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| Endangered: Any species of fish or wildlife that has been determined by the commissioner to be in danger of extinction. It is in immediate danger of extirpation from the state because of critically low or rapidly declining numbers. |  |
Habitat loss or degradation, overexploitation, pollution, disease, and competition with other species are all possible causes for decline. The continued existence of these species in the state is unlikely without implementing special measures to protect these species or their habitats. | ||
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Maine's Endangered Species Act was passed in 1975 by the State Legislature. The Act provides MDIFW with a mandate to conserve all of the species of fish and wildlife found in the State, as well as the ecosystems upon which they depend. |  |
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| Threatened: any species that has been determined by the commissioner as likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future, if populations experience further decline. |  |
Special Concern: they are believed to be vulnerable and could easily become threatened because of restricted distribution, declining and low numbers, specialized habitat needs. There are just over 100 species on the state's list. | ||
| Golden Eagle | Clayton's Copper | |||
| Peregrine Falcon | Grasshopper Sparrow | Edward's Hairstreak | ||
| Piping Plover | Box Turtle | Hessel's Hairstreak | ||
| Roseate Tern | Blanding's Turtle | Katahdin Arctic | ||
| Least Tern | Black Racer | Ringed Boghaunter | ||
| Black Tern | Sedge Wren | Roaring Brook Mayfly | ||
Birds: Bald Eagle, Razorbill, Atlantic Puffin, Harlequin Duck, Arctic Tern, Upland Sandpiper Mammals: Northern Bog Lemming Reptiles: Spotted Turtle, Loggerhead Fish: Swamp Dater Mollusks: Tidewater Mucket, Yellow Lampmussel Mayflies: Tomah Mayfly Dragonflies: Pygmy Snaketail Butterflies and Moths: Twilight Moth, Pine Barrens Zanclognatha |
This site was developed by Ms. Wallace's middle school science students in culmination of a unit on endangered species. It is also being used as a class project for her Human Ecology class.
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Endangered or Threatened Species Birds: Eskimo Curlew Mammals: Gray Wolf, Eastern Cougar, Canada Lynx, Northern Right Whale, Humpback Whale, Finback Whale, Sperm Whale, Sei Whale Amphibians an Reptiles: Leatherback, Atlantic Ridley Fish: Atlantic Salmon, Shortnose Sturgeon Beetles: American Burying Beetle Butterflies and Moths: Karner Blue |
