Area of Focus: Endangered Species

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is recommending delisting of a turtle, lizard and fish

Conservationists are searching for more Swinhoe’s softshell turtles—only two are known to exist in the world

Wildlife managers may need to create artificial water sources to avoid extirpation in some areas

Grizzly bears will remain threatened in much of the West

Managers should also take into consideration when livestock foraged in these areas

Presence of the beetle can help managers and researchers gauge the overall health of an ecosystem

The bird went extinct in the wild in 2002

Florida manatee populations increased just as human populations grew during the 1800s and 1900s

The Service is proposing revising the current habitat designation and developing a new recovery plan

Warmer winters are causing earlier nesting in the species—and fewer offspring