Safeguarding to Recovery: Georgia Rockcress Case Study

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Dr. Michele Elmore, US Fish & Wildlife Service Lindsay Dombroskie, Texas A & M University, Natural Resources Institute Georgia rockcress (Arabis georgiana Harper) is a short-lived perennial plant of the mustard family (Brassicaceae) endemic to Alabama and Georgia. In 2014, this species was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) as “Threatened” under […]

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Seed Dormancy and Soil Seed Bank Persistence in the Federally Endangered Short’s Bladderpod (Physaria globosa)

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Noah Dell, Missouri Botanical Garden, Geoff Call, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Matthew A. Albrecht, Missouri Botanical Garden Short’s bladderpod (Physaria globosa) was recently listed as federally endangered due to population decline across its range in Tennessee and Kentucky. However, little is known about the biology of the species and the potential mechanisms underlying […]

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Recovery is Possible, Introduction and Overview

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Kelly Bibb, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Geoff Call, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, David Lincicome, Natural Heritage Program Manager, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Andrea Bishop, Natural Heritage Program Botanist, TDEC – Retired Effective partnerships guided by shared goals, such as recovery criteria, make it possible to recover endangered and threatened species […]

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Endangered Species Act and Recovery Planning

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Endangered Species Act and Recovery Planning Lisa Ellis, US Fish and Wildlife Service Lisa Ellis, USFWS, reviews the components of the Endangered Species Act, terminology for endangered and threatened species, activities prohibited, and the recovery planning process. She reviews the new process and look of  recovery planning documents, supplementary documents (Species Status Assessment and Recovery […]

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