Enda

nger

ed

Spec

ies

Plan

ner

2014

Feat

urin

g ar

twor

k fro

m th

e 20

13

Enda

nger

ed S

peci

es D

ay Y

outh

Ar

t Con

test

jan

ua

ry

2014

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ND

AY

MO

ND

AY

TUES

DAY

W

EDN

ESD

AY

THU

RSD

AY

FRID

AY

SATU

RDAY

Mar

tin L

uthe

r Ki

ng, J

r. Da

y

New

Yea

r’s D

ay

Artw

ork

by L

aucn

ia L

iang

, Sem

i-fina

list

(gr

ades

9-1

2)Ph

oto

cred

it: U

SFW

S

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

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DEC

EMB

ER 2

013

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M

T

W

T

F

S

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FEB

RUA

RY 2

014

A s

ecre

tive

cat

, the

Can

ada

lynx

is a

t ho

me

in h

igh-

mou

ntai

n fo

rest

s of

Can

ada

and

Ala

ska.

The

sp

ecie

s is

als

o kn

own

to e

xist

in W

ashi

ngto

n, M

onta

na, M

inne

sota

, and

Mai

ne.

Wit

h lo

ng le

gs a

nd

larg

e, d

ense

ly-h

aire

d fe

et a

dapt

ed fo

r tr

avel

ing

over

sno

w, t

his

big

cat

is w

ell-s

uite

d fo

r hu

ntin

g sn

owsh

oe h

are—

its

mai

n fo

od s

ourc

e. I

n w

arm

er m

onth

s, t

he ly

nx m

ay a

lso

hunt

gro

use,

sm

all

mam

mal

s, a

nd s

quir

rels

. H

abit

at lo

ss fr

om t

imbe

r ha

rves

ting

has

red

uced

the

num

ber

of s

now

shoe

ha

res,

and

, in

turn

, the

num

ber

of ly

nx. T

he s

peci

es w

as li

sted

as

thre

aten

ed in

200

0.

Cana

da L

ynx

(Lyn

x ca

nade

nsis

)

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

“One

of t

he g

reat

dre

ams

of m

an m

ust b

e to

find

so

me

plac

e be

twee

n th

e ex

trem

es o

f nat

ure

and

civi

lizat

ion

whe

re it

is

poss

ible

to li

ve w

ithou

t re

gret

.”

— B

arry

Lop

ez, A

mer

ican

aut

hor

Artw

ork

by M

emor

ee P

lais

ance

,

1

st P

lace

(gra

des

9-12

)Ph

oto

cred

it: C

olin

M.L

. Bur

nett

febr

ua

ry

2014

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26

27

28

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ND

AY

MO

ND

AY

TUES

DAY

W

EDN

ESD

AY

THU

RSD

AY

FRID

AY

SATU

RDAY

S

M

T W

T

F

S

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3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21 2

2 23

24

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27

28

29

30

31

JAN

UA

RY 2

014

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

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13

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31

MA

RCH

201

4

Pres

iden

ts’ D

ay

Vale

ntin

e’s

Day

Grou

ndho

g Da

y“Wild

life

and

its h

abita

t can

not s

peak

, so

we

mus

t. A

nd w

e w

ill.”

—

The

odor

e Ro

osev

elt,

Amer

ican

pre

side

nt

The

jagu

ar –

the

larg

est

cat

in t

he A

mer

icas

– w

as o

nce

wid

ely

foun

d fr

om

Mex

ico

to A

rgen

tina

. Its

ran

ge a

nd n

umbe

rs b

egan

to

decl

ine

as fo

rest

s w

ere

cut

for

tim

ber

or c

onve

rted

to

agri

cult

ure.

The

spe

cies

was

list

ed a

s en

dang

ered

in

197

0. W

ith

a ho

me

terr

itor

y of

up

to 4

0 sq

uare

mile

s, t

his

big

cat

hunt

s de

er

and

wild

pig

s at

nig

ht, a

nd m

ay t

ake

to t

he w

ater

for

fish,

tur

tles

, and

frog

s.

