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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declared 21 species extinct, including an environmentally significant one previously found in the Bluegrass State.
Ring pink mussels are native to the eastern and southeastern regions of the United States. They are currently found in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. [6] The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the ring pink mussel as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act in 1989. [3] The species is still listed as endangered. [2] [7]
The nine sites where Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources personnel have observed the rare yellow-spotted woodland salamander. Note: The two sites in southwest Bell County overlap. MacGregor said ...
This plan was developed by the state to help create priority conservation actions for the aquatic and wildlife that have become threatened and endangered species. [6] In July 2007, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources reared pink mucket mussels at the Center for Mollusk Conservation and released eleven hundred pink muckets in ...
1912: Kentucky Division of Game and Fish formed as a small commission with limited staff. It focuses on regulations to protect and help recover the fish and wildlife populations of the state that had been depleted as a result of unregulated exploitation of various kinds, as well as rapid habitat loss.
After restoration efforts, the state’s herd now numbers at more than 10,000, according to the latest report.
In May 2016, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Big Sandy crayfish as a threatened species, protecting it under the Endangered Species Act. [4] However, some groups, such as the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the species under data deficient instead of threatened due to lack of history and research ...
Bumble Bee Joins Endangered Species List Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee may be classified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act after a recommendation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.