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LAS VEGAS - Seven groups and three individuals will be
honored today by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) for their
unique partnership which brought together private individuals
and landowners, mining, off road racers local business,
local government, conservation groups and the federal
government to conserve one of Nevada’s endemic toad species,
the Amargosa toad.Photo
Caption: David Spicer. Credit: USFWS News
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12 Month Status Review of Four Great Basin Butterflies Finds Listing Not Warranted
August 31, 2012
The
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), today, announced that listing the Baking Powder Flat blue butterfly (Euphilotes
bernardino minuta), bleached sandhill skipper
(Polites sabuleti sinemaculata), Steptoe Valley crescentspot (Phyciodes
cocyta arenacolor),
and White River Valley skipper (Hesperia uncas grandiose) as either threatened or endangered under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) is not warranted after completing a thorough review of all available
scientific and commercial information.Photo Caption: Butterfly. Credit: USFWS News
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FWS Releases Draft Report to Help Guide Sage-Grouse Conservation Objectives
August 23, 2012
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is making available a draft report that is designed to help guide the
efforts of the States and other partners to conserve the greater sage-grouse with a landscape level strategy that will benefit
the species while maintaining a robust economy in the West. The report, prepared by state and federal scientists and
sage-grouse experts, identifies the conservation status of the sage-grouse, the nature of the threats facing the species, and
objectives to ensure its long-term conservation.Photo
Caption: Greater sage-grouse. Credit: USFWS News
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Two Spring Mountains butterflies warrant review for possible protection under the Endangered Species Act
August 7, 2012
The
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will conduct in-depth status reviews
of two Spring Mountains dark blue butterflies (Euphilotes
ancilla purpura and Euphilotes ancilla cryptica) to determine
whether the two species warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA). Additionally, the Service will not conduct an in-depth
status review of the Morand’s checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas
anicia morandi).Photo Caption: Butterfly.
Credit: USFWS News
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Endangered Species Act protection not warranted for
four species of Nevada sand dune beetles
July 17, 2012
The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced that four species
of sand dune beetles in Nye County, Nevada, do not warrant federal protection
under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The four dune beetle species
are the
Crescent Dunes aegialian scarab (Aegialia crescenta), Crescent Dunes
serican scarab (Sercia
ammomenisco), large aegialian scarab (Aegialia magnifica), and
Giuliani’s dune scarab
(Pseudocotalpa giulianii). The decision, known as a 12-month finding,
was published in today’s
edition of the Federal Register.Photo Caption:
Giuliani's dune scarab (Pseudocotalpa giulianii). Credit: Brian Novosak/USFWSClick
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