U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Lee County Cave Isopod

Description and integrity of the underground The Lee County cave isopod is an environment is completely dependent obligate cave water dwelling organism on the management of the surface documented in only four caves in environment and the activities that Lee County, . Three of the occur there. caves are connected by groundwater, resulting in a single cave system. The What you can do to help fourth cave is located approximately If you reside on property that borders six miles northeast of that system, but a stream or other waterway, avoid as a result of groundwater pollution using chemicals or fertilizers. To the isopod no longer occurs there. This help control erosion and reduce L. Koch isopod lacks a hard body cover, eyes, runoff, maintain a buffer of natural References and pigmentation and possesses vegetation along waterbodies and Reynolds, R. and J.R. Holsinger. seven pairs of leg-like appendages. sinkholes. Never place anything into 1995. Lee County cave isopod. Its total length is up to 0.3 inches. sinkholes. Install fencing to prevent Page 56 in K. Terwilliger, J.R. Tate, livestock from entering streams, this and S.L. Woodward, eds. A guide to Life History will reduce siltation and input of endangered and threatened species This freshwater is found on waste products. Properly dispose of in Virginia. McDonald and the surfaces of small rocks and gravel household wastes, including used Woodward Publishing Company, in cave streams or similar habitat at motor oil, at recycling facilities and Blacksburg, Virginia. spring upwellings. This isopod is highly permitted landfills. Have your septic susceptible to water quality and tank inspected regularly by a licensed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. quantity changes. The average professional. By following these land 1997. Lee County cave isopod number of eggs per female is use practices, you are not only (Lirceus usdagalun) recovery plan. estimated to be 27.5. Very little is protecting the habitat of cave Hadley, Massachusetts. known about the life history of this creatures but also protecting the species. quality of your drinking water. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Virginia Field Office Conservation To find out more about the Lee 6669 Short Lane The Lee County cave isopod was County cave isopod contact: Gloucester, Virginia 23061 federally listed as an endangered Virginia Department of Game and 804/693 6694 species on December 21, 1992. This Inland Fisheries species is susceptible to various types P.O. Box 11104 Federal Relay Service of groundwater pollution from surface Richmond, Virginia 23230 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing water passing directly through 804/367 1000 1 800/877 8339 sinkholes and small openings in the limestone terrain. Sinkholes are Virginia Department of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service natural depressions in the land Conservation and Recreation 1 800/344 WILD surface that are formed by the Division of Natural Heritage http://www.fws.gov collapse of a cavern roof. 217 Governor Street, 3rd Floor Degradation of water quality from Richmond, Virginia 23219 October 2010 surrounding land uses represents a 804/786 7951 potentially serious threat to the survival of this species. In areas with high densities of caves, the quality