Rec

over

y ef

fort

s in

clud

e w

orki

ng w

ith

land

owne

rs t

o cr

eate

hab

itat

cor

rido

rs.

Jagu

ar

(Pan

ther

a on

ca)

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Hum

pbac

k W

hale

(M

egap

tera

nov

aean

glia

e)

ma

rc

h 2

014

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2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9

10

11 12

13

14

15

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18

19

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21

22

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24

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27

28

29

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ND

AY

MO

ND

AY

TUES

DAY

W

EDN

ESD

AY

THU

RSD

AY

FRID

AY

SATU

RDAY

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

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13

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28

FEB

RUA

RY 2

014

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

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3 4

5

6

7 8

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13

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30

APR

IL 2

014

Dayl

ight

Sav

ing

Tim

e be

gins

Firs

t Day

of S

prin

g

“Our

goa

l is

not j

ust a

n en

viro

nmen

t of c

lean

air

and

wat

er a

nd s

ceni

c be

auty

. Th

e ob

ject

ive

is a

n en

viro

nmen

t of d

ecen

cy, q

ualit

y, a

nd m

utua

l re

spec

t for

all

othe

r hum

an b

eing

s an

d al

l oth

er li

ving

cre

atur

es.”

—

Gay

lord

Nel

son,

Uni

ted

Stat

es s

enat

or a

nd E

arth

Day

co-

foun

der

Artw

ork

by A

nish

a Ku

ndu,

1st

Pla

ce (g

rade

s 3-

5)Ph

oto

cred

it: E

d Ly

man

, NOA

A

St. P

atric

k’s D

ay

30

The

hum

pbac

k w

hale

is fo

und

in a

ll oc

eans

, and

is a

favo

rite

am

ong

wha

le

wat

cher

s fo

r it

s im

pres

sive

siz

e an

d ac

roba

tic

leap

s—so

met

imes

leap

ing

com

plet

ely

out

of t

he w

ater

. To

kee

p it

s 40

-ton

bod

y go

ing,

the

hum

pbac

k ea

ts u

p to

3,0

00 p

ound

s of

pla

nkto

n, fi

sh, a

nd t

iny

crus

tace

ans

ever

y da

y. O

n th

e Pa

cific

C

oast

, the

wha

le m

igra

tes

from

Ala

ska

to it

s br

eedi

ng g

roun

ds in

Haw

aii,

and

on

the

Atl

anti

c C

oast

, fro

m t

he G

ulf o

f Mai

ne t

o th

e W

est

Indi

es.

The

spe

cies

was

pr

otec

ted

in 1

962

by t

he I

nter

nati

onal

Wha

ling

Com

mis

sion

aft

er c

omm

erci

al

hunt

ing

redu

ced

its

num

bers

. It

was

list

ed a

s en

dang

ered

in 1

970.

Conv

entio

n on

In

tern

atio

nal T

rade

in

Enda

nger

ed S

peci

es

of W

ild F

auna

and

Fl

ora

anni

vers

ary

Enda

nger

ed S

peci

es

Day

Art C

onte

st

subm

issi

on d

eadl

ine

Nat

iona

l Wild

life

Refu

ge S

yste

m

anni

vers

ary

31

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Ash

Wed

nesd

ay

Nat

iona

l Wild

life

Wee

k be

gins

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

apr

il 2

014

1

2 3

4 5

6

7 8

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

SU

ND

AY

MO

ND

AY

TUES

DAY

W

EDN

ESD

AY

THU

RSD

AY

FRID

AY

SATU

RDAY

At

hom

e in

war

m w

ater

s of

the

Atl

anti

c, P

acifi

c, a

nd I

ndia

n oc

eans

, the

haw

ksbi

ll se

a tu

rtle

dec

lined

pri

mar

ily b

ecau

se o

f the

mar

ket

for

its

beau

tifu

l she

ll fo

r je

wel

ry a

nd

othe

r de

cora

tive

item

s. L

ike

othe

r se

a tu

rtle

s, t

he h

awks

bill

has

been

aff

ecte

d by

the

lo

ss o

f its

nes

ting

hab

itat

and

ent

rapm

ent

in c

omm

erci

al fi

shin

g ge

ar.

