Region 3 Candidate Species

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These plants and animals have been sufficiently studied, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided that they should be proposed for threatened or endangered status. The listing priority number indicates the general order in which they will be proposed. Within each Region, the pace at which new listing proposals are completed depends upon the funding appropriated by Congress to the listing and classification portions of the FWS budget. (Bold type indicates states that are within Region 3.)

Candidate Notice Of Review - October 2011

Information about the Service's Candidate Conservation Program (on National USFWS Endangered Species Website)

Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii)

Historic Range: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas

Current Range: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas

Lead Region: Region 6

Region 3 Lead Office: Twin Cities Field Office

Listing Priority: 2

Listed as Candidate: 2010

90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Sprague’s Pipit as Threatened or Endangered (Dec. 3, 2009)

 

12-Month Finding on a Petition to List Sprague’s Pipit as Endangered or Threatened Throughout Its
Range (Sept. 15, 2010)

 

Species Profile

Eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus)

Historical Range: IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA, WI, Canada (Ontario)
Lead Region: Region 3
Region 3 Lead Office: Chicago Illinois Field Office
Listing Priority: 8
Listed as Candidate: 1999

 

See Eastern Massasauga Home for more information

Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)

Historical Range: AR, CO, KS, MO, OK
Lead Region: Region 6
Region 3 Lead Office: Columbia Missouri Field Office
Listing Priority: 11
Listed as Candidate: 1991

 

Arkansas Darter Candidate Form (PDF)

 

Grotto sculpin (Cottus sp.)

Historical Range: MO
Lead Region: Region 3
Region 3 Lead Office: Columbia Missouri Field Office
Listing Priority: 2
Listed as Candidate: 2002

 

Grotto Sculpin Candidate Form

Neosho mucket(Lampsilis rafinesqueana)

Historical Range: AR, KS, MO, OK
Lead Region: Region 4
Region 3 Lead Office: Columbia Missouri Field Office
Listing Priority: 5
Listed as Candidate: 2001

 

Neosho Mucket Candidate Form (PDF)

 

Rabbitsfoot (mussel) (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica)

Current Range: AL, AR, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, OH, OK, PA, TN

Lead Region: Region 4

Region 3 Lead Office:  Columbia, Missouri Field Office

Listing Priority: 9

Listed as Candidate: 2009

 

Rabbitsfoot Candidate Form (65-page PDF)

Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae)

Historical Range: IA, IL, MN, ND, SD, Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan)
Lead Region: Region 3
Region 3 Lead Office: Twin Cities Field Office
Listing Priority: 8
Listed as Candidate: 2002

 

Dakota Skipper Candidate Form (PDF)

 

Dakota Skipper Fact Sheet

 

Dakota Skipper Conservation Guidelines (September 2007)

 

Dakota Skipper Status Assessment (June 2002) PDF; 84 pages; 600KB

 

Questions and Answers about Designating Dakota Skipper as a Candidate for Listing under the Endangered Species Act

 

Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek)

Historical Range: IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, ND, SD, WI, Canada (Manitoba)

Current Range: IA, MI, MN, ND, SD, WI, Canada (Manitoba)
Lead Region: Region 3
Region 3 Lead Office: Twin Cities Field Office
Listing Priority: 2
Listed as Candidate: 2011

See Poweshiek Skipperling Home for more information

Short's bladderpod (Physaria globosa)

Historical Range: IN, KY, TN
Lead Region: Region 4
Region 3 Lead Office: Bloomington Indiana Field Office
Listing Priority: 5
Listed as Candidate: 1999

Short's Bladderpod Candidate and Listing Priority Assessment Form

 

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