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Mike Oetker
Deputy Regional Director US Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region
Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (MS)
Mike Oetker Deputy Regional Director US Fish and Wildlife Service, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Mike Oetker Deputy Regional Director US Fish and Wildlife Service, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Mike Oetker Deputy Regional Director US Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region Collaborating for Conservation Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (MS) THE CHALLENGE The number of species petitions in 2010 The number of
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THE CHALLENGE
The number of species petitions in 2010 The number of species petitions in 2012 Total number requiring petition findings
Workload and costs increasing into the future
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species require 90-day or 12-month petition findings
The Challenge
60%
- f national listing workload is in R4
375
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Cedar Island NWR (NC)
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White River NWR (AR)
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FWS Lands
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All Hands All Lands All Wildlife
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Collaboration
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Collaboration
- Providing data on petitioned species
(status, distribution, biology, threats)
- Participating in species status assessments
- Identifying and implementing conservation
actions for at-risk species
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National 7-Year Workplan (2017-2023)
- Announced September 1, 2016
- Sets long-term schedule for listing actions
- Includes remaining candidates and 320 species for
- Prioritizes species for decisions
- Coordinated with states
- Implementation will begin in FY2017
https://www.fws.gov/endangered/improving_esa/listing_workplan_actions.html
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Private Lands Management
“Private landowners are wonderful stewards of the Southeast’s grand diversity of fish, wildlife and plants. Our goal is to work closely with them – and our public partners – to proactively conserve as many at-risk species as possible through voluntary and innovative measures. Together we can pass down our outdoor traditions to future generations of Americans, and help keep farms, forests and other lands working for both people and wildlife.”
- Cindy Dohner, Southeast Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION
- Working Lands for
Wildlife (NRCS)
- Partners for Fish and
Wildlife (FWS)
- State Wildlife Agencies
- Department of Defense
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U.S. Army Fort Benning (GA)
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New and Modern Tools
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- Develop forest management adaptations to
increase the contributions of working forest lands as gopher tortoise habitat
- Assess Water Quality Best Management
Practices for aquatic species
- Monitor and report these efforts under forest
certification (SFI)
Forestry Pilot Projects
SFI – Sustainable Forestry Initiative
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https://www.fws.gov/southeast/candidateconservation/finder2/#/
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Critical Habitat Exclusions
- Secretary must designate critical habitat
- Secretary may exclude an area from critical habitat
- Service will always consider exclusion of areas
covered by an approved Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances / Safe Harbor Agreement / Habitat Conservation Plan
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Pre-Listing Conservation
Creates system to allow military installations to invest in conservation
- f gopher tortoise habitat and
populations outside of installations Credits created through these investments can be used to offset impacts that occur on installations in future if Gopher tortoise is listed DoD Gopher Tortoise Credit Strategy
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Successes – 97 Species 26 Species Not-Warranted
12-month findings
45 Species Withdrawn
from Petition
26 Species not-substantial
90-day findings
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Successes – 13 Species
5 Species listed as
Threatened instead of Endangered
4 Species Down-listed from
Endgered to Threatened
4 Species Delisted due to
Recovery
Louisiana black bear
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Northern Long-eared bat Black Pinesnake Elfin Woods Warbler
4 (d) Rule Examples
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