Reptiles
Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and Candidates in the Upper Midwest
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
May 2010: 5-Year Review (16-page PDF)
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
Copperbelly
Water Snake Conservation Agreements for Illinois, Southern Indiana,
and Kentucky (includes information on life history)
Photo
Life history, Ecology and Regulatory Information
Eastern
Massasauga Candidate Form
Eastern Massasauga Fact Sheet
USFWS Chicago
Field Office's Species
Spotlight: Eastern Massasauga
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
See Lake Erie Watersnake web pages
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