Reptiles ( threatened, endangered, proposed and candidate species )

 

Copperbelly water snake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Life history, Ecology and Regulatory Information

Species Profile links to national U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web pages

Fact Sheet

Copperbelly final listing package - full text (pdf)

 

Recovery Information

2009 Recovery Land Acquisition Grant: Copperbelly water snake habitat acquisition in Williams County, OH, and Hillsdale County, MI (Williams County, OH and Hillsdale County, MI)

 

Copperbelly Water Snake Recovery Plan (Dec. 2009)

 

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restoring Southeast Michigan’s High Diversity Landscapes Through Collaborative Stewardship – Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties, Michigan

 

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Reforestation and Wetland Restoration for Permanent Native Habitat in the St. Joseph River Watershed – Hillsdale County, Michigan; Defiance and Williams Counties, Ohio; Allen, Dekalb, and Noble Counties, Indiana

 

5-year Review Iniated for the Copperbelly Water Snake - June 2, 2006

 

Copperbelly Water Snake Conservation Agreements for Illinois, Southern Indiana, and Kentucky (includes information on life history)

 

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Eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

Life history, Ecology and Regulatory Information

Eastern Massasauga Candidate Form

 

USFWS Fact Sheet

 

USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 

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

 

Eastern Massasauga Conservation Actions and Information

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restoring Southeast Michigan’s High Diversity Landscapes Through Collaborative Stewardship – Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties, Michigan

 

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Reforestation and Wetland Restoration for Permanent Native Habitat in the St. Joseph River Watershed – Hillsdale County, Michigan; Defiance and Williams Counties, Ohio; Allen, Dekalb, and Noble Counties, Indiana

 

S6 Grant Project (2006): Response to Habitat Management by the Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) at Carlyle Lake, lllinois

 

S6 Grant Project (2006): Molecular Diversity among Massasauga Rattlesnakes: Nuclear Intron Analyses

 

Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for Rome State Nature Preserve, Ashtabula County - Ohio (August 2006)

 

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

 

Eastern Massasauga Survey and Management Guidances

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

 

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

 

Lake Erie water snake (Nerodia sipedon insularum)

Life history, Ecology and Regulatory Information

Species Profile links to the national U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web pages

LEWS News - the Lake Erie Water Snake Newsletter

Fact Sheet

Final Rule to List as Threatened

 

Recovery Information

Recovery Plan (pdf 1.6MB; 111 pages)
Federal Register Notice of Availability of the Approved Recovery Plan for the Lake Erie Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon insularum)

 

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