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The Wisconsin Statewide Habitat Conservation Plan was developed for the conservation of the endangered Karner blue butterfly. Photo credit: Credit Joel Trick, USFWS.  Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (Services) have jointly revised the 1996 Habitat Conservation Planning (HCP) Handbook. The HCP program has evolved substantially over the past 30 years, and requires updated guidance for those developing, reviewing, and implementing HCPs.
View the revised Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook [3.2MB]
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Kirtland's warbler

Kirtland's Warbler

The Kirtland's warbler, an endangered species, is a songbird that nests in young jack pine stands...

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Channel Island fox. Credit: NPS

Channel Island Fox

Four of the six subspecies of island fox on California's Channel Islands – the San Miguel, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cataline island foxs – were listed as endangered in 2004 following catastrophic population declines...

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California condor. Credit: USFWS

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Biologists studying the endangered California condor have launched a new web site to enlist the help of citizen scientists in research aimed at reducing lead poisoning, the primary threat to condors in the wild...

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Alabama sturgeon. Credit: USFWS.

E-DNA Confirms Feared-Extinct Sturgeon Alive in Alabama River

The Alabama sturgeon is a freshwater fish that was historically widespread in the Mobile River Basin of Alabama and Mississippi. The last capture of an Alabama sturgeon was in April 2007 by the biologists with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources...
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Last updated: December 21, 2016