Les

s th

an o

ne

perc

ent

of h

atch

lings

will

sur

vive

to

adul

thoo

d, fa

cing

pre

dati

on b

y ra

ccoo

ns, c

ats,

an

d ra

ts.

The

haw

ksbi

ll is

nam

ed fo

r it

s bi

rd-li

ke b

eak,

whi

ch it

use

s to

pul

l spo

nges

–

its

mai

n fo

od s

ourc

e –

out

from

the

cre

vice

s in

cor

al r

eefs

. T

he s

peci

es w

as li

sted

as

enda

nger

ed in

197

0.

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2 3

4 5

6 7

8

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

MA

RCH

201

4

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1 2

3

4

5 6

7 8

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

MAY

201

4

Artw

ork

by P

iyus

ha K

undu

, Sem

i-fina

list

(

grad

es 6

-8)

Phot

o cr

edit:

Car

olin

e S.

Rog

ers,

USG

S

Haw

ksbi

ll Se

a Tu

rtle

(E

retm

oche

lys

imbr

icat

a)

Earth

Day

Arbo

r Day

Palm

Sun

day

Pass

over

end

s

“Tho

se w

ho c

onte

mpl

ate

the

beau

ty o

f th

e ea

rth fi

nd re

serv

es o

f stre

ngth

that

will

en

dure

as

long

as

life

last

s.”

— R

ache

l Car

son,

Am

eric

an c

onse

rvat

ioni

st

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Pass

over

beg

ins

Good

Frid

ay

East

er

Jr. D

uck

Stam

p Co

ntes

t

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Ma

y 20

14

1

2 3

4

5 6

7 8

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

SU

ND

AY

MO

ND

AY

TUES

DAY

W

EDN

ESD

AY

THU

RSD

AY

FRID

AY

SATU

RDAY

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1 2

3 4

5

6

7 8

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

APR

IL 2

014

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1 2

3 4

5 6

7

8

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

JUN

E 20

14

Mem

oria

l Day

Mot

her’s

Day

Artw

ork

by A

nnab

elle

Che

n, S

emi-fi

nalis

t (gr

ades

K-2

)Ph

oto

cred

it: J

ack

Jeffr

ey, u

sed

with

per

mis

sion

The

sca

rlet

Haw

aiia

n ho

neyc

reep

er, o

r ‘I

’wi,

is a

mon

g th

e m

ost

com

mon

nat

ive

land

bir

ds

of H

awai

i. H

owev

er, i

ts n

umbe

rs a

re d

ecre

asin

g be

caus

e of

the

loss

of f

ores

ts.

A n

umbe

r of

oth

er H

awai

ian

hone

ycre

eper

spe

cies

hav

e go

ne e

xtin

ct a

fter

the

intr

oduc

tion

of a

nim

als

that

pre

yed

on t

he b

irds

or

carr

ied

dise

ases

for

whi

ch t

hey

had

no im

mun

ity.

Sip

ping

ne

ctar

from

flow

ers

in lo

w e

leva

tion

are

as –

whe

re m

osqu

itoe

s ar

e co

mm

on –

mak

es t

he

‘I’iw

i vul

nera

ble,

sin

ce m

osqu

itoe

s tr

ansm

it a

vian

mal

aria

and

avi

an p

ox.

A c

andi

date

for

End

ange

red

Spec

ies

Act

pro

tect

ion,

the

bir

d is

ben

efiti

ng fr

om p

roje

cts

to r

esto

re it

s fo

rest

ha

bita

t an

d co

ntro

l non

-nat

ive

spec

ies.

“The

ear

th h

as m

usic

for

thos

e w

ho li

sten

.”

