PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

CHAPTER 290
H.P. 598 - L.D. 789

An Act to List Specific Threatened and Endangered Species

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 12 MRSA �7753, sub-�3, as amended by PL 1995, c. 667, Pt. A, �33, is further amended to read:

     3. Legislative authority. The Legislature, as sole authority, shall designate a species as state endangered or state threatened species. The list of state endangered or state threatened species is as follows:

Common Name	Scientific Name	Status
Least Tern	Sterna albifrons	Endangered
Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	Endangered
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus	Endangered
Sedge Wren	Cistothorus platenis	Endangered
Grasshopper
Sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum	Endangered
Box Turtle	Terrapene carolina	Endangered
Black Racer	Coluber constrictor	Endangered
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	Threatened Endangered
Northern Bog
Lemming	Synaptomys borealis	Threatened
Loggerhead
Turtle	Caretta caretta	Threatened
Blanding's
Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii	Threatened Endangered
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Endangered
American Pipit	Anthus rubescens	Endangered
Peregrine
Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Endangered
Flat-headed
Mayfly	Epeorus frisoni	Endangered
Ringed
Boghaunter	Williamsonia lintneri	Endangered
Clayton's
Copper	Lycaena dorcas claytoni	Endangered
Edwards'
Hairstreak	Satyrium edwardsii	Endangered
Hessel's
Hairstreak	Mitoura