CHAPTER 290
H.P. 598 - L.D. 789
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7753, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1995, c. 667, Pt. A, §33, is further amended to read:
3. Legislative authority. The Legislature, as sole authority, shall designate a species as state endangered or state threatened species. The list of state endangered or state threatened species is as follows:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Status |
Least Tern |
Sterna albifrons |
Endangered |
Golden Eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos |
Endangered |
Piping Plover |
Charadrius melodus |
Endangered |
Sedge Wren |
Cistothorus platenis |
Endangered |
Grasshopper |
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Sparrow |
Ammodramus |
Endangered |
Box Turtle |
Terrapene carolina |
Endangered |
Black Racer |
Coluber constrictor |
Endangered |
Roseate Tern |
Sterna dougallii |
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Northern Bog |
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Lemming |
Synaptomys borealis |
Threatened |
Loggerhead |
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Turtle |
Caretta caretta |
Threatened |
Blanding's |
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Turtle |
Emydoidea |
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Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger |
Endangered |
American Pipit |
Anthus rubescens |
Endangered |
Peregrine |
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Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Endangered |
Flat-headed |
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Mayfly |
Epeorus frisoni |
Endangered |
Ringed |
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Boghaunter |
Williamsonia lintneri |
Endangered |
Clayton's |
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Copper |
Lycaena |
Endangered |
Edwards' |
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Hairstreak |
Satyrium edwardsii |
Endangered |
Hessel's |
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Hairstreak |
Mitoura hesseli |
Endangered |
Katahdin Arctic |
Oenis |
Endangered |
Spotted Turtle |
Clemmys guttata |
Threatened |
Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus |
Threatened |
Razorbill |
Alca torda |
Threatened |
Atlantic Puffin |
Fratercula arctica |
Threatened |
Harlequin Duck |
Histrionicus |
Threatened |
Arctic Tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
Threatened |
Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia longicauda |
Threatened |
Swamp Darter |
Etheostoma fusiforme |
Threatened |
Tidewater Mucket |
Leptodea ochracea |
Threatened |
Lampmussel |
Lampsilis cariosa |
Threatened |
Tomah Mayfly |
Siphlonisca |
Threatened |
Pygmy Snaketail |
Ophiogomphus howei |
Threatened |
Twilight Moth |
Lycia rachelae |
Threatened |
Pine Barrens |
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Zanclognatha |
Zanclognatha martha |
Threatened |
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7754, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
4. Annual report. The commissioner shall submit a written report by January 1st of each year to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters describing the status of all current and planned programs, activities and rules of the department pertaining to the conservation or management of endangered or threatened species. When appropriate, this report may be combined with any transplantation report required under subsection 1, paragraph D.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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