— G

eorg

e Sa

ntay

ana,

Spa

nish

phi

loso

pher

and

poe

t

Enda

nger

ed

Spec

ies

Day

Inte

rnat

iona

l M

igra

tory

Bi

rd D

ay

(Ves

tiaria

coc

cine

a)

Haw

aii

Hon

eycr

eepe

r

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

jun

e 20

14

1

2 3

4 5

6 7

8

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

SU

ND

AY

MO

ND

AY

TUES

DAY

W

EDN

ESD

AY

THU

RSD

AY

FRID

AY

SATU

RDAY

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1 2

3

4 5

6 7

8 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

MAY

201

4

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1 2

3 4

5

6

7 8

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

JULY

201

4

Artw

ork

by H

anna

h Ch

acko

, 1st

Pla

ce (g

rade

s K-

2)

Phot

o cr

edit:

© G

ary

Nafi

s

Fou

nd o

nly

on t

he S

an F

ranc

isco

Bay

pen

insu

la, t

he S

an F

ranc

isco

gar

ter

snak

e ne

eds

shal

low

pon

ds w

ith

plen

ty o

f pla

nts

for

hidi

ng p

lace

s, s

unny

hill

side

s fo

r ba

skin

g,

and

burr

ows

for

hibe

rnat

ing.

A g

ood

swim

mer

, the

sna

ke e

scap

es in

to w

ater

whe

n th

reat

ened

by

pred

ator

s su

ch a

s bu

ll fr

ogs

or g

reat

blu

e he

rons

. H

abit

at lo

ss fr

om

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t an

d ag

ricu

ltur

al u

se h

as c

ause

d th

e sn

ake

to d

eclin

e. I

t w

as li

sted

as

end

ange

red

in 1

967.

Hab

itat

loss

has

als

o co

ntri

bute

d to

the

dec

line

of o

ne o

f the

sn

ake’

s m

ain

food

sou

rces

, the

end

ange

red

Cal

iforn

ia r

ed-le

gged

frog

.

Nat

iona

l Fis

hing

and

Bo

atin

g W

eek

begi

ns

San

Fran

cisc

o Ga

rter S

nake

(T

ham

noph

is sir

talis

tetra

taen

ia)

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Flag

Day

Fath

er’s

Day

Firs

t Day

of

Sum

mer

Nat

iona

l Pol

linat

or

Wee

k be

gins

Ram

adan

beg

ins

Fede

ral a

nd J

r. Du

ck S

tam

ps fi

rst

day

of s

ales

“Wha

t we

are

doin

g to

the

fore

sts

of th

e w

orld

is b

ut a

mirr

or

refle

ctio

n of

wha

t we

are

doin

g to

our

selv

es a

nd to

one

ano

ther

.”

— M

ahat

ma

Gand

hi, I

ndia

n po

litic

al le

ader

Nat

iona

l Get

Ou

tdoo

rs D

ay

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

July

201

4

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E 20

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AU

GU

ST 2

014

Inde

pend

ence

Day

“If y

ou tr

uly

love

nat

ure,

yo

u w

ill fi

nd b

eaut

y ev

eryw

here

.”

— V

ince

nt v

an G

ogh,

Dut

ch p

aint

er

The

sho

rt-t

aile

d al

batr

oss

once

num

bere

d in

the

mill

ions

in t

he N

orth

Pac

ific

Oce

an,

nest

ing

on J

apan

’s T

oris

him

a an

d M

inam

i-Koj

ima

isla

nds

and

mig

rati

ng n

orth

to

the

Gul

f of A

lask

a an

d th

e B

erin

g Se

a to

feed

on

fish

and

squi

d. D

ecim

ated

for

its

feat

hers

and

egg

s, t

his

larg

e bi

rd w

as t

houg

ht t

o be

ext

inct

by

1949

. T

he

spec

ies

was

list

ed a

s en

dang

ered

in 2

000.

Lon

g-liv

ed a

nd s

low

to

mat

ure,

th

e al

batr

oss

lays

onl

y a

sing

le e

gg e

ach

year

. R

ecov

ery

effo

rts

incl

ude

tran

sfer

ring

chi

cks

from

the

vol

cani

cally

act

ive

Tori

shim

a Is

land

to

Muk

ojim

a Is

land

, ste

adily

incr

easi

ng t

he p

opul

atio

n.

