June 10th Deadline to comment on Black-backed Woodpecker listing petition

 Monday, June 10th, 2013 is the  deadline to comment on the petition before the USFWS to list, under the Endangered Species Act,

some  Distinct Population Segments  of the Black Backed Woodpecker (those in Black Hills & Oregon Cascades/California)  

as threatened or endangered 

 

Scroll down for link the USFWS press release on this, with information on how to comment and the sort of information they seek.

http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/outreach/2013/04-08/outreach_newsroom_2013-4-8.htm

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 Petition can be downloaded at:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/black-backed_woodpecker/pdfs/BBWO_FESA_Petition.pdf

More information on the issue can be found at:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/black-backed_woodpecker/index.html

One of Mark Rumble's research papers on the Woodpecker in Black Hills  can be downloaded here.

http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2008_bonnot_t001.pdf

 Nancy Hilding, President of PHAS,  can send people a copy of Chris Rota's recent PhD Thesis on the woodpecker in the Black Hills on request. It is not available on the internet.  Nancy- 605-787-6779 

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