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Strikes from commercial and recreational boats

Monitor spatial and temporal habitat occurrence in Alabama waters, raise public awareness and increase caution by boaters while operating in manatee habitats

Shallow coastal areas

https://www.outdooralabama.com/research/state-wildlife-grants

Reduction of available habitat, small population size, and genetic problems (evidence of inbreeding) may lead to the extirpation of the Alabama population of the Florida subspecies. Because of the small number of individuals in the nominate subspecies population, long-term persistence of this population is in question.

https://aldcnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=42b354918c264547a3235eee13ddbe09#

Large reductions in the overall population has been due to extensive logging, culling of substandard trees, suppression of fires, and intensive management for short-rotation forest products.

Conservation of this species should be focused on the protection, restoration, and maintenance of high-quality foraging and nesting habitat. Programs for technical and financial assistance, as well as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Safe Harbor program, are available to private landowners to aid the Red-cockaded Woodpecker.

habitat specialist requiring mature, open pine forests with a grassy or sparse understory that is maintained by frequent fires. Extensive pine woodlands are required for foraging. The most critical requirement is living, old-growth (at least 80 years old) pines infected with red heart fungus that can be used to construct nesting cavities. Longleaf pines (Pinus palustris) are normally associated with this habitat.

https://aldcnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=ca4ed0764be648d382e83fed4de038d2

Historic hunting, ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear

Designating marine protected areas, identifying further important habitat

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=species.wapabout

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/species/wildlife_action_plan/2015_alaska_wildlife_action_plan.pdf

Culturally important, ecologically important

Culturally important

Culturally important, economically important

Wildlife trade, loss of nesting and feeding habitat, excessive egg collection, fishery-related mortality, pollution, and coastal development.

Establishing and maintaining marine protected areas/sanctuaries, mapping local distributions, identification of potential nesting beaches, increasing public awareness on conservation issues, determination of genetic stocks to aid in transboundary management, documentation of migration routes, identification of key foraging areas.

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5787ca30e4b0d27deb3754ae

Hybridization with rainbow trout, major forest fires

Removal of non-native trout, construction of fish barriers

https://s3.amazonaws.com/azgfd-portal-wordpress/PortalImages/files/wildlife/2012-2022_Arizona_State_Wildlife_Action_Plan.pdf

https://www.wildlifearkansas.com/strategy.html

https://www.davidherasimtschuk.com/hellbenders

https://vimeo.com/108512185

Logging, pesticide usage, strip mining

Habitat loss and fragmentation from fire suppression, exotic species, grazing, agriculture, and development

Increase connectivity of available habitat, restore early successional habitat, restore native warm season grasses and forbs

Climate change

Steelhead trout (Southern California Distinct Population Segment)

Decrease, degradation, fragmentation, and diminished functioning of fresh water and estuarine ecosystems due to massive water development. Invasive species, climate change

Establish robust monitoring program, establish funding to pursue habitat recovery, remediate downstream barriers to steelhead enering rivers, modify land use practices to minimize effects on migration corridors, revise hatchery practices

Coasts, rivers, streams

https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/SWAP

example of success story

Reintroductions

Special Concern

Wildfire, megafire

Dense coniferous and deciduous forests

https://wildlife.org/more-severe-wildfires-may-decrease-northern-goshawk-habitat/?utm_source=getresponse&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ewildlifer_newsletter_professional_members&utm_content=This+Week%27s+eWildlifer+%26+TWS+Talks

Threatened by loss of habitat due to wildfire

Introduction of non-native salmonoids

Monitor, evaluate risks and population health, restrict introduction of non-native fish, restrict spread of disease, construct in-channel barriers, regulate angling and enforce regulation, remove non-native fish, secure reintroduction sites, connect habitat, stock selected sites, improve habitat conditions, education and outreach

Reintroductions

https://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/StateWildlifeActionPlan.aspx

Climate change

Special Concern

Climate change

Reintroductions

Special Concern

Special Concern

https://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=329520&deepNav_GID=1719#Review

Special Concern

clean water indicator

Connecticut coordinates surveys and fencing at nesting areas to avoid human disturbance. The state partners with nonprofit conservation organizations and municipalities to safeguard our regionally significant and successful plover population.

Connecticut partners with Fish and Wildlife Service efforts to protect and enhance the remaining puritan tiger beetle populations along the lower Connecticut River.

All populations of Connecticut’s cave bat species have drastically declined as a result of white nose syndrome. Connecticut conducts acoustic surveys, colony counts, and hibernaculum counts to monitor the remaining populations. Additionally, regional funds have allowed Connecticut to install gates at known hibernacula to limit disturbance to overwintering bats and prevent the spread of the WNS fungus.

Connecticut is heavily involved with regional efforts to benefit Box, Spotted, Wood, and Bog turtles. Connecticut participates in surveys to determine distribution and demographics and regional projects to prioritize and direct conservation activities. Regional projects have allowed us to extensively survey a newly discovered bog turtle population.

Human disturbance, predation, habitat loss from development, climate change and sea level rise

Identify and protect habitat, manage protected areas to reduce disturbance, control populations of nest predators, create and maintain new habitat, outreach campaign, monitor populations

Coastal areas including sand or shell beaches, dunes, salt marshes, marsh islands, mudflats

Connecticut participates in the regional collaboration to support this species. We conduct surveys, outreach to landowners, and many habitat management projects across state and private land.

Habitat loss from development, agriculture, and forest management, hunting, climate change and sea level rise, predation, disease, vehicle strikes

Translocation, increase habitat connectivity, monitoring, outreach to hunters and landowners, promote Delmarva fox squirrel-friendly practices

https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/fish-wildlife/conservation/wildlife-action-plan/

https://doee.dc.gov/service/2015-district-columbia-wildlife-action-plan

Habitat loss, vehicle mortality, collection for pet trade

Relocation of adults with transmitters for studying settling rates and home range establishment. Habitat restoration

Eastern ponds, fields, meadows, and woodlands.

Loss of habitat due to development, harassment by humans and domesticated animals, flooding, predation, vehicle strikes

Habitat conservation and management, monitoring and research, law enforcement, education and outreach

Temporary wetlands

https://myfwc.com/conservation/special-initiatives/fwli/action-plan/

Coastal uplands and beaches

https://myfwc.com/media/1945/threatend-endangered-species.pdf

Climate change

Climate change

Loss and alteration of longleaf pine-wiregrass through agricultural activity, urban sprawl, and fire suppression. Vehicle impacts, collection by humans.

Acquire new public lands and conservation easements, restoration of acquired lands, partnering with industry to ensure key habitat is protected. Controlled burns to reduce hardwood vegetation and promote grasses and forbs.

montane longleaf pine

https://georgiawildlife.com/WildlifeActionPlan

sandhill habitats