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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

CHAPTER 290
H.P. 598 - L.D. 789

An Act to List Specific Threatened and Endangered Species

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

   

Sparrow

Ammodramus
savannarum

Endangered

Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

Endangered

Black Racer

Coluber constrictor

Endangered

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

Threatened
Endangered

Northern Bog

   

Lemming

Synaptomys borealis

Threatened

Loggerhead

   

Turtle

Caretta caretta

Threatened

Blanding's

   

Turtle

Emydoidea
blandingii

Threatened
Endangered

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Endangered

American Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Endangered

Peregrine

   

Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Endangered

Flat-headed

   

Mayfly

Epeorus frisoni

Endangered

Ringed

   

Boghaunter

Williamsonia lintneri

Endangered

Clayton's

   

Copper

Lycaena
dorcas claytoni

Endangered

Edwards'

   

Hairstreak

Satyrium edwardsii

Endangered

Hessel's

   

Hairstreak

Mitoura hesseli

Endangered

Katahdin Arctic

Oenis
polixenes katahdin

Endangered

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

Threatened

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus
leucocephalus

Threatened

Razorbill

Alca torda

Threatened

Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

Threatened

Harlequin Duck

Histrionicus
histrionicus

Threatened

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

Threatened

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

Threatened

Swamp Darter

Etheostoma fusiforme

Threatened

Tidewater Mucket
Yellow

Leptodea ochracea

Threatened

Lampmussel

Lampsilis cariosa

Threatened

Tomah Mayfly

Siphlonisca
aerodromia

Threatened

Pygmy Snaketail

Ophiogomphus howei

Threatened

Twilight Moth

Lycia rachelae

Threatened

Pine Barrens

   

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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