U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Status Assessments

The following species are designated both as Regional Forester Sensitive Species in the Eastern Region of the Forest Service and as Species of Concern by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Where Fish and Wildlife Service Status Assessments are current, Forest Service Conservation Assessments will tier to those documents and supplement information on status and distribution, management and population trends on National Forest system lands.

U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service Status Assessments 10.24.00

Birds

• Black tern (Chlidonias niger)
  Status Assessment (Region 6 lead); TCFO
• Cerulean warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
  Status Assessment completed April, 2000; ROFO
  The Status Assessment is available as a PDF file (5162KB);
  • A hard copy version may be requested from:
    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
    Attn.:  Steve Lewis
    1 Federal Drive
    Fort Snelling, MN 5511
• Common tern, Great Lake Population (Sterna hirundo)
  Status Assessment underway; TCFO
• * Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
  Status Assessment (1996)
  Status Assessment Report Summary (completed in 1996); BFO
  1997 Decision on the Status Recommendation (decision not to designate as candidate species)
  September 9, 1998, Federal Register Notice of Finding on Petition to List as Threatened
  News Release on September 9, 1998, Petition Finding
• Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus migrans)
  Status assessment initiated in 1998; completion expected in 1999; BFO and TCFO
• Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
  Literature review for Region 3 states and Ontario is underway; GBFO and TCFO
  Status of Northern Goshawk; Proceedings of a Workshop

Amphibians

• Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
  Status assessment underway; ROFO

Fishes

• Crystal darter (Crystallaria asprella)
  Status assessment underway; ROFO
• Longhead darter (Percina macrocephala)
  Status assessment underway; ROFO
• Northern cavefish (Amblyopsis spelaea)
  Status assessment completed in 1995; BFO
  Decision on the Status Recommendation (decision not to designate as a candidate species)
• Spotted darter (Etheostoma maculatum)
  Status assessment underway; ROFO

Snails

• Glacial relict snails
  Status assessment initiated in 1997; completion expected in 1999; GBFO
• underway; ROFO
• underway; ROFO

Crustaceans

• Indiana crayfish (Orconectes indianensis)
  Status assessment completed in 1995; BFO
  Decision on the Status Recommendation (decision not to designate as candidate species)

Flowering Plants

• Hill's thistle (Cirsium hillii)
  Status assessment completed in 1997; ELFO
  Decision on the Status Recommendation (decision not to designate as candidate species)
• Pale false foxglove (Agalinus skinneriana)
  Status assessment underway; GBFO

The Eastern Region of the Forest Service is grateful to the following entities who have been partners in preparing Conservation Assessments for Regional Forester Sensitive Species.  Click on titles to learn more:

• New England Wildflower Society
• Vermont Institute of Natural Science
• Univ ersity of Minnesota
• University of Missouri