Kangaroo Rat - MiMi state endangered), meadow jumping mice (state Rare), and Niangua darters (stateendangered, Federally threatened). Wild chiefly rodents, especially kangaroo http://en.mimi.hu/animals/kangaroo_rat.html
Extractions: Home Menu(0); MimiF3("Animals",0); pozicio('Animals','Kangaroo Rat') MimiF1("Animals",0); Kangaroo Rat See also: Kangaroo Rat Mice Mouse ... Squirrel CreateTd(0) Kangaroo rat s are distinctive, up to 11 inches long but weighing only about 2 ½ ounces. Their elegant tail is longer than their head and body. The fur of the back is yellowish to reddish buff, and the belly is a fastidious white. The hind feet are huge, the forepaws dainty. callurl('http://wildlife.state.co.us/Education/mammalsguide/kangaroo_rat.asp'); CreateTd(1) Kangaroo Rat s have the ability to convert the dry seeds they eat into water.
Threatened Species Of New Zealand tuberculata, Lowland PodocarpBroadleaf and Kauri forest, Habitat destruction, rodents, 2000-4000, 200-250, endangered. threatened by introduced carnivores. http://www.seafriends.org.nz/enviro/reddata.htm
Extractions: Just how endangered is New Zealand's environment? The terrestrial species, living closest to mankind and his introduced pests, his destruction of habitats and his pollution, have suffered most. Some have declined or even become extinct from direct exploitation (the Moas) but their numbers are relatively few. By contrast, marine species have until now, suffered mainly from exploitation but not from extensive habitat destruction and the introduction of noxious animals. The marine environment appears to be more robust against complete extinction, but we don't know for sure. We know so little about the marine environment that we cannot say with certainty whether any species have become endangered, or even whether any species have become extinct. In this article the status of endangered terrestrial wildlife in New Zealand is listed, as it was known by 1980.
Extractions: Tall Grass Prairie Preserve A vast expanse of grassland once stretched across the Canadian prairie provinces. Short-grass prairie, the most drought tolerant, was found in the rainshadow of the Rockies. In the moisture rich Red River Valley of Manitoba, a sea of grasses and wildflowers grew in the tall-grass prairie. Mixed grass prairie lay between the two prairie types, blending elements of both short-grass and tall-grass prairie. Here, the wildflowers and grasses grew to knee height and huge herds of bison roamed the plains. The beauty and resilience of the mixed-grass prairie lies in its incredible diversity of species. There are over 150 species of plants, each adapted in its own way to the extremes of temperature, variations in precipitation and the effects of fire and grazing. Local topography, the nature of the soil, and year-to-year changes in moisture and temperature help determine the mix of plants found in each prairie. In areas with well drained soils, drought tolerant grasses such as western wheatgrass and blue grama often prevail, but within metres, little bluestem, a grass requiring more moisture, will dominate.
Critters | Threatened & Endangered Species They feed primarily on rodents but will occasionally capture small birds. Pull Downfor Information. http://www.agfc.com/critters/wildlife_bird_p2.html
Extractions: Big Version The Barn Owl is 14-20 inches in length and has a wingspan of 43-47 inches. The barn owl often roosts and nests in buildings and hunts in areas cleared for agriculture, particularly meadows and pastures. It is perhaps the most distinctive looking owl with its long legs and heart-shaped face. Like other owls, the barn owl can locate and capture prey in total darkness using its hearing alone. This is accomplished with asymmetrically positioned ear openings, and the aid of the facial disks. They feed primarily on rodents but will occasionally capture small birds. These owls nest during any month of the year and are believed to mate for life. A pair of barn owls will raise 1-3 broods per year. The young stay in the nest for 55-65 days and are fed by both sexes. Many farmers encourage the presence of this excellent mouser in their barns. These owls are rare to uncommon and a decline has been noted in the East.