Artw

ork

by K

evin

Huo

, 1st

Pla

ce (g

rade

s 6-

8)

Phot

o cr

edit:

Joh

n Kl

avitt

er

Shor

t-tai

led

Alba

tross

(P

hoeb

astri

a al

batru

s)

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

AU

gu

st 2

014

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AY

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JULY

201

4

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SEPT

EMB

ER 2

014

“The

re is

gro

win

g aw

aren

ess

of th

e be

auty

of c

ount

ry...

a

sinc

ere

desi

re to

kee

p so

me

of it

for a

ll tim

e.”

— O

laus

J. M

urie

, Am

eric

an n

atur

alis

t

Artw

ork

by M

aric

ruz M

endo

za, S

emi-fi

nalis

t (gr

ades

9-1

2)Ph

oto

cred

it: ©

Gar

y N

afis

Arro

yo T

oad

(Ana

xyru

s cal

iforn

icus)

31

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Uni

que

to C

alifo

rnia

and

the

nor

ther

n pa

rt o

f Baj

a C

alifo

rnia

, the

arr

oyo

toad

live

s al

ong

coas

tal s

trea

m h

eadw

ater

s. T

he t

oad

need

s pl

ants

for

shel

ter,

stab

le a

reas

for

burr

owin

g,

and

gent

ly fl

owin

g w

ater

wit

h gr

avel

bot

tom

s fo

r br

eedi

ng.

It u

ses

its

larg

e, s

tick

y to

ngue

to

catc

h an

d ea

t an

ts a

nd fl

ies.

Alo

ng w

ith

the

dise

ase

chyt

rid

fung

us,

intr

oduc

ed p

reda

tors

suc

h as

bul

lfro

gs, g

reen

sun

fish,

and

larg

emou

th b

ass

are

thre

ats

to t

his

spec

ies.

Sin

ce it

s lis

ting

as

enda

nger

ed in

199

4, t

he a

rroy

o to

ad is

ben

efitt

ing

from

the

mod

ifica

tion

of d

am o

pera

tion

s to

res

tore

do

wns

trea

m h

abit

at a

nd b

y liv

esto

ck g

razi

ng m

anag

emen

t th

at

prev

ents

tra

mpl

ing

and

stre

am b

ank

eros

ion.

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

sept

embe

r 2

014

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r Day

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GU

ST 2

014

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OCT

OB

ER 2

014

Firs

t Day

of A

utum

n

Artw

ork

by S

ophi

a Cl

eek,

Sem

i-fina

list (

grad

es 6

-8)

Phot

o cr

edit:

Dan

iel W

. Cla

rk, U

SFW

S

Oah

u Tr

ee

Snai

l (A

chat

inel

la sp

p. p

upuk

anio

e)

“Nat

ure

neve

r did

bet

ray

the

hear

t tha

t lov

ed h

er.”

—

Will

iam

Wor

dsw

orth

, Eng

lish

poet

Rosh

Has

hana

h be

gins

Fou

nd in

Haw

aii’s

mou

ntai

nous

fore

sts

and

shru

blan

ds a

bove

1,3

00 fe

et, O

ahu

tree

sna

ils

eat

fung

us o

ff t

he le

aves

of n

ativ

e pl

ants

. T

he s

prea

d of

intr

oduc

ed p

lant

s ha

s re

duce

d th

e su

pply

of n

ativ

e pl

ants

on

whi

ch t

he 4

1 O

ahu

tree

sna

il sp

ecie

s de

pend

. W

hile

al

l spe

cies

wer

e lis

ted

in 1

981,

onl

y 11

are

sti

ll kn

own

to s

urvi

ve t

oday

. T

hese

su

rviv

ing

spec

ies

are

vuln

erab

le t

o co

llect

ion

and

dist

urba

nce,

and

pr

edat

ion

by r

ats

and

non-

nati

ve s

nails

. T

he s

ubje

ct o

f man

y fo

lklo

re

and

song

s, t

hese

rar

e sn

ails

are

an

impo

rtan

t pi

ece

of H

awai

i’s

natu

ral h

erit

age.

