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COMMENT PERIOD OPENS ON CERULEAN WARBLERS
Public Has 90 Days to Weigh-In on Including the Species on Endangered List
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) has opened a 90-day comment
period to allow the general public to provide information on listing the
cerulean warbler as "threatened" on the Endangered Species List. This is
a positive step towards getting this songbird the protections it needs to
survive! The comment period will close on January 21, 2003.
The cerulean warbler =AD a small woodland songbird known for its bright blue
plumage and distinctive song =AD was once common in eastern forests. But
over the last 30 years, the species has declined more than 70%, and 80% in
the core of its range! Cerulean warblers range across eastern North
America, from the Great Plains, north to Minnesota, east to Massachusetts,
and south to Louisiana. It breeds primarily in the Ohio and Mississippi
River basins =AD and spends winter months in the Andes Mountains of South
America. Unfortunately, due to habitat destruction in both its breeding
and wintering ranges, primarily because of development, logging,
roadbuilding and, more recently, mountaintop removal mining, the cerulean
warbler has become one of the fastest disappearing birds in the United
States!
Now the general public has until January 21, 2003 to provide additional
information to the USFWS as to why the cerulean warbler should be included
as "threatened" on the Endangered Species List. Such listing will provide
the species protections under the Endangered Species Act and an earnest
effort at recovering the species can begin. If you have information on
present or threatened destruction or modification of cerulean warbler
habitat, or other information illustrating the need to protect the
species, please do not miss this opportunity to share it with the USFWS!
Be sure to submit your comment by the January 21 deadline! Comments and
any supporting materials should be directed to: Field Supervisor, Ecological
Services Field Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 608 East Cherry
Street, Room 200, Columbia, MO 65201, or FAX: 314-876-1914. For more
information on the process, log onto the USFWS website at:
http://midwest.fws.gov/Endangered/birds/cerw_find.html
Diana Cummins
Harpers Ferry, WV
montex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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