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Lloyd Shoals
Southern Company Generation. 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard, NE BIN 10193 Atlanta, GA 30308-3374 404 506 7219 tel July 3, 2018 FERC Project No. 2336 Lloyd Shoals Project Notice of Intent to Relicense Lloyd Shoals Dam, Preliminary Application Document, Request for Designation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and Request for Authorization to Initiate Consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426 Dear Ms. Bose: On behalf of Georgia Power Company, Southern Company is filing this letter to indicate our intent to relicense the Lloyd Shoals Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2336 (Lloyd Shoals Project). We will file a complete application for a new license for Lloyd Shoals Project utilizing the Integrated Licensing Process (ILP) in accordance with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) regulations found at 18 CFR Part 5. The proposed Process, Plan and Schedule for the ILP proceeding is provided in Table 1 of the Preliminary Application Document included with this filing. We are also requesting through this filing designation as the Commission’s non-federal representative for consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and authorization to initiate consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. There are four components to this filing: 1) Cover Letter (Public) 2) Notification of Intent (Public) 3) Preliminary Application Document (Public) 4) Preliminary Application Document – Appendix C (CEII) If you require further information, please contact me at 404.506.7219. Sincerely, Courtenay R. -
At-Risk Species Assessment on Southern National Forests, Refuges, and Other Protected Areas
David Moynahan | St. Marks NWR At-Risk Species Assessment on Southern National Forests, Refuges, and Other Protected Areas National Wildlife Refuge Association Mark Sowers, Editor October 2017 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 905, Washington, DC 20036 • 202-417-3803 • www.refugeassociation.org At-Risk Species Assessment on Southern National Forests, Refuges, and Other Protected Areas Table of Contents Introduction and Methods ................................................................................................3 Results and Discussion ......................................................................................................9 Suites of Species: Occurrences and Habitat Management ...........................................12 Progress and Next Steps .................................................................................................13 Appendix I: Suites of Species ..........................................................................................17 Florida Panhandle ............................................................................................................................18 Peninsular Florida .............................................................................................................................28 Southern Blue Ridge and Southern Ridge and Valley ...............................................................................................................................39 Interior Low Plateau and Cumberland Plateau, Central Ridge and Valley ...............................................................................................46 -
Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States Paul D
This article was downloaded by: [69.144.7.122] On: 24 July 2013, At: 12:35 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Fisheries Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ufsh20 Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States Paul D. Johnson a , Arthur E. Bogan b , Kenneth M. Brown c , Noel M. Burkhead d , James R. Cordeiro e o , Jeffrey T. Garner f , Paul D. Hartfield g , Dwayne A. W. Lepitzki h , Gerry L. Mackie i , Eva Pip j , Thomas A. Tarpley k , Jeremy S. Tiemann l , Nathan V. Whelan m & Ellen E. Strong n a Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) , 2200 Highway 175, Marion , AL , 36756-5769 E-mail: b North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences , Raleigh , NC c Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge , LA d United States Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center , Gainesville , FL e University of Massachusetts at Boston , Boston , Massachusetts f Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources , Florence , AL g U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , Jackson , MS h Wildlife Systems Research , Banff , Alberta , Canada i University of Guelph, Water Systems Analysts , Guelph , Ontario , Canada j University of Winnipeg , Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada k Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources , Marion , AL l Illinois Natural History Survey , Champaign , IL m University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , AL n Smithsonian Institution, Department of Invertebrate Zoology , Washington , DC o Nature-Serve , Boston , MA Published online: 14 Jun 2013. -
American Fisheries Society • JUNE 2013