Rec

over

y in

itia

tive

s in

clud

e re

sear

ch,

capt

ive

prop

agat

ion,

rel

ease

into

the

ir h

isto

ric

rang

e, a

nd

habi

tat

prot

ecti

on.

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Nat

iona

l Pub

lic

Land

s Da

y

Nat

iona

l Hun

ting

and

Fish

ing

Day

Fede

ral D

uck

Stam

p co

ntes

t

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

oc

tobe

r 2

014

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EMB

ER 2

014

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NO

VEM

BER

201

4

Colu

mbu

s Da

y

Hallo

wee

n

Artw

ork

by D

avid

Sta

rovo

ytov

, Se

mi-fi

nalis

t

(gr

ades

3-5

)Ph

oto

cred

it: R

odne

y Ca

mm

auf,

NPS

The

Flo

rida

pan

ther

onc

e ro

amed

thr

ough

out

the

sout

heas

tern

U.S

. To

day,

thi

s la

rge

cat

is

rest

rict

ed t

o le

ss t

han

five

perc

ent

of it

s hi

stor

ic r

ange

, wit

h on

ly a

sin

gle

popu

lati

on r

emai

ning

in

sou

ther

n F

lori

da.

One

of t

he fi

rst

spec

ies

to b

e lis

ted

as e

ndan

gere

d in

196

7, t

he p

anth

er

decl

ined

as

a re

sult

of h

abit

at lo

ss a

nd p

reda

tor

cont

rol h

unti

ng.

Rar

ely

seen

, thi

s se

cret

ive

cat

hunt

s de

er a

nd w

ild p

igs

mai

nly

at n

ight

. E

xper

ts b

elie

ve t

here

are

onl

y 70

to

100

pant

hers

re

mai

ning

in t

he w

ild.

Rad

io t

rack

ing

colla

rs h

elp

scie

ntis

ts m

onit

or t

he m

ovem

ent

and

beha

vior

of t

hese

cat

s, a

nd w

ildlif

e cr

ossi

ngs

have

hel

ped

to p

reve

nt v

ehic

le c

ollis

ions

.

Nat

iona

l Wild

life

Refu

ge W

eek

begi

ns

Flor

ida

Pant

her

(Pum

a co

ncol

or co

ryi)

“Pla

ns to

pro

tect

air

and

wat

er, w

ilder

ness

an

d w

ildlif

e ar

e, in

fact

, pla

ns to

pro

tect

man

.”

— S

tew

art U

dall,

Sec

reta

ry o

f the

Inte

rior 1

961-

1969

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Yom

Kip

pur b

egin

s

Nat

iona

l Wild

life

Refu

ge D

ay

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

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vem

ber

201

4

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AY

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ND

AY

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DAY

W

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ESD

AY

THU

RSD

AY

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AY

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RDAY

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M

T

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T

F

S

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OCT

OB

ER 2

014

S

M

T

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T

F

S

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31

DEC

EMB

ER 2

014

Dayl

ight

Sav

ing

Tim

e en

ds

Vete

rans

Day

Than

ksgi

ving

Day

“Loo

k de

ep in

to n

atur

e, a

nd th

en y

ou w

ill u

nder

stan

d ev

eryt

hing

bet

ter.”

