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Mountain Plover Home Page: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />.~. <br />~_- o <br />t ~ ~ MOUNTAIN -PRAIRIE REGION <br />Endangered Species Program <br />MOUNTAIN PLOVER <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />The mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) was proposed <br />for listing as a threatened species in 1999. In September <br />2003 the Service withdrew the listing, because new <br />information indicated that the threats to the species include <br />in the proposed listing were not as significant as earlier <br />believed. The Service found that declines in local populatic <br />numbers at specific locations are not supported by statewid <br />estimates throughout the range, which suggest that the <br />continental population has not changed significantly in the <br />past decade. New information made available this year froi <br />many State and Federai agencies indicated that occupied <br />black-tailed prairie dog habitat, which provides for nesting <br />plovers, is more abundant that previously believed. In <br />addition, a variety of conservation efforts initiated for <br />mountain plovers and other species of the high plains in <br />several western states benefit the mountain plover. <br />Federal Register Notice: Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule to List the Mountain Plover <br />Press Release: Service Withdraws Proposal to List the Mountain Plover as Threatened <br />Questions and Answers About the Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule to List the Mountain <br />Plover <br />Withdrawal Literature Cited <br />For more information contact: <br />Bob Leachman in Colorado at 970-243-2778 extension 18 <br />Lou Hanebury in Montana at 406-247-7367 <br />Brian Kelly in Wyoming at 307-772-2374 extension 34 <br />Steve Anschutz in Nebraska at 308-382-6468 extension 12 <br />Bill Gill in Kansas at 785-539-3474 extension 105 <br />Elizabeth Sloan in New Mexico at 505-248-6909 <br />Jeff Humphrey in Arizona at 602-242-0210 <br />Jim Nickles in California at 916-414-6572 <br />To provide electronic comments click here: fw6 mountainplover@fws.gov <br />Archived Information <br />This page was updated September 8, 2003. <br />httn://m~nntain-nra i rte. fwc vnv/mtnnhver/ 7/2R/2(IOFi <br />