VOL 38 NO 6 FisheriesAmerican Fisheries Society • www.fisheries.org JUNE 2013 All Things Aquaculture Habitat Connections Hobnobbing Boondoggles? Freshwater Gastropod Status Assessment Effects of Anthropogenic Chemicals 03632415(2013)38(6) Biology and Management of Inland Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass James S. Bulak, Charles C. Coutant, and James A. Rice, editors The book provides a first-ever, comprehensive overview of the biology and management of striped bass and hybrid striped bass in the inland waters of the United States. The book’s 34 chapters are divided into nine major sections: History, Habitat, Growth and Condition, Population and Harvest Evaluation, Stocking Evaluations, Natural Reproduction, Harvest Regulations, Conflicts, and Economics. A concluding chapter discusses challenges and opportunities currently facing these fisheries. This compendium will serve as a single source reference for those who manage or are interested in inland striped bass or hybrid striped bass fisheries. Fishery managers and students will benefit from this up-to-date overview of priority topics and techniques. Serious anglers will benefit from the extensive information on the biology and behavior of these popular sport fishes. 588 pages, index, hardcover List price: $79.00 AFS Member price: $55.00 Item Number: 540.80C Published May 2013 TO ORDER: Online: fisheries.org/ bookstore American Fisheries Society c/o Books International P.O. Box 605 Herndon, VA 20172 Phone: 703-661-1570 Fax: 703-996-1010 Fisheries VOL 38 NO 6 JUNE 2013 Contents COLUMNS President’s Hook 245 Scientific Meetings are Essential If our society considers student participation in our major meetings as a high priority, why are federal and state agen- cies inhibiting attendance by their fisheries professionals at these very same meetings, deeming them non-essential? A colony of the federally threatened Tulotoma attached to the John Boreman—AFS President underside of a small boulder from lower Choccolocco Creek, 262 Talladega County, Alabama. -
Introduction to Mollusca and the Class Gastropoda
Author's personal copy Chapter 18 Introduction to Mollusca and the Class Gastropoda Mark Pyron Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA Kenneth M. Brown Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Chapter Outline Introduction to Freshwater Members of the Phylum Snail Diets 399 Mollusca 383 Effects of Snail Feeding 401 Diversity 383 Dispersal 402 General Systematics and Phylogenetic Relationships Population Regulation 402 of Mollusca 384 Food Quality 402 Mollusc Anatomy and Physiology 384 Parasitism 402 Shell Morphology 384 Production Ecology 403 General Soft Anatomy 385 Ecological Determinants of Distribution and Digestive System 386 Assemblage Structure 404 Respiratory and Circulatory Systems 387 Watershed Connections and Chemical Composition 404 Excretory and Neural Systems 387 Biogeographic Factors 404 Environmental Physiology 388 Flow and Hydroperiod 405 Reproductive System and Larval Development 388 Predation 405 Freshwater Members of the Class Gastropoda 388 Competition 405 General Systematics and Phylogenetic Relationships 389 Snail Response to Predators 405 Recent Systematic Studies 391 Flexibility in Shell Architecture 408 Evolutionary Pathways 392 Conservation Ecology 408 Distribution and Diversity 392 Ecology of Pleuroceridae 409 Caenogastropods 393 Ecology of Hydrobiidae 410 Pulmonates 396 Conservation and Propagation 410 Reproduction and Life History 397 Invasive Species 411 Caenogastropoda 398 Collecting, Culturing, and Specimen Preparation 412 Pulmonata 398 Collecting 412 General Ecology and Behavior 399 Culturing 413 Habitat and Food Selection and Effects on Producers 399 Specimen Preparation and Identification 413 Habitat Choice 399 References 413 INTRODUCTION TO FRESHWATER shell. The phylum Mollusca has about 100,000 described MEMBERS OF THE PHYLUM MOLLUSCA species and potentially 100,000 species yet to be described (Strong et al., 2008). -
The 2021 FMCS Checklist of 729 Freshwater Gastropods from Canada and the United States
The 2021 FMCS checklist of 729 freshwater gastropods from Canada and the United States. Column headings are taxon (binomen) and species author(s), and AFS common names (Classification Uncertain denotes uncertain taxonomic status under common names), Family names are followed by the number of genera and species (or monotypic). Species names denoted in BLUE LETTERS signify petition changes completed in 2019. Species names denoted in RED LETTERS signify petitioned changes completed in 2021. The goal of the FMCS Names Subcommittee is to improve science communication, provide up-to- date authoritative checklists and promote freshwater mollusk systematics research. Stakeholders are under no obligation to follow the taxonomic opinions expressed in this list. Species Author AFS Common Name Change Notes Family Acroloxidae 1 Genus 1 Species Acroloxus coloradensis (Henderson, 1930) Rocky Mountain Capshell Family Lymnaeidae 14 Genera 62 Species Acella haldemani (Binney, 1867) Spindle Lymnaea Bulimnaea megasoma (Say, 1824) Mammoth Lymnaea Erinna aulacospira (Ancey, 1899) Hawaiian Bugle Erinna newcombi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 Newcomb's Bugle Fisherola nuttalli (Haldeman, 1841) Shortface Lanx Galba alberta F.C. Baker, 1919 Alberta Fossaria Galba bulimoides (I. Lea, 1841) Prairie Fossaria Galba cockerelli (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906) Classification Uncertain Galba cubensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) Carib Fossaria Galba cyclostoma (Walker, 1908) Bugle Fossaria Galba dalli (F.C. Baker, 1907) Dusky Fossaria Galba exigua (I. Lea, 1841) Graceful Fossaria Galba galbana (Say, 1825) Boreal Fossaria Galba humilis (Say, 1822) Marsh Fossaria Galba modicella (Say, 1825) Rock Fossaria Galba obrussa (Say, 1825) Golden Fossaria Galba parva (I. Lea, 1841) Pygmy Fossaria Galba peninsulae (B. Walker, 1908) Classification Uncertain Galba perplexa (Baker & Henderson, 1929) Classification Uncertain Galba perpolita (Dall, 1905) Glossy Fossaria Galba rustica (I. -
Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) for Mollusks of the Altamaha River Basin, Georgia
Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) for Mollusks of the Altamaha River Basin, Georgia Georgia Power Company U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Georgia Wildlife Resources Division April 2017 CONTENTS Definitions ......................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 5 Parties and Cooperators to the Agreement ........................................................................ 5 Authority and Purpose ....................................................................................................... 6 Description of the Project Site........................................................................................... 7 Status of the Species .......................................................................................................... 10 Threats to the Species ........................................................................................................ 16 Conservation Measures ..................................................................................................... 17 Notices and Reports........................................................................................................... 25 Adaptive Management ...................................................................................................... 25 Funding Conservation Actions ......................................................................................... -
Table of Contents
STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN July 31, 2015 GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION Table of Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................ iii Executive Summary ........................................................................................................... ix I. Introduction and Purpose ................................................................................................. 1 A Plan to Protect Georgia’s Biological Diversity ....................................................... 1 Essential Elements of a State Wildlife Action Plan .................................................... 2 Species of Greatest Conservation Need ...................................................................... 3 Scales of Biological Diversity .................................................................................... 4 Wildlife Diversity Databases ...................................................................................... 5 II. Approach and Methods .................................................................................................. 7 Organizational Structure ............................................................................................. 7 Public Involvement ..................................................................................................... 9 Coordination with Other Agencies and Organizations ............................................. 10 Coordination with -
Rare, Threatened, and Endangered
Oregon Biodiversity Information Center Institute for Natural Resources Portland State University P.O. Box 751, Mail Stop: INR Portland, OR 97207-0751 (503) 725-9950 http://inr.oregonstate.edu/orbic With assistance from: U.S. Forest Service Bureau of Land Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NatureServe OregonFlora at Oregon State University The Nature Conservancy Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Oregon Department of State Lands Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Oregon Department of Agriculture Native Plant Society of Oregon Compiled and published by the following staff at the Oregon Biodiversity Information Center: Jimmy Kagan, Director/Ecologist Sue Vrilakas, Botanist/Data Manager Eleanor Gaines, Zoologist Lindsey Wise, Botanist/Data Manager Michael Russell, Botanist/Ecologist Cayla Sigrah, GIS and Database Support Specialist Cover Photo: Charadrius nivosus (Snowy plover chick and adult). Photo by Cathy Tronquet. ORBIC Street Address: Portland State University, Science and Education Center, 2112 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 140, Portland, Oregon, 97201 ORBIC Mailing Address: Portland State University, Mail Stop: INR, P.O. Box 751, Portland, Oregon 97207-0751 Bibliographic reference to this publication should read: Oregon Biodiversity Information Center. 2019. Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species of Oregon. Institute for Natural Resources, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. 133 pp. CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ -
Buffalo Pebble Snail