—

Alb

ert E

inst

ein,

Ger

man

-bor

n th

eore

tical

phy

sici

st

Artw

ork

by A

va B

ribrie

sco,

Gra

nd P

rize

Win

ner (

grad

es K

-2)

Phot

o cr

edit:

© D

oug

Back

lund

Am

eric

an

Bur

ying

Bee

tle

(Nic

roph

orus

am

eric

anus

)

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

A k

een

sens

e of

sm

ell h

elps

the

Am

eric

an b

uryi

ng b

eetl

e de

tect

dea

d an

imal

s up

to

thre

e m

iles

away

. A

fter

find

ing

the

carc

ass,

thi

s be

etle

will

bur

y it

and

th

en u

se it

for

food

. T

his

help

s ke

ep t

he e

nvir

onm

ent

clea

n by

den

ying

in

sect

pes

ts s

uch

as fl

ies

a pl

ace

to la

y th

eir

eggs

and

ret

urni

ng

nutr

ient

s to

soi

l. T

he b

eetl

e w

as k

now

n on

ly in

Okl

ahom

a an

d R

hode

Isl

and

whe

n it

was

list

ed a

s en

dang

ered

in 1

989.

A

succ

essf

ul c

apti

ve b

reed

ing

prog

ram

has

ret

urne

d th

is

spec

ies

to s

ever

al s

tate

s in

its

hist

oric

ran

ge,

incl

udin

g O

hio

and

Mas

sach

uset

ts.

30

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

dec

embe

r 2

014

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ND

AY

MO

ND

AY

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DAY

W

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ESD

AY

THU

RSD

AY

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AY

SATU

RDAY

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VEM

BER

201

4

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S

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31

JAN

UA

RY 2

015

Chan

ukah

beg

ins

Artw

ork

by D

erek

Fan

, Sem

i-fina

list (

grad

es 3

-5)

Phot

o cr

edit:

Chr

is P

aris

h of

the

Pere

grin

e Fu

nd

The

nor

ther

n ap

lom

ado

falc

on w

as o

nce

com

mon

in s

kies

from

the

sou

thw

este

rn U

.S. t

o So

uth

Am

eric

a. T

his

bird

dec

lined

aft

er it

s gr

assl

and

habi

tat

was

con

vert

ed t

o ag

ricu

ltur

e. A

fter

vi

rtua

lly d

isap

pear

ing

wit

h th

e w

ides

prea

d us

e of

the

pes

tici

de D

DT,

the

apl

omad

o fa

lcon

was

lis

ted

as e

ndan

gere

d in

198

6. H

unti

ng in

pai

rs, t

his

rapt

or e

ats

bird

s, s

mal

l mam

mal

s, a

nd

inse

cts—

eith

er c

atch

ing

its

prey

in t

he a

ir o

r pu

rsui

ng it

thr

ough

shr

ubs.

The

spe

cies

is n

ow t

he

focu

s of

cap

tive

bre

edin

g an

d re

intr

oduc

tion

eff

orts

in T

exas

and

New

Mex

ico.

Nor

ther

n A

plom

ado

Falc

on

(Fal

co fe

mor

alis

sept

entri

onal

is)

“Bird

s ar

e in

dica

tors

of t

he e

nviro

nmen

t. If

they

are

in tr

oubl

e, w

e kn

ow w

e’ll

soon

be

in tr

oubl

e.”

— R

oger

Tory

Pet

erso

n, A

mer

ican

nat

ural

ist

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Chris

tmas

Day

Kwan

zaa

begi

ns

Enda

nger

ed S

peci

es

Act a

nniv

ersa

ry

Firs

t Day

of W

inte

r

ww

w.fw

s.go

v/en

dang

ered

Fam

ily F

unE

ncou

rage

you

r st

uden

t to

par

tici

pate

in t

he 2

014

End

ange

red

Spec

ies

Day

Yo

uth

Art

Con

test

. T

he

cont

est

is a

gre

at w

ay fo

r st

uden

ts g

rade

s K

-12

to

lear

n ab

out

enda

nger

ed

spec

ies

and

expr

ess

thei

r kn

owle

dge

and

supp

ort

thro

ugh

art.

The

sub

mis

sion

dea

dlin

e is

M

arch

15,

201

4. V

isit

ww

w.

enda

nger

edsp

ecie

sday

.org

fo

r co

ntes

t gu

idel

ines

.

The

art

wor

k fe

atur

ed in

th

is p

lann

er is

from

the

20

13 E

ndan

gere

d Sp

ecie

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