Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

 

Photo by Paul Labus; The Nature Conservancy (Indiana).

 

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Karner Blue Butterfly Final Recovery Plan

Final Recovery Plan (September 2003)

 

Federal Register Notice of Availability - Approved Recovery Plan for the Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis - September 19, 2003 (PDF)

 

Karner Blue Butterfly Natural History and Regulatory Information:

USFWS Fact Sheet I  
USFWS Fact Sheet II
USFWS Species Profile
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 

Karner Blue Butterfly Recovery Actions:

TNC Reintroductions in Indiana

 

TNC and Toledo Zoo Reintroductions in Ohio

 

2006 Private Stewardship Grant: Karner blue butterfly and associated declining species of savanna and barrens (Portage, Waupaca, Outagamie, Waushara, Adams, Marquette, Green Lake, Jackson, Wood, Juneau, and Monroe counties, Wisconsin)

 

2006 Section 6 Grant: Determination of the status of Piping Plovers, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Prairie Bush Clover, Fassett's Locoweed, and implement recovery management for Karner Blue Butterfly and Fassett's Locoweed (Wisconsin)

 

New Hampshire Fish and Game Dept. Reintroduction (2005)

 

Karner Blue Butterfly Research, Monitoring and Management

A Guide to the Use of Distance Sampling to Estimate Abundance of Karner blue butterflies

 

List of Researchers and Managers

 

High Potential Range Maps in Wisconsin - scroll to the middle of the web page for links to the maps.

 

Karner Blue Butterfly Threats Summary Table (PDF)

 

Habitat Conservation Plans

Michigan

State-wide Karner Blue Butterfly HCP

State of Michigan Karner Blue Butterfly HCP website

 

Wisconsin

Wisconsin (Waupaca and Burnett Counties, WI)

 

The Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan Fact Sheet

 

Questions and Answers about the Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan

 

Wisconsin's Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan

 

Wisconsin Karner Blue Statewide HCP - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

 

Articles About Karner Blue Butterflies:

Butterflies Benefit from Statewide HCP (July 2000)

 

The Karner blue butterfly: an article about the species and its ecosystem (April 1997)

 

The Beauty and Benefits of Savannas: Necedah National Wildlife Refuge - learn about management for the Karner blue butterfly's ecosystem (April 1997)

 

Of Wings and Warriors: management for the Karner blue butterfly on Fort McCoy in Wisconsin (January 1997)

 

Wild lupine and Karner blue butterflies: an article about the Karner blue's relationship with wild lupine (November 1996)

 

Links to Other Sites About Karner Blue Butterflies:

The Butterfly Conservation Initiative

 

Karner Blue Butterfly in Indiana - Chipper Woods Bird Observatory

 

Karner Blue Butterfly in Michigan - Michigan Department of Natural Resources

 

Karner Blue Butterfly in New York - New York Department of Conservation

 

The Karner Blue Butterfly and the Pine-Oak Barrens Ecosystem - The Roosevelt Wild Life Station (SUNY-Syracuse), Conservation and Education Research

 

Karner Blue Butterfly in Ohio - Ohio Department of Natural Resources

 

Environmental Education for Kids (EEK)! - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

 

Wisconsin Karner Blue Statewide HCP - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

 

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