Office Facts

 

Tennessee Ecological Services Field Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Interior

 

Contacting the Office:

Lee A. Barclay, Ph.D. (Field Supervisor)
446 Neal Street
Cookeville, TN  38501
Phone: 931-528-6481
Fax: 931-528-7075

Station Facts:

Established: 1977

FY 2004 Budget: $1,700,000 (Resource Management appropriated funds)

Number of Staff: 19.

Station Goals:

Provide technical/financial assistance to private landowners interested in the conservation of migratory species and federally listed species.

Provide accurate and meaningful assistance to help other federal agencies fulfill their responsibilities toward federal trust species.

Provide assistance to state agencies and local governments in addressing federal mandates.

Prevent, or identify and repair, harm or injury to trust resources caused by environmental contaminants.

Provide for the recovery of endangered and threatened species.

Station Fact Sheet (pdf)

 

Services Provided To:

Private citizens

Local governments and community groups

Federal and State agencies

Tribal governments

Fish and Wildlife Service Announces 5 Year Review Regarding Status of Three Endangered Southeastern Mussels

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a five-year status review that recommends removing three endangered mussels from the list of endangered and threatened species because they are believed to be extinct.

The three endangered Southeastern mussels are the turgid-blossom pearlymussel, yellow-blossom pearlymussel, and green-blossom pearlymussel.

The turgid-blossom pearlymussel lived in the Tennessee River and Cumberland River drainages in Tennessee, in Spring Creek, the Black River, and White River in Arkansas, and in Shoal Creek and Bear Creek in Alabama. The yellow-blossom pearlymussel lived in the Tennessee River and Cumberland River drainages in Tennessee and Alabama. The green-blossom pearlymussel lived in the upper Tennessee River drainage in Tennessee and Virginia. All three species were listed as endangered in 1976.

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