Species Status Assessment Class: Gastropoda Family: Hydrobiidae Scientific Name: Gillia altilis Common Name: Buffalo pebblesnail Species synopsis: The buffalo pebblesnail is native to the Atlantic coastal drainage of North America, occurring from New York and Vermont southward to South Carolina. Hydrobiidae is one of the most common and diverse gastropod families, with 185 species in 14 genera typically found in springs, creeks and small to medium rivers in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of the world. The first record of the buffalo pebblesnail in the Great Lakes drainage was from Oneida Lake, New York around 1915-1918, however, in subsequent years it was likely extirpated from this water body and later recorded from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and multiple locations in the Erie Canal. The buffalo pebblesnail was able to colonize Lake Ontario through the Erie Canal, extending its range westward, and is now considered established in the Lake Ontario drainage (Thompson 1984). It is usually found in freshwater stream environments and has adapted to inhabiting both stagnant waters in lakes and streams as well as rapidly moving waters. I. Status a. Current and Legal Protected Status i. Federal __Not Listed__________________________Candidate? ___No____ ii. New York __Special Concern, SGCN_______________________________________ b. Natural Heritage Program Rank i. Global _____G5___________________________________________________________ ii. New York _____S1____________________ Tracked by NYNHP? __ Yes_____ Other Rank: American Fisheries Society: CS - Currently Stable 1 Status Discussion: In some regions where this species is native, populations are declining or not very abundant (Kipp et al. 2013). In Vermont, this species is considered to be in greatest conservation need, and it is listed as a species of special concern in New York (unprotected but of special concern due to increasing evidence of vulnerability). -
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Assessment for Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Proposed Conservation Actions Restoring and Managing Longleaf Pine Ecosystems in Georgia and Alabama January 21, 2014 Prepared by: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alabama Ecological Services Field Office Georgia Ecological Services Field Office Table of Contents 1.0 Purpose of and Need for Action ....................................................................................1 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................1 1.2 Project Background ............................................................................................2 1.3 Purpose and Need ..............................................................................................2 2.0 Proposed Action and Alternatives .................................................................................4 2.1 Proposed Federal Action ....................................................................................4 2.1.1 Habitat Management Practices ...........................................................8 2.1.2 Conservation Measures .......................................................................9 2.1.3 Monitoring ........................................................................................12 2.2 No Action .........................................................................................................12 2.3 Alternatives Considered but Eliminated from Detailed Analyses ...................12 3.0 -
Lloyd Shoals
Southern Company Generation. 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard, NE BIN 10193 Atlanta, GA 30308-3374 404 506 7219 tel December 20, 2018 FERC Project No. 2336-094 Lloyd Shoals Project Proposed Study Plan, Georgia Power Response to Stakeholder Scoping Comments and FERC Additional Information Request (AIR) dated November 05, 2018 Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426 Dear Ms. Bose: On behalf of Georgia Power Company, Southern Company is filing this letter to provide the Proposed Study Plan for relicensing the Lloyd Shoals Project, to respond to stakeholder scoping comments, and to also respond to FERC’s Additional Information Request (AIR), dated November 05, 2018. There are two parts to this filing with five components total: Part 1 of 2 1) Cover Letter 2) Appendix A – Lloyd Shoals Proposed Study Plan 3) Appendix B – Response to Scoping Comments Part 2 of 2 4) Cover Letter 5) Appendix C - Response to AIR If you require further information, please contact me at 404.506.7219. Sincerely, Courtenay R. O’Mara, P.E. Hydro Licensing and Compliance Supervisor cc: FERC/OEP – Neetu Deo, Allan Creamer Geosyntec – Cristin Krachon Kleinschmidt – Steven Layman, Ph.D. Troutman Sanders – Hallie Meushaw APPENDIX A Lloyd Shoals Project Proposed Study Plan P-2336-094 Proposed Study Plan Lloyd Shoals Hydroelectric Project FERC Project Number 2336 Prepared with: Southern Company Generation Hydro Services and December 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Content of Proposed Study Plan ............................................................... 1-1 1.2 Study Plan Meeting .................................................................................. 1-2 1.3 Study Implementation Master Schedule ..................................................