News & Events
Book Release: CA Flora
The California Native Plant Society has published the 6th edition of the Inventory
of Rare and Endangered Plants of California, which lists
2,073 plants as rare, endangered, or uncommon, representing about 33% of the
state's native plants.
To purchase, contact CNPS at (916) 447-2677 or ordering@cnps.org.
Petition to Uplist Loggerhead
Turtles to Endangered Two organizations, the Turtle Island Restoration Network
and the Center for Biological Diversity, have submitted a formal petition
to the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service to uplist two populations of the loggerhead sea
turtle from Threatened to Endangered. Turtles face many threats from humans,
including incidental bycatch of
commercial fishing operations, marine pollution, and coastal development on
critical nesting beaches. Turtles, like salmon, return to natal
birth sites to nest. An electronic version of the petition is available by
emailing Todd Steiner at tsteiner@igc.org.
For more information:
http://www.seaturtles.org.
Silent Spring 40th Anniversary
In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Rachel Carson's influential and
inspirational book, Silent Spring, The Andy Warhol Museum in
Pittsburg will exhibit for the first time Warhol's 1983 print portfolio, "Endangered
Species," and his "Vanishing Animals" from a 1986 book
published in collaboration with the San Diego Zoo. For more information, contact:
The Andy Warhol Museum, (412) 237-8300,
http:// www.warhol.org.-
Canadian Endangered Species
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) met
in November 2001 to review 37 species at risk. New species
added to the list of endangered species include the southern resident population
of killer whales and the southern population of tiger salamander.
Eleven species, reevaluated using new IUCN criteria, were upgraded from Special
Concern to Threatened (e.g. least bittern, Ross's
gull, rosyface shiner). The number of species at risk now totals 387: 29 Extirpated;
118 Endangered; 94 Threatened; 146 Special Concern. For more
information: Canadian Nature Federation, http://www.cnf.ca.
Announcements for the Bulletin Board are welcomed. Some items have been
provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Biological
Conservation Newsletter.
