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Arkansas Ecological Services Quarterly (January to June 2024)

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to delist wetland plant

A shrub-like plant with showy, bright orange flowers.

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for Gierisch mallow

Endangered Species Act

Partners help northeastern bulrush recover by finding and conserving new populations

mexican long-nosed bat

Endangered Species Act

Mexican Long-Nosed Bat Revised Recovery Plan

An underwater close up of a small grey speckled fish.

Science and Technology

Rare Nevada desert fish receive funding for recovery

Wildlife Wonders

Endangered Species Athletics

New resource provides guidance for wood-turtle friendly forest management

Desert Tortoise walking in the desert

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Track

A silver bull trout swims among pink and green fish. The trout wears a swim cap and goggles

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Swimming

A six-panel comic strip featuring animals that are competing in the Endangered Species Athletics.

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics Opening Ceremony

Seeking public comment for Alliant Wind Interstate Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

A close up image of a very small dark brown springsnail on the tip of someone's finger.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completes initial review of ESA petition for Kings River springsnail

Brown and black spotted lizard in grassy area.

Endangered Species Act

West Texas Lizard Will Not Be Listed Under ESA

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Gray Wolf Finding and National Recovery Plan

Endangered Species Act

Draft recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

Panama City crayfish

Wildlife Management

Draft Recovery Plan Available for Panama City Crayfish

Female Grizzly Bear

Endangered Species Act

USFWS initiates process to evaluate restoration of grizzly bears in Bitterroot ecosystem

california tiger salamander in hand

Endangered Species Act

Aramis Solar Draft EA and HCP Available for Public Review

Black pinesnake resting, close

Final Recovery Plan for Threatened Black Pinesnake Now Available

Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net

Endangered Species Act

Altamaha Spinymussel

A California tiger salamander on top of dead grass looks toward the camera

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Draft Environmental Assessment and Habitat Conservation Plan Available for Public Review

a black and white bird in flight over the ocean

Endangered Species Act

Service Finalizes Listing of Black-Capped Petrel as an Endangered Species

a black and white bird in flight over the ocean

Endangered Species Act

El Servicio finaliza la inclusión del diablotín como especie en peligro de extinción

Land Management

Landscape conservation, fish passage, and ecosystem restoration — Oh, my!

a sitting kit fox

Endangered Species Act

$4.7M in Grants Given to Support Endangered Species Recovery in California

a top down view of a dark colored shasta crayfish with orange in its joints and white speckles resting on pebbles underwater

Wildlife Wonders

Meet the Shasta crayfish, the last of California's native crayfish

Person kneeling over a shallow pool, their hands in the water

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Yancey and Mitchell County, N.C. Students Explore Local Streams

An adult California spotted owl sits on a tree branch looking at the camera

Endangered Species Act

The Sound of Science

an orange and brown butterfly with white and black markings standing on dry ground by a plant

New Project Aims to Give Endangered Bay Area Butterfly a Boost

Several people walking into a river

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Haywood County, N.C. Students Learn About River Life First-Hand

Bill Tate, wildlife biologist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service catches an Okaloosa darter in a stream on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Endangered Species Act

Okaloosa Darter Makes Epic Comeback: What's Next?

Whooping crane pauses in the vegetation at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Endangered Species Act

Flight to Survive

Grasses with tall seed heads and conifer trees in the distance

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: 48 hours in search of one of the world’s rarest spiders

From top to bottom, blue skies, purple mountains, desert landscape with small shrubs all tan. Small body of stream-like water in the middle

Land Management

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – unique, worth every ounce of effort

Habitat Restoration

Partners Give Golf Course Second Life to Benefit People and Wildlife