Public Laws

123rd Legislature

First Regular Session



Chapter 166

H.P. 296 - L.D. 366

An Act To Make Additions and Deletions to the List of State Endangered and Threatened Species

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12803, sub-§3,  as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 573, §6 and affected by §8 and c. 614, §9 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§3 and 6, is amended to read:

3. Legislative authority.   The Legislature, as sole authority, shall designate a species as a state endangered or state threatened species. The list of state endangered or state threatened species by common name, scientific name and status is as follows:
A.  Least tern, Sterna albifrons antillarum, endangered;
B.  Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, endangered;
C.  Piping plover, Charadrius melodus, endangered;
D.  Sedge wren, Cistothorus platenis platensis, endangered;
E.  Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, endangered;
F.  Box turtle, Terrapene carolina, endangered;
G.  Black racer, Coluber constrictor, endangered;
H.  Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii, endangered;
I.  Northern bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis, threatened;
J.  Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii, endangered;
K.  Black tern, Chlidonias niger, endangered;
L.  American pipit, Anthus rubescens (breeding population only), endangered;
M.  Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus (breeding population only), endangered;
N.  Flat-headed mayfly Roaring Brook mayfly, Epeorus frisoni, endangered;
O.  Ringed boghaunter, Williamsonia lintneri, endangered threatened;
P.  Clayton's copper, Lycaena dorcas claytoni, endangered;
Q.  Edwards' hairstreak, Satyrium edwardsii, endangered;
R.  Hessel's hairstreak, Mitoura Callophrys hesseli, endangered;
S.  Katahdin arctic, Oenis polixenes katahdin, endangered;
T.  Spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata, threatened;
U.  Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, threatened;
V.  Razorbill, Alca torda, threatened;
W.  Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica, threatened;
X.  Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, threatened;
Y.  Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea, threatened;
Z.  Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, threatened;
AA.  Swamp darter, Etheostoma fusiforme, threatened;
BB.  Tidewater mucket, Leptodea ochracea, threatened;
CC.  Yellow lampmussel, Lampsilis cariosa, threatened;
DD.  Tomah mayfly, Siphlonisca aerodromia, threatened;
EE Pygmy snaketail, Ophiogomphus howei, threatened;
FF.  Twilight moth, Lycia rachelae, threatened; and
GG.  Pine barrens zanclognatha, Zanclognatha martha, threatened . ;
HH Redfin pickerel, Esox americanus americanus, endangered;
II Juniper hairstreak, Callophrys gryneus, endangered;
JJ Rapids clubtail, Gomphus quadricolor, endangered;
KK New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis, endangered;
LL Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, threatened;
MM Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, threatened;
NN Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo (breeding population only), threatened;
OO Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus (breeding population only), threatened;
PP Purple lesser fritillary, Boloria chariclea grandis, threatened;
QQ Sleepy duskywing, Erynnis brizo, threatened;
RR Boreal snaketail, Ophiogomphus colubrinus, threatened;
SS Brook floater, Alasmidonta varicosa, threatened;
TT Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica, threatened; and
UU Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis, endangered.

Effective September 20, 2007

Office of the Revisor of Statutes
State House, Room 108
Augusta, ME 04333