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"This is the legacy I would like to
leave behind: I would like to have stopped the ridicule about the conservation
of snails, lichens, and fungi, and instead move the debate to which ecosystems
are the most recoverable and how we can save them, making room for them and
ourselves."
Mollie H. Beattie (1947-1996)
Former Director, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
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| CREDITS |
Prepared by Toni M. McLellan,
Wildlife Biologist
Northeastern Area
State & Private Forestry
USDA Forest Service
PO Box 640
Durham, NH 03824-0604
For copies of this brochure, contact Toni at (603) 868-7690 or E-mail:
tmclellan/na_du@fs.fed.us
Photography: USDI Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service
Northeast Regional Office
300 Westgate Center
Drive
Hadley, MN 01035-9589
(413) 253-8200
U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service
North Central Regional Office
Whipple Building
One Federal Drive
Ft. Snelling, MN 55111-4056
(612) 725-3276 |
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Cover: The Northeastern Area State
and Private Forestry, a unit of the USDA Forest Service, serves the twenty
states in the Northeast and Midwest, and the District of Columbia. This
geographic area, depicted on the cover, is the focus of this brochure.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits
discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin,
sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial
status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program
information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's
TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint, write the
Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250,
or call 1-800-245-6340 (voice) or 202-720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an equal
employment opportunity employer.
The Endangered Species Act is
implemented by the Secretary of the Interior through the U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service terrestrial species. Marine species are handled by the
Secretary of Commerce through the National Marine Fisheries Service. For more
information on threatened and endangered species see "Where
to Go for Assistance" lists or contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. |
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| REFERENCES |
| 1.
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1977 Species
Report Card, The State of U.S. Plants and Animals, The Nature
Conservancy |
| 2. |
U.S. General
Accounting Office, 1994. |
| 3. |
5 Messages on
the ESA, 1995, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. |
| 4. |
What If an
Endangered Species Lives on Your Property? 1995, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service. |
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