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Celebrate Endangered Species Day
May 18, 2012 |
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Endangered Species Day, the third Friday in May, is an opportunity to celebrate our biodiversity and efforts to conserve that diversity.
News Releases to Celebrate Endangered Species Day and Recovery Accomplishments
Midwest Species Make Progress
Bring back the Endangered American Burying Beetle
Visit a Prairie or Savanna
Learn about the Endangered Indiana Bat
Learn About Endangered Freshwater Mussels
Youth Art Contests
Youth Art Contests - - a National contest and a Minnesota contest - - held in conjunction with Endangered Species Day.
National Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest
• 2012 Winning Entries
2012 Youth Art Contest Semi-finalists
• 2011 Winning Entries
• 2010 Winning Entries (on Flickr)
Minnesota Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest
For information about and photos of endangered species in your state and places to enjoy the outdoors, follow these links.
Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Michigan | Minnesota | Missouri | Ohio | Wisconsin
Endangered Species Day Information
• Endangered Species Coalition: includes toolkits, list of events, and information about the youth art contest.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Site
• Classroom and schoolyard activities
Endangered Species Day Feature Stories
Conserving an Endangered Ecosystem:The Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
The Niangua Darter – In Missouri, What’s Good for the Fish Can Be Good for the Farm
Patrolling to Protect the Pallid Sturgeon
Endangered Necedah
Wind, Bats, and Birds: Region-Wide HCP for Wind Energy Projects
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Eastern prairie fringed orchids grow in wet praires and marshes from Iowa and Missouri east to Pennsylvania and New York.
Photo by USFWS: Mike Redmer |
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Indiana bats roost under the bark of trees during spring, summer, and fall and hibernate in caves and mines over winter.
Photo by Adam Mann, Environmental Solutions and Innovations
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Indiana
There are 14 endangered, 4 threatened, and 3 candidate species in Indiana, as well as 3 species that have been proposed for listing as endangered.. Here is a list of Indiana's Endangered, Threatened and Candidate Species, follow the links for fact sheets, photos and more.
Indiana Bat Curriculum
Indiana Bats, Kids, and Caves - Oh My! (an activity book for teachers)
Enjoy the Great Outdoors!
Enjoy the outdoors at Muscatatuck, Big Oaks, or Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge.
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Shaded cliffs and cool streamsides in Iowa are home to the Northern monkshood.
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Piping plovers nest on the beaches of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Photo by USFWS |
Michigan
There are 12 endangered, 9 threatened, and 1 candidate species in Michigan, as well as 2 species that have been proposed for listing as endangered. Here is a list of Michigan's Endangered, Threatened and Candidate Species, follow the links for fact sheets, photos and more.
Success in Michigan
Piping Plover
Kirtland's Warbler 2010 Nesting Season
Enjoy the Great Outdoors!
Visit Seney National Wildlife Refuge, in the UP, where you can explore the visitor's center, as well as hike, bike, or canoe. In the lower peninsula, visit Shiawassee National Wildlife for fishing, hiking, and wildlife photography.
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Minnesota
There are 6 endangered, 6 threatened, and 3 candidate species in Minnesota, as well as 3 species that have been proposed for listing as endangered. Here is a list of Minnesota's Endangered, Threatened and Candidate Species, follow the links for fact sheets, photos and more.
Success in Minnesota
Restoring freshwater mussels in the Upper Mississippi River
Conserving candidate species: Dakota skipper
Enjoy the Great Outdoors!
Enjoy Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, in the heart of the Twin Cities, where you can hike, bike, canoe and much more. Sherburne Refuge, about 50 miles northwest of the Twin Cities, has two scenic hiking trails. Other Refuges in Minnesota include Agassiz, Big Stone, and Tamarac.
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The Minnesota dwarf trout lily is a forest wildflower found in Goodhue, Rice and Steele Counties, Minnesota. Visit Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park to see the Minnesota dwarf trout lily among the other spring ephemeral flowers.
Photo by USFWS: Phil Delphey
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Adult male Hine's emerald dragonflies defend small breeding territories in spring-fed marshes and sedge meadows.
Photo by USFWS
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Missouri
There are 17 endangered, 11 threatened, and 5 candidate species in Missouri, as well as 3 species that have been proposed for listing as endangered. Here is a list of Missouri's Endangered, Threatened and Candidate Species, follow the links for fact sheets, photos and more.
Success in Missouri
Niangua Darter: Improving Streams for Species Recovery
A Challenge in Missouri
Ozark Hellbender: Can We Save It?
Enjoy the Great Outdoors!
Get out and about at Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge. Visit their Friends group site to see what is happening on the Refuge. Go bird watching, hiking, or attend an interpretive program at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge. See the cypress swamps on Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, or one of the other National Wildlife Refuges in Missouri: Swan Lake, Great River, or Middle Mississippi,
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Biologists thought that the purple cat's paw was functionally extinct until one breeding population was found in Ohio in 1994. |
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Listing the Karner blue butterfly as endangered led to restoration of oak savannas in Wisconsin.
Photo by USFWS: Phil Delphey |
Wisconsin
There are 8 endangered, 8 threatened, and 1 candidate species, and reintroduced whooping cranes in Wisconsin, as well as 2 species that have been proposed for listing as endangered. Here is a list of Wisconsin's Endangered, Threatened and Candidate Species, follow the links for fact sheets, photos and more.
Success in Wisconsin
Whooping Crane Recovery
Gray Wolf Recovery
Karner Blue Butterfly
Enjoy the Great Outdoors!
Enjoy the outdoors at one of Wisconsin's wonderful National Wildlife Refuges. Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is home to Karner blue butterflies, whooping cranes, wolves, eagles, and the list goes on... Horicon National Wildlife Refuge is renowned for its abundance of wildlife. Both Refuges offer many outdoor recreation opportunities.
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