Program Contacts:
Joe Burns, Program Leader
Regional Program Leaders & Web Sites
Regional TES Sites:
R1 - Northern Region
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
R6 - SS Sensitive Species
R9 - Eastern Region
Program Initiatives:
FS Carnivore Conservation
Every Species Counts!
Bats: Masters of the Night Sky
Great Plains TES Program
Biodiversity Projects
Kirtland's Warbler Recovery
Kirtland's Warbler - Numbers Up in Bahamas
Related FS Topic Areas:
Wildlife
Fish
Rare Plants
Fish and Wildlife Research
Planning to Support TES Recovery
Celebrating Wildflowers
Related Links:
US Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program
US Fish & Wildlife Service Section 7 Consultation Handbook
NOAA Fisheries Endangered Species
Downloadable Documents:
Endangered Species Act
ESA Basics
Sec. 7 MOA Executive Summary
MOA Transmittal Letter
MOA Final
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Endangered species on National Forest System lands are managed under the National Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Species (TES) Program, and is supported by the National Botanical Ecology Unit, National Wildlife Ecology Unit, and National Fish & Aquatic Ecology Unit.
The TES Program assists field biologists, other staff personnel and line officers to attain the Chief's priorities and managing TES resources from a healthy ecosystem perspective. This includes recovery of threatened and endangered species and their habitats, conservation of sensitive species and their habitats, and providing for the diversity of plant and animal communities on National Forest System lands.
Program Initiative examples include: Every Species Counts!, Carnivore Conservation, Great Plains TES Program, and Bats: Masters of the Night Sky. Initiatives are special emphasis activities done through a variety of habitat improvement, monitoring, analysis, conservation planning, and coordination with other resources. The intent of TES initiatives is to help the Forest Service and our partners accomplish specific recovery and conservation objectives for TES species and their habitats.
The TES Program includes management done for all threatened, endangered and designated sensitive species on National Forest System lands. Because TES species habitats are important for other species as well, close coordination is done with the Botany and Rare Plant, Fisheries, and Wildlife Programs, as well as with other Forest Service resource management programs.
Training:
- ESA Counterpart Regulation Training - this is a demonstration site; actual training is on Department of Interior "DOI Learn" site. You need to request a non-DOI user account to access the actual training. Download the guide (below) for "getting 'to' and 'through' the training"; developed by Lee Jacobson/R4.
Guide: Getting 'to' and 'through' Counterpart Regulation Training/Certification (PDF 388 KB)
ESA Counterpart Regulation Training is web-based training, established May 2004. Forest Service personnel should access the training module and the certification exam at the DOI Learn site. Please do not take the certification exam if you are not a Forest Service or BLM employee qualified to use the Counterpart Regulations. The certification exam is only available through the DOI Learn intranet site, and the exam can only be accessed after taking the training on that site.
As of November 22, 2010, 971 Forest Service personnel had been trained and certified to use the ESA Counterpart Regulations.
TES Items of Interest:
Partnership Report - 2004
Forest Service Find-a-Photo Library
WFW Issue Update Papers
TES Program Summary
WFRP-MS Accomplishment and Opportunity Database
Prairie Dog
Canada Lynx
NatureServe Explorer Database
(database of 50,000 N.A. species and ecosystems)
USDA PLANTS Database
Timely TES News:
- WNS - White-nose Syndrome and Bat Conservation
- Much general, technical and practical information on how White Nose Syndrome is killing bats, and what can be done to minimize the spread of WNS, can be found at the Fish & Wildlife Service site.
- Endangered Species Conservation Opportunities, FY 2008. Forest Service opportunities to recover and conserve listed and sensitive species on National Forests and Grasslands.
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- Forest Service designated Sensitive Species (286 KB pdf) on the National Forests & Grasslands, and related summary information.
- T&E Species summary, by species group, on the National Forests & Grasslands
- Number of T&E Species on NFS lands, 1967-2007
- TEP Species, USDA Forest Service, 2008
- The Carnivore Conservation Program web site includes information and resources on Canada Lynx, Wolverine and Fisher recovery and conservation efforts.
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