Endangered Species US Fish and Wildlife Service

1. Endangered SpeciesUS Fish and Wildlife Service

2. Endangered Species • Endangered Species Act • Passed in 1983 • Purpose • Conserve Endangered and Threatened Species and the ecosystems they depend on.

3. Endangered Species • Endangered • In danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range • Threatened • Likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future • Proposed • Proposed to be listed under section 4 of the Act • Candidate • Considered for listing; not enough biological info • No legal protection

4. Endangered Species • Critical Habitat • Constituent elements (Physical or biological features) in and outside geographic area • Essential to the conservation of the species • May require special management considerations or protection • Examples: Whooping Crane, Piping Plover

5. Endangered Species • Section 9 - Prohibits “Take” Harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, collect or attempt to engage in any such conduct Harm – significant habitat modification that results in death or injury by significantly impairing behavioral patterns such as breeding, feeding or sheltering Harass – likelihood of injury and not limited to breeding, feeding or sheltering.

6. Endangered Species • Prohibits import or export or T&E species or products made from T&E species • Prohibits interstate or foreign commerce of T&E species or their products • Prohibits possession of unlawfully taken endangered species

7. Endangered Species • Incidental Take Permit • Authorizes “take” of listed fish or wildlife species that results from, but is not the purpose of, carrying out an otherwise lawful activity conducted by a Federal agency or applicant

8. Endangered Species • Section 7 – Federal Agencies • Use their authorities to further the conservation of listed species • Consult with the USFWS to ensure they are not undertaking, funding, permitting, or authorizing actions likely to jeopardize their existence or destroy or adversely modify designated critical habitat • Biological Opinion authorizes Incidental Take

9. Endangered Species • Section 10 – Private Individuals • Scientific Permits • Habitat Conservation Plans • Safe Harbor Agreement

10. Endangered Species • 29 Listed Species • 8 Birds • 3 Mammals • 7 Reptiles • 10 Plants • 1 Amphibian • 22 Endangered • 5 Threatened • 2 Candidates • 6 with Designated Critical Habitat

11. Endangered Species

12. Aplomado Falcon Bald Eagle (endangered) (endangered) Adult Immature Immature- molting to adult Immature

13. Whooping Crane (endangered) Brown Pelican (endangered)

14. Least Tern Attwater’s Prairie Chicken (endangered) (endangered)

15. Eskimo Curlew (endangered) Piping Plover (threatened)

16. Leatherback Sea Turtle (threatened) HawksBill Turtle (threatened)

17. Green Sea Turtle (threatened) Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (endangered)

18. Houston Toad (endangered) Loggerhead Turtle (threatened)

19. Ocelot (endangered)

20. Jaguarundi (endangered)

21. Zapata Bladderpod (endangered) Ashy Dogweed (endangered) S. Tx. Ambrosia (endangered)

22. Walker’s Manioc (endangered) Slender RushPea (endangered)

23. Texas Ayenia (endangered) Johnston’s Frankenia (endangered)

24. Star Cactus (endangered) Black Lace Cactus (endangered)

25. Cagle’s Map Turtle (candidate) Manatee (threatened)

26. For Additional Information visit: • www.fws.gov