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Recovery Plans for Species in the Upper Midwest (Region 3)

Species	Recovery Plan Status	Region 3 Lead Office
MAMMALS
Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)	DRAFT under development	GBFO (R6 lead Region)
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens) PDF (7.4 MB)	Approved 1982	CMFO
Gray wolf (Canis lupus)	Revised 1992 (E&T)	TCFO
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) Draft Recovery Plan; First Revision (258-page PDF; 1.4MB)	Draft Recovery Plan; First Revision Approved April 2007	BFO
Ozark big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii ingens)	Approved 1984	CMFO (Region 2 lead Region)
BIRDS
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) -Northern States	Northern States Approved 1983 Bald Eagle delisted Aug. 9, 2007	RIFO (WO lead)
Kirtland's warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) 83-page PDF; 5MB	Updated 1985	ELFO
Least tern - Interior population (Sterna antillarum) PDF (7.9MB)	Approved 1990	CMFO
Piping plover - Great Lakes population (Charadrius melodus) PDF (1.3MB)	Great Lakes Population Approved 2003	ELFO
Piping plover - Northern Great Plains population (Charadrius melodus)	Technical/Agency Review Draft 1994 (GL/NGP populations)	TCFO (R6 lead Region)
Whooping crane (Grus americana) PDF (2.1MB)	Draft Revised 2005	GBFO (R2 lead Region)
FISHES
Niangua darter (Etheostoma nianguae) PDF (7.9MB)	Approved 1989	CMFO
Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae)	Approved 1988	CMFO (Region 6 lead Region)
Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus)	Approved 1991	CMFO (Region 6 lead Region)
Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)	Approved 1993	CMFO (R6 lead Region)
Scioto madtom (Noturus trautmani)	Exempt	ROFO
Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka)	DRAFT under development	CMFO (R6 lead Region)
REPTILES
Copperbelly water snake -Northern population (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)	FINAL Dec. 23. 2009	ELFO
Lake Erie water snake - Offshore Islands population (Nerodia sipedon insularum) PDF: 2.8MB	Approved 2003	ROFO
MUSSELS (BIVALVES)
Cracking pearly mussel (Hemistena lata)	Approved 1991	BFO (R4 lead Region)
Curtis' pearly mussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisi) 98-page PDF; 1.3MB	Approved 1986	CMFO
Fanshell [Cyprogenia stegaria (=C. irrorata)]	Approved 1991	BFO (R4 lead Region)
Fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax)	Approved 1989	CMFO (R4 lead Region)
Higgins' eye pearly mussel (Lampsilis higginsi) PDF: 3MB	Approved 1983 Revised May 2004	TCFO
Clubshell (Pleurobema clava) PDF: 5.8 MB	Approved 1994	ROFO (R5 lead Region)
Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana) PDF: 5.8 MB	Approved 1994	ROFO (R5 lead Region)
Orangefoot pimple back Plethobasus cooperianus (=P. striatus) 56-page PDF; 2MB	Approved 1984	RIFO (R4 lead Region)
Pink mucket pearly mussel Lampsilis orbiculata (=L. abrupta) 55-page PDF; 5.9MB	Approved 1985	CMFO (R4 lead Region)
Purple cat's paw pearly mussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) obliquata obliquata]	Approved 1992	ROFO
Ring pink mussel (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa) PDF; 30 pages	Approved 1991	RIFO (R4 lead Region)
Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum) 64-page PDF; 2.3 MB	Approved 1984	BFO (R4 lead Region)
Scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon) PDF: 2.6MB	Draft 2004	CMFO
Spectacle case (Cumberlandia monodonta) 18-page PDF: 1MB	Recovery Plan Outline	Minnesota and Wisconsin Field Office
Tubercled-blossom pearly mussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa) 56-page PDF; 1.7 MB	Approved 1985	RIFO (R4 lead Region)
