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Taxon Times, August 2013 TTAAXXOONN TTIIMMEESS August 2013 Newsletter of the PA Biological Survey http://www.pabiologicalsurvey.org/ Officers President, Rob Criswell President Elect, Roger Latham NEXT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Immediate Past President, Tim Maret January 23, 2014, 9:30–3:30 Treasurer, Greg Czarnecki Secretary, Betsy Leppo Location: Members-at-Large DCNR Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey Academy of Natural Sciences, Jon Gelhaus 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057 Audubon Pennsylvania, Sarah Sargent Phone: 717-702-2017 Box Scores, Roger Latham http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/about/mdt_off.aspx Carnegie Museum of Natural History, John Rawlins Past President, Jerry Hassinger State Wildlife Grants, Diana Day or This newsletter contains the reports and discussions of the August 15, 2013 PABS Cathy Haffner steering committee meeting at the PA Fish and Boat Commission’s H.R. Stackhouse The Nature Conservancy, Scott Bearer Training Center in Bellefonte. Reports are provided in their entirety unless otherwise U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Jennifer Siani noted in the report introduction. Copies of original reports available from the PABS Western PA Conservancy, Charles Bier Secretary, email [email protected] Wild Resource Conservation Program, Greg Czarnecki Standing Committees Agency Representatives Community Classification, PA Dept. of Agriculture, Sven-Erik Ephraim Zimmerman Spichiger Climate Change, Greg Czarnecki PA Dept. of Environ. Protection, Dan Bogar Environmental Education, vacant PA Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, Ellen Shultzabarger PA Fish & Boat Commission, Chris Urban PA Game Commission, Dan Brauning PA Natural Heritage Program, Greg Podniesinski or Jeff Wagner Technical Committee Chairs Aquatic Arthropods, Jane Earle Arachnids, Charles Bier Bryophytes & Lichens, Scott Schuette Collections & Systematics, vacant Fishes, David Argent Mammals, Sandy Whidden or Charlie Eichelberger American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus) photo by Sally Ray Mollusks, Elizabeth Meyer Ornithology, Margaret Brittingham Protists and Fungi, Barrie Overton Reptiles & Amphibians, Howard Reinert Terrestrial Arthropods, Betsy Leppo Vascular Plants, Chris Hardy TABLE OF CONTENTS MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE ................................................................................................................................... 3 OFFICERS’ REPORTS ................................................................................................................................................ 3 President’s Report .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Secretary’s Report ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Treasurer’s Report ......................................................................................................................................... 3 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS .................................................................................................................... 4 Amphibian and Reptile Technical Committee ................................................................................................ 4 Aquatic Arthropods Technical Committee ..................................................................................................... 4 Arachnids Technical Committee .................................................................................................................... 4 Bryophytes and Lichens Technical Committee ............................................................................................... 4 Collections and Systematics Technical Committee ......................................................................................... 5 Fishes Technical Committee .......................................................................................................................... 5 Mammals Technical Committee ..................................................................................................................... 6 Mollusk Technical Committee ....................................................................................................................... 7 Ornithological Technical Committee.............................................................................................................. 7 Protists and Fungi Technical Committee ........................................................................................................ 9 Terrestrial Arthropod Technical Committee ................................................................................................... 9 Vascular Plant Technical Committee ............................................................................................................. 9 AGENCY REPORTS....................................................................................................................................................12 Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture ...................................................................................................... 12 Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ............................................................... 15 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ................................................................................ 15 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission ..................................................................................................... 15 Pennsylvania Game Commission – Bureau of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Diversity Division ............... 17 Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program ....................................................................................................... 17 MEMBERS-AT-LARGE ..............................................................................................................................................18 Academy of Natural Sciences ...................................................................................................................... 18 Audubon Pennsylvania ................................................................................................................................ 18 Box Scores................................................................................................................................................... 18 Carnegie Museum of Natural History ........................................................................................................... 18 State Wildlife Action Plan & Federal Wildlife Funding ............................................................................... 20 The Nature Conservancy .............................................................................................................................. 23 United States Fish & Wildlife Service - PA Field Office .............................................................................. 24 Western Pennsylvania Conservancy ............................................................................................................. 26 Wild Resource Conservation Fund ............................................................................................................... 26 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS ......................................................................................................................26 Climate Change Adaptation Standing Committee......................................................................................... 26 Community Classification Standing Committee ........................................................................................... 27 Environmental Education ............................................................................................................................. 27 OLD BUSINESS ...........................................................................................................................................................27 NEW BUSINESS ..........................................................................................................................................................27 NEXT MEETING .........................................................................................................................................................28 2 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE Scott Bearer (The Nature Conservancy), Dan Bogar (Department of Environmental Protection), Margaret Brittingham (Ornithological), Rob Criswell (PABS President and representing Fishes for Dave Argent), Greg Czarnecki (PABS Treasurer and Wild Resource Conservation Program), Diana Day (Member at Large – State Wildlife Grants), Jane Earle (Aquatic Arthropods), Charlie Eichelberger (Mammal Co-Chair), Cathy Haffner (Member at Large – State Wildlife Grants and representing the PA Game Commission, Wildlife Diversity Section for Dan Brauning), Chris Hardy (Vascular Plants), Jerry Hassinger (Past President and Member at Large), Chris Hardy (Vascular Plants), Reg Hoyt (Mammal Co- Chair), Roger Latham (Member at Large – Box Scores), Betsy Leppo (Terrestrial Arthropods and PABS Secretary), Tim Maret (Immediate Past PABS President), Greg Podniesinski (PA Natural Heritage Program and representing the Community Classification Standing Committee for Ephraim Zimmerman), John Rawlins (Carnegie Museum of Natural History), Sarah Sargent (Audubon PA Member at Large), Ellen Shultzabarger (PA Dept. of Conservation and Resources),
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