IUCN of rodents in North America. Of these, eight subspecies are Extinct, ten speciesand 48 subspecies are threatened (Critically endangered, endangered, or http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/pubs/narodent.htm
Extractions: David J. Hafner, Eric Yensen, Gordon L. Kirkland, Jr., Joseph G. Hall, Joseph A. Cook, and David W. Nagorsen In many cases, conservation of more popular species depends first and foremost on preservation of the rodent community that sustains them. Rodent species are often highly adapted to live in a narrowly defined habitat, and the diversity of rodents reflects the diversity of available habitats. The wealth of knowledge about rodents and their accessibility for research make them ideal candidates as indicators of the status of many terrestrial ecosystems. Rodent conservation must be a concern of every state, province, and territory in North America. Much of eastern and central North America has suffered extensive habitat destruction in the past, and populations of native rodents survive in pockets of remaining habitat. Other regions, particularly California and Florida, are currently under siege from agricultural and urban development and introduction of exotic species. Finally, more remote regions, such as northern Canada and Alaska, must be surveyed to provide a more precise view of natural ecosystems in order to mitigate anticipated human impacts.
Extractions: Embargoed 17.00h GMT The global extinction crisis is as bad or worse than believed, with dramatic declines in populations of many species, including reptiles and primates, according to the 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, released today. Since the last assessment in 1996, Critically Endangered primates increased from 13 to 19, and the number of threatened albatross species has increased from three to 16 due to long-line fisheries. Freshwater turtles, heavily exploited for food and medicinal use in Asia, went from 10 to 24 Critically Endangered species in just four years. These are among the alarming facts announced by the world's largest international conservation organisation, with the publication of the Red List, the most authoritative and comprehensive status assessment of global biodiversity. The release comes a week before the second World Conservation Congress in Amman, Jordan, where members of IUCN - The World Conservation Union will meet to define global conservation policy for the next four years, including ways of addressing the growing extinction crisis.
Burrowing Owl Report Suppressed By Fish And Game Comes To Light endangered Species Act as endangered or threatened Burrowing owls are threatened primarilyby habitat loss to of ground squirrels and other burrowing rodents. http://news.owlpages.com/2004-02-02_Burrowing_owl_report_suppressed_by_fish_and_
Extractions: Sacramento, CA - Documents obtained by environmental groups through a California Public Records Act request reveal that the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) suppressed an agency report recommending that the western burrowing owl be considered for endangered or threatened status under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The improperly withheld report evaluated a formal petition to list the burrowing owl ( Athene cunicularia hypugaea ) submitted by conservation organizations in April of 2003. The California Fish and Game Commission voted 4-0 in December 2003 to reject the burrowing owl petition, based in part on a second contradictory DFG report blatantly biased against listing and widely criticized by conservationists and owl experts as fraught with inaccuracies and inconsistencies. In contrast, the report DFG refused to release to the Commission and the public recommended that the owl be immediately protected as a "Candidate" species while a year-long status review was conducted by DFG.
Extractions: Burrowing owls have declined precipitously in California in the last two decades - breeding owls have been eliminated from at least 8-10% of their former range in the state and are trending toward extinction in another 25%. The groups petitioning for the once-common owl are the Center for Biological Diversity, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, Defenders of Wildlife, San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society, California State Park Rangers Association, and Tri-County Conservation League. "Despite their adaptability, burrowing owls have been continuously shoved aside and their habitat destroyed by development," said Jeff Miller, spokesperson for the Center for Biological Diversity. "Without formal protection for burrowing owls, we face the unhappy prospect that the species will soon disappear from all rapidly urbanizing areas of the state and indeed most of their range."
Bryce Canyon National Park: Nature & Geology - Wildlife Dog status to be downlisted from endangered to threatened. get the species off theendangered Species list many park visitors ignorantly feed rodents such as http://www.nps.gov/brca/utah_prairiedog.html
Extractions: Prairie dogs are burrowing rodents. The Utah Prairie Dog, is the western most of the five prairie dog species that inhabit North America. Limited to the southwestern quarter of Utah, the Utah Prairie Dog has the most restricted range of all prairie dog species. Utah Prairie Dogs are tawny to reddish-brown in color, with short white-tipped tails and a black "eyebrow" above each eyea marking that distinguishes them from other prairie dog species. They are thought to be closely related to the White-tailed Prairie Dog. Unlike the Black-tailed Prairie Dogs of the Great Plains, Utah Prairie Dogs hibernate. Males emerge from their burrows in early March, while females come out later in March. Mating is the activity that dominates the colony through early April. Females are pregnant for about 28 days, so young prairie dog pups are born in late April or early May. Juvenile prairie dogs emerge after about six weeks. They attain adult size by October and reach sexual maturity at one year of age. Females can live to be eight years old, although males rarely make it more than five years. Within a larger colony there will be several subgroups, or "coteries" as they are called. Coteries are based around a harem of females and one or more dominant males. Females born into a coterie almost always stay within that coterie, while males almost always leave their birth coterie to join another nearby. Interaction between coteries is sometimes violent. A strong coterie will often invade the territory of a weaker coterie, killing or running off the resident dogs. Rival male prairie dogs will often enter burrows and kill some or all the young. It is thought that by killing other pups in the colony, the male is creating better odds for the survival of his young.
