The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kansas Ecological Services Field Office is located in Manhattan, Kansas, the northern Flint Hills. The office provides information related to at-risk species, threatened and endangered species, migratory birds, eagles, habitat and other natural resources.
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Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list both subspecies of the regal fritillary, a large butterfly, under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Based on a review of the best available science, the Service is proposing to list the eastern regal fritillary as endangered, and the...
Endangered Species Act
They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rivers and streams. We've drafted a plan to save four imperiled mussels protected under the Endangered Species Act: the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox...
Endangered Species Act
Following a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we are protecting the western fanshell and a newly identified species known as the 鈥淥uachita鈥� fanshell as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. These two freshwater mussel species are found in rivers and streams...
Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing the availability of the final recovery plan for the rabbitsfoot mussel. This plan includes specific criteria for determining when the rabbitsfoot should be considered for delisting, removing it from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened...
Endangered Species Act
The effective date of the final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act is being extended by 60 days, from Jan. 30, 2023, to March 31, 2023. The extension will allow us to finalize conservation tools and guidance to avoid...
Endangered Species Act
The bat, listed as threatened in 2015, now faces extinction due to the rangewide impacts of white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease affecting hibernating bats across North America. The rule takes effect on January 30, 2023. The growing extinction crisis highlights the importance of the Endangered...
