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Service Announces Annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest!
Parents, teachers, and scout leaders tell your kids to start the drawing engines and participate in the annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest! Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2013. The Youth Art Contest provides students from kindergarten to high school with an opportunity to learn ...
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Featured Species
Relict Leopard Frog
The relict leopard frog was believed to be extinct until three populations were discovered during the early 1990s. While the rare frog has not been found in Utah since 1950, it is at home in freshwater springs in Nevada and Arizona.
Photo credit: Tom Brennan
Lange's Metalmark Butterfly
The Lange's metalmark is a reddish-orange butterfly with only a 1.5-inch wingspan. Its last known home is the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1980 specifically to protect the butterfly.
Photo credit: David Kelly, USFWS
Copperbelly Water Snake
The copperbelly water snake lives in lowland swamps or other warm, quiet waters. The population of copperbelly water snakes that live in southern Michigan, northeastern Indiana, and northwestern Ohio has been listed as threatened.
Photo credit: ©Omar Attum, used with permission
Colorado Pikeminnow
The Colorado pikeminnow, formerly the Colorado squawfish, is the largest American minnow, growing up to 6 feet long and weighing up to 80 pounds. The fish occurs in the warm, swift waters of the big rivers of the Colorado Basin.
Photo credit: Joe Ferreira
Partnership Stories
Nature Report: Rare Ocelot
The ocelot is one of the most critically endangered species in the United States. This three part video series follows biologists as they work to save this secretive cat.
Photo credit: Tom Smylie/USFWS