Wings On The Wind - Pre-Visit Lesson Plan and ranchers would inadvertently pass poison meant for rodents and coyote on the followingquestions 1. What does extinct, endangered and threatened mean? http://www.nps.gov/pinn/education/wow-pre_lp.htm
Extractions: The recovery of the California condor is one of the greatest endangered species success stories. California Condors were first protected in 1967 under a precursor to the Endangered Species Act, and later under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Despite these efforts, populations declined. In 1987, the last wild condors were captured to ensure their safety and to serve as parents in captive breeding programs at the Los Angeles Zoo and the San Diego Wild Animal Park. The first successful breeding of captive condors was accomplished in 1988. As more and more pairs reproduce successfully, the condor population has grown in excess of 150 birds in 2001.
WHOOPING CRANE, Grus Americana, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service They feed on insects, frogs, rodents, small birds, minnows, and berries in the summer. 1993.endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; Establishment http://endangered.fws.gov/i/b/sab6t.html
Extractions: SPECIES ACCOUNTS Source: Endangered and Threatened Species of the Southeastern United States (The Red Book) FWS Region 4 As of 1/95 FAMILY: Gruidae STATUS: Endangered, Federal Register , March 11, 1967 Florida Experimental Population, Federal Register , January 22, 1993 DESCRIPTION: REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT: RANGE AND POPULATION LEVEL: The historic range of the whooping crane once extended from the Arctic coast south to central Mexico, and from Utah east to New Jersey, into South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The historic breeding range once extended across the north-central United States and in the Canadian provinces, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. A separate non-migratory breeding population occurred in southwestern Louisiana. The current nesting range of the self-sustaining natural wild population is restricted to Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada and the current wintering grounds of this population are restricted to the Texas Gulf Coast at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and vicinity. In June 1994, this population was estimated at 146 individuals. In 1975, an effort to establish a second, self-sustaining migratory flock was initiated by transferring wild whooping crane eggs from Wood Buffalo National Park to the nests of greater sandhill cranes at Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho. This Rocky Mountain population peaked at 33 birds in 1985, but declined to only seven birds in 1994. Pilot studies are being conducted to reintroduce whooping cranes to a migratory situation by bonding captive-reared chicks with wild cross-fostered adults, which would teach the chicks appropriate survival techniques and a migration pathway.
Endangered Animal Printouts - EnchantedLearning.com Chinchilla Chinchillas are soft rodents that live high in the Nene or Hawaiian GooseAn endangered goose that The Okapi is a nearthreatened nocturnal, giraffe http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/endangered.shtml
Extractions: Endangered Animal Printouts Endangered animals are those species that are in danger of going extinct. Their reproductive rates are lower than their mortality rates over long periods of time, so their numbers are diminishing. The reasons for this are varied, but lately, very often involves a loss of habitat as people encroach on their living areas. When a species is listed as endangered or threatened, it is not a death sentence. Many animals, like the bald eagle and the American alligator, were on the brink of extinction and are now recovering. Many species, however, will not recover, and could be lost forever. Throughout time, animal species have been going extinct (long before people evolved); paleontologists estimate that well over 90 percent of all plant and animal species that ever existed have gone extinct.
