Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
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Karner Blue Butterfly Final Recovery Plan
Final Recovery Plan (September 2003)
Federal Register Notice of Availability - Approved Recovery Plan for the Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis - September 19, 2003 (PDF)
Karner Blue Butterfly Natural History and Regulatory Information:
USFWS Fact Sheet I
USFWS Fact Sheet II
USFWS Species Profile
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight
Karner Blue Butterfly Recovery Actions:
TNC Reintroductions in Indiana
TNC and Toledo Zoo Reintroductions in Ohio
2006 Private Stewardship Grant: Karner blue butterfly and associated declining species of savanna and barrens (Portage, Waupaca, Outagamie, Waushara, Adams, Marquette, Green Lake, Jackson, Wood, Juneau, and Monroe counties, Wisconsin)
2006 Section 6 Grant: Determination of the status of Piping Plovers, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid,
Prairie Bush Clover, Fassett's Locoweed, and implement recovery management for Karner
Blue Butterfly and Fassett's Locoweed (Wisconsin)
New Hampshire Fish and Game Dept. Reintroduction (2005)
Karner Blue Butterfly Research, Monitoring and Management
A Guide to the Use of Distance Sampling to Estimate Abundance of Karner blue butterflies
List of Researchers and Managers
High Potential Range Maps in Wisconsin - scroll to the middle of the web page for links to the maps.
Karner Blue Butterfly Threats Summary Table (PDF)
Habitat Conservation Plans
Michigan
State-wide Karner Blue Butterfly HCP
State of Michigan Karner Blue Butterfly HCP website
Wisconsin
2009 Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grant:
Karner blue butterfly HCP land acquisition –Quincy Bluff (Adams County, Wisconsin)
Wisconsin (Waupaca and Burnett Counties,
WI)
The Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan Fact Sheet
Questions and Answers about the Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan
Wisconsin's Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan
Wisconsin Karner Blue Statewide HCP - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Articles About Karner Blue Butterflies:
Butterflies Benefit from Statewide HCP (July 2000)
The Karner blue butterfly: an article about the species and its ecosystem (April 1997)
The Beauty and Benefits of Savannas: Necedah National Wildlife Refuge - learn about management for the Karner blue butterfly's ecosystem (April 1997)
Of Wings and Warriors: management for the Karner blue butterfly on Fort McCoy in Wisconsin (January 1997)
Wild lupine and Karner blue butterflies: an article about the Karner blue's relationship with wild lupine (November 1996)
Links to Other Sites About Karner Blue Butterflies:
The Butterfly Conservation Initiative
Karner Blue Butterfly in Indiana - Chipper Woods Bird Observatory
Karner Blue Butterfly in Michigan - Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Karner Blue Butterfly in New York - New York Department of Conservation
The Karner Blue Butterfly and the Pine-Oak Barrens Ecosystem - The Roosevelt Wild Life Station (SUNY-Syracuse), Conservation and Education Research
Karner Blue Butterfly in Ohio - Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Education for Kids (EEK)! - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin Karner Blue Statewide HCP - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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