Fire management; Fires; Invasive species; Policies; Prescribed burning
This is a handbook describing the correlation between fire management and the introduction of invasive species. It offers procedures for fire managers to follow in order to prevent the spread of invasive species as an unintended result of fire...
What are candidate species? Candidate species are plants and animals for which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has sufficient information on their biological status and threats to propose them as endangered or threatened under the...
Safeguarding Wildlife from Climate Change - NWF/NCTC Webinar Series. Presented by Dr. Bruce Young, Ph.D., Director, Species Science, NatureServe. September 21, 2011
Raptors; Grasslands; Deserts; Birds of prey; Birds; Habitat restoration; Military;
Aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis) inhabit desert grasslands and savannas of Latin America, and formerly inhabited desert gasslands and coastal prairies of Texas, New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona. The falcon ranges through most of South...
When most people hear the term endangered species, they think of manatees, grizzly bears, whales, and other charismatic species. If
these animals don't live in your area, you might think there is nothing you can do to help. However, more than...
Prior to European settlement, it is estimated that the red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) (Picoides borealis) population totaled approximately 1.0 to 1.5 million groups of birds. Its historic range extended from Texas north to Missouri and east through...
The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) was first described by Lewis and Clark in 1805. Its original territory spanned over a dozen states throughout the western region of the United States. Currently, greater sagegrouse occur in...