Endangered And Threatened Wildlife And Plants; Threatened We have no new information relating to burrowing rodents on mountain plover Listof Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17 endangered and threatened species, Exports http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/epa-species/msg01666.html
Extractions: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened To epa-species2@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov From envsubset@epamail.epa.gov Date Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:34:12 -0500 (EST) Reply-To epa-species2@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov Sender epa-species2@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov To unsubscribe please go to: http://www.epa.gov/fedreg/subscribe.htm http://www.epa.gov/fedreg/ From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DO CID:fr05de02-16 mailto:al_pfister@fws.gov http://www.r6.fws.gov/mtnplover/ http://www.r6.fws.gov/mtnplover/ ... mailto:Execsec@ios.doi.gov Partial thread listing: Regulations Governing the Taking of Marine Mammals envsubset Notice of Availability of the Comprehensive Management envsubset Multi-Species Conservation Program (MSCP) for the envsubset Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: 12- envsubset
Endangered And Threatened Wildlife And Plants; 12- Control of rodents that create burrows, such as ground squirrels, could significantlyreduce the number of burrows endangered and threatened Wildlife and http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/epa-species/msg01668.html
Extractions: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12- To epa-species2@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov From envsubset@epamail.epa.gov Date Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:12:30 -0500 (EST) Reply-To epa-species2@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov Sender epa-species2@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov To unsubscribe please go to: http://www.epa.gov/fedreg/subscribe.htm http://www.epa.gov/fedreg/ From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DO CID:fr10de02-16 Partial thread listing: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposal envsubset Possible follow-ups envsubset envsubset envsubset
CANON INTERNATIONAL ENVIROTHON MISSISSIPPI 2001 D. threatened species are assumed to be in danger of becoming endangered Which endangeredbird has the greatest direct impact on forest management D. rodents. http://www.uaex.edu/envirothon/wildlife/wild01test.htm
Extractions: CANON INTERNATIONAL ENVIROTHON MISSISSIPPI 2001 WILDLIFE TEST LeFleurS Bluff State Park contains all of the following habitats except: A. lacustrine B. palustrine C. terresetrial D. upland E. marine A crepuscular animal is most active at what time? A. middle of the night B. noon C. twilight D. mid-morning Sand bars along the Pearl River provide important nesting habitat for which of the following species: A. Mississippi redbelly turtle B. Southern box turtle C. Gopher tortoise D. Burrowing crayfish E. Ringed map turtle The most important factor affecting endangered species is habitat loss. A. true B. false The State of Mississippi currently recognizes 15 species of fish as endangered. What family contains the most state listed imperiled species? A. cyprinidae B. ictaluridae C. percidae D. acipenseridae Controlled burning benefits what wildlife? A. deer B. turkey C. quail D. all of the above A. Aldo Leopold B. Theodore Roosevelt C. John Muir D. Gifford Pinchot E. John Lacey Which president was considered the great conservationist? A.
News - Department Of Natural Resources threatened status. Species listed as endangered no longer species should be downlistedto threatened when there movement of the African rodents and prairie http://www.dnr.state.co.us/news/press.asp?pressid=2450
California State Senate Republican Caucus to the growing list of endangered or threatened species. Enforcement and regulatoryactivity for endangered species give birds, insects, rodents and weeds http://republican.sen.ca.gov/opeds/18/oped1583.asp
Extractions: Californias oil industry is vital to the nation. And Kern County leads the state as the top oil and gas producer. I am pleased to represent one of the nations top oil producing counties. As a legislator, my goals include fighting against the threat of increased regulations and taxes, and for workers compensation and endangered species reform. That is why I am working on two measures this year that will benefit the oil industry. The first bill, AB 975, would make important reforms to current workers compensation law. Every year, thousands of people are injured in the workplace. While most workers are hurt due to honest mistakes or misfortune, many are injured because they are drunk or under the influence of illegal drugs. Even when an injured employee tests positive for drugs or alcohol immediately after an accident, current law requires employers to pay benefits anyway. The only way an employer can avoid paying the claim in a situation like this is to prove that the accident was a result of the employee being impaired by drugs or alcohol. Often it is less expensive for an employer to pay a claim than to fight it in court. AB 975 would correct this problem by shifting the burden of proving fault of a workplace injury from the employer to the employee when the employee was under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol when the injury occurred.
Nat'l Academies Discovery Engine that toxic chemicals have on the developing immune system of rodents,. CurrentProjectsinprocess and completed, endangered and threatened Species in http://lab.nap.edu/nap-cgi/discover.cgi?term=rodent species&restric=NAX
Rare Rainforest Plants And Animals rodent still living the great great grandparent of all rodents on Earth the wildin British Columbia, or is considered endangered or threatened, it will http://www.wildernesscommittee.org/campaigns/rainforest/lower_mainland/elk_creek
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