monitoring of populations and threats to the species
and its habitat. At the other extreme, a species may need to be listed
as a Federal threatened or endangered species. "Species
of concern" receive no legal protection and the use of the term
does not necessarily mean that the species will eventually be proposed
for listing as a threatened or endangered species.
Region
3 is the lead region unless noted otherwise. Abbreviation indicates
the lead Field Office within Region 3 (e.g., TCFO).
Guidance
for Conducting Status Assessments
Birds
Baird's
sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii)
Fact Sheet, Status
Assessment and Conservation Plan (Region 6 lead); TCFO
Black
tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black Tern Status Assessment (Region 6 lead); TCFO
Cerulean
warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Available Information
Common
tern, Great Lake Population (Sterna hirundo)
Common Tern Status Assessment (2003)
Henslow's
sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
Status
Assessment (1996) PDF, 109 pages
Status Assessment Report Summary (completed in 1996); BFO
1997 Decision on the Status Recommendation (decision not to designate as candidate species)
September 9, 1998, Federal Register
Notice of Finding on Petition to List as Threatened PDF
Loggerhead
shrike (Lanius ludovicianus migrans)
Status assessment completed November,
2000 (pdf file); BFO
Northern
goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Literature review for Region 3 states and Ontario is underway; GBFO and TCFO
Status of Northern Goshawk; Proceedings
of a Workshop
Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
alleganiensis); ROFO
Fishes
Coaster brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Petition to List as Endangered and Background Information
Crystal darter (Crystallaria asprella)
Status assessment (pdf) completed; ROFO
Eastern sand darter (Etheostoma pellucidum)
Status assessment (PDF); ROFO
Flathead
chub(Hybopsis gracilis)
Status assessment underway; CMFO
Longhead
darter (Percina macrocephala)
Status assessment underway;
ROFO
Northern
cavefish (Amblyopsis spelaea)
Status assessment completed in 1995; BFO
Decision on the Status Recommendation (decision not to designate as a candidate
species)
Spotted
darter (Etheostoma maculatum)
Status assessment- 2004 (PDF); ROFO
Glacial
relict snails
Status assessment initiated in 1997; GBFO
Iowa
Skipper (Atrytone arogos iowa)
Data and Literature Compilation - April 2005
Kramer's
cave beetle (Pseudanophthalmus krameri)
Status assessment underway; ROFO
Ohio
cave beetle (Pseudanophthalmus ohioensis)
Status assessment underway; ROFO
Poweshiek
Skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek - Parker)
Status Assessment and Conservation
Guidelines - 2005
Wabash
belted skimmer (Macromia wabashensis)
Status assessment underway; ROFO
Arachnids
Status assessment underway; ROFO
Indiana
crayfish (Orconectes indianensis)
Status
assessment completed in 1995; BFO
Decision on the Status Recommendation (decision not to designate as candidate
species)
An
Isopod (no common name) (Caecidotea filicispeluncae)
Status assessment underway; ROFO
An
Isopod (no common name) (Caecidotea rotunda)
Status assessment underway; ROFO
Glade (Darlington's) spurge (Euphorbia purpurea)
Status assessment underway; ROFO
Hall's
bulrush (Schoenoplectus (Scirpus)
hallii)
Status Assessment completed in 1998; CMFO
Hill's thistle (Cirsium hillii)
Status assessment completed in 1997; ELFO
Decision on the Status Recommendation (decision not to designate as candidate species)
Pale
false foxglove (Agalinus skinneriana)
Status assessment underway; GBFO
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