Canada lynx (top) and black-tailed prairie dog (bottom). (2) Copyright Daniel S. Licht.
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Two rare mammals are affecting the management of several units in the national park system from Maine to Washington. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) as a threatened species in the 48 conterminous United States on 24 March 2000. Eighteen national park units are currently believed to have lynx. The National Park Service and other federal agencies have been working with the Fish and Wildlife Service to improve recovery of the species. The USDA Forest Service has already signed a lynx conservation agreement and both the Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management are attempting to sign similar agreements. These will help the agencies coordinate management efforts until other recovery guidance is in place. In addition to the conservation agreements, a science report and a lynx conservation assessment/strategy are available to help manage this species. The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) was designated a candidate species for listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act on 4 February 2000. The species is known to occur in at least seven national park units, including Badlands, Wind Cave, and Theodore Roosevelt National Parks; Devils Tower and Scotts Bluff National Monuments; and Ft. Larned and Bents Old Fort National Historic Sites. Several other parks historically supported the prairie dog but do not currently have prairie dogs. The National Park Service is a participant in a federal working group on black-tailed prairie dog conservation, is working with states and Native American tribes on managing the species, and is sponsoring or conducting research on prairie dog ecology in several parks. |
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This material is from Natural Resource Year in Review--2000, published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, in May 2000 (publication D-1459)
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Last Updated: 06/17/2001
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