Map of USA Details Endangered Species List

For those of you who are interested enough:
Endangered Species In The USA

I've a young friend in Canada who is creating a website for endangered species. She contacted me through my "Pets Need Love Too" site and we've been e-mailing ever since
I sent her this to help her with any research she may want to do for the US side of the border and thought I'd share it with you.
Not to mention that we hardly have any topics on preserving wildlife and plant-life, what importance these species have in our eco-system, etc. I know there are opinions and debates on either side of the coin.

[ 08-31-2002, 10:34 PM: Message edited by: Moni ]

[Lioness]

That's very helpful, Moni, cool. [img]smile.gif[/img] I didn't even know about some of those species.

[Sir Goulum]

WOA!!!! I think Hawaii has the most endangered/threatend for its size! 314 or something like that total!!! [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img]

[ 08-31-2002, 11:19 PM: Message edited by: Sir Goulum ]

[Megabot]

Cool Moni and i did not knove that Tx was that big and had so many diffrent animals and plants [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[johnny]

That was interresting, thanks Minno.

[Grimslade]

I hope that someday we can learn how to respect and care for the animals that live alongside us, instead of making many speicies extinct.

I love animals.

Originally posted by Grimslade: I hope that someday we can learn how to respect and care for the animals that live alongside us, instead of making many speicies extinct. I love animals.

Same here & me too.

You are all very welcome!

I was surprised to learn that Texas, as big as it is, (its huge huh Megabot! Its no wonder I can't go to Atlanta lol) uh, er, where was I? Oh yeah, as big as the state is, it has relatively few endangered species. I wonder if it (for the most part) being such a naturally hostile environment has anything to do with it; not much has had a chance to develop here, nothing wants to stay lol.

[VulcanRider]

So what do the "status codes" (T, E, etc.) mean? And isn't this map blowing the problem out of proportion just a little? Several species are listed for multiple states. If (for example) the Bald Eagle is listed for each of the states, that increases the total numbers by 50 when it's actually only one (1) species. I'll bet if you take the time to eliminate the redundancies, that map won't look nearly as shocking.

Originally posted by VulcanRider: So what do the "status codes" (T, E, etc.) mean? And isn't this map blowing the problem out of proportion just a little? Several species are listed for multiple states. If (for example) the Bald Eagle is listed for each of the states, that increases the total numbers by 50 when it's actually only one (1) species. I'll bet if you take the time to eliminate the redundancies, that map won't look nearly as shocking.

T=Threatened
E=Endangered

If a species is threatened or in danger of becoming extinct, the fact that there is a problem should be obvious.
I don't see how it is "blown out of proportion". For purposes of proper classification, each species should be listed with each state/region that they are native to when classification is separated into states and not countries or continents.
Since each state has its own congressional/legislative board, some states will move to do something where others won't. Contact your congressman to see what action is being taken to preserve endangered wildlife in your state, I bet it differs from other states regarding some of the same endangered species.

[ 09-01-2002, 11:19 PM: Message edited by: Moni ]

[K T Ong]

Originally posted by Grimslade: I hope that someday we can learn how to respect and care for the animals that live alongside us, instead of making many speicies extinct. I love animals.

Be a vegetarian, Grimslade.

Serious.