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nebraska Ecological Services Office

Consultation | Species | Permits | Grants | Recovery

Endangered Species

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides for the conservation of threatened and endangered species of fish, wildlife, plants, and the habitats for which they depend. We work towards the conservation and restoration of threatened and endangered species. We also work with landowners, conservation groups and other agencies to develop cooperative conservation and recovery strategies.

Land owner factsheet: Learn more about endangered species listings and how this may impact you

Endangered, Threatened, Proposed and Candidate Species Found in Nebraska

Common Name	Scientific Name	Status	Distribution
Birds
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus	T	Post Gulf Oil Spill World. see species profile
Interior Least Tern	Sternula antillarum athalassos	E	see species profile
Whooping Crane	Grus americana	E	see migratory corridor map and species profile
rufa red knot	Calidris canutus rufa	P - T	see species profile
Eskimo Curlew	Numenius borealis	E	This species uses tall- and mixed-grass prairie in the central flyway as stop overs on their way to their breeding grounds. See fact sheet. Believed to be extinct.
Invertebrates
American Burying Beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	E	The current distribution encompasses 8 states, including Rhode Island, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma (see species profile).
Salt Creek Tiger Beetle	Cicindela nevadica lincolniana	E	Confined to eastern Nebraska saline wetlands and associated streams and tributaries of Salt Creek in the northern third of Lancaster County (see species profile).
Platte River Caddisfly	Ironoquia plattensis	N/L	Final assessment: Not warranted for listing - see 12-month finding
Scaleshell mussel	Leptodea leptodon	E	Scattered within the Mississippi River basin in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma (see species profile).
Fish
Topeka Shiner	Notropis topeka	E	see species profile
Pallid Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	E	see species profile
Plants
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid	Platanthera praeclara	T	Restricted to west of the Mississippi River. Currently found in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and in Manitoba, canada. see species profile
Blowout Penstemon	Penstemon haydenii	E	Currently found in Nerbaska and Wyoming. see species profile
Ute ladies' -tresses	Spiranthes diluvialis	T	see species profile
Colorado Butterfly Plant	Gaura neomexicana coloradensis	T	see species profile
Mammals
Black-footed ferret	Mustela nigripes	E	For distribution see species profile. The endangered species bulletin (2011: A Year in Review) has a summary on black-footed ferret recovery.
Northern long-eared bat	Myotis septentrionalis	P - E	see species fact sheet

E = Endangered; T = Threatened; P = Proposed; N/L = Not listed

For a list of State and Federally listed species click here.

Please click here for a complete and oficial list by County of listed species in Nebraska.

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The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with Others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American People.

Last modified: July 08, 2015

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