White cat's paw pearly mussel (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua) PDF: 7.3MB	Approved 1990	ROFO
White wartyback pearly mussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus) PDF; 48 pages; 1.1MB	Approved 1984	BFO (R4 lead Region)
Winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) PDF: 21.4MB	Approved 1997	TCFO
SNAILS
Iowa Pleistocene snail (Discus macclintocki) 42-page PDF; 2.2MB	Approved 1984	RIFO
Tumbling Creek cavesnail (Antrobia culveri) PDF: 3.6MB	Approved 2003	CMFO
INSECTS
American burying beetle (=giant carrion) (Nicrophorus americanus) PDF; 81 pages; 6.8MB	Approved 1991	RIFO (R5 lead Region)
Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) PDF: 4.5MB	Approved 2001	CIFO
Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius hungerfordi spangler) PDF: 1.5MB	Approved September 2006	ELFO
Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) PDF: 2.4MB	Approved 2003	GBFO
Mitchell's satyr butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii) PDF: 9.6MB	Approved 1998	ELFO
CRUSTACEANS
Illinois cave amphipod (Grammarus acherodytes) PDF; 70 pages	Approved 2002	RIFO
PLANTS
Leedy's roseroot (Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi)	Approved 1998	TCFO
American hart's-tongue fern (Phyllitis scolopendrium var. americanum) PDF; 37 pages	Approved 1993	ELFO (R4 lead Region)
Decurrent false aster (Boltonia decurrens) PDF; 31 page; 2.69MB	Approved 1990	RIFO
Dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris) 84-page PDF; 751KB	Approved August 2013	ELFO
Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea) PDF; 63 pages	Approved 1999	CIFO
Fassett's locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea) PDF; 51 pages	Approved 1991	GBFO
Geocarpon (no common name) (Geocarpon minimum) PDF; 40 pages;	Approved 1993	CMFO (R4 lead Region)
Houghton's goldenrod (Solidgo houghtonii) PDF; 66 pages; 6.82MB	Approved 1997	ELFO
Lakeside daisy (Hymenoxys herbacea) PDF; 97 pages; 7MB	Approved 1990	ROFO
Leafy prairie-clover (Dalea foliosa) PDF; 83 pages; 5.87MB	Approved 1996	CIFO (R4 lead Region)
Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii) PDF: 2.4MB	Approved 2003	CIFO
Michigan monkey-flower (Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis) PDF; 45 pages; 3.52MB	Approved 1997	ELFO
Minnesota trout lily (Erythronium propullans) PDF; 35 pages; 5.51MB	Approved 1987	TCFO
Missouri bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis) PDF; 40 pages; 7.72MB	Approved 1988	CMFO
Northern wild monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense) PDF; 83 pages; 7.5MB	Approved 1983	GBFO
Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) PDF: 1MB	Approved 2002	ELFO
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia) PDF; 49 pages; 4.03MB	Approved 1993	CMFO (R4 lead Region)
Prairie bush-clover (Lespedeza leptostachya) PDF; 47 pages; 10.97 MB	Approved 1988	TCFO
Price's potato-bean (Apios priceana) PDF; 51 Pages; 7.06MB	Approved 1993	RIFO (R4 lead Region)
Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum) PDF; 65 pages; 1.29MB	Approved 1989 Draft, 1st Revision August 2005	ROFO
Short's goldenrod (Solidago shortii) 31-page PDF; 5.8MB	Approved 1988	BFO (R4 lead Region)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) PDF; 77 pages; 12.5MB	Approved 1985 1st Revision 1992	ROFO (Region 5 lead Region)
Virginia sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum) Draft Recovery Plan 66-page PDF; 2.3 MB	DRAFT October 2, 2000	CMFO (R5 lead Region)
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana) PDF; 47 pages; 4.27MB	Approved 1992	ROFO (R5 lead Region)
Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara) PDF: 108 pages; 11MB	Approved 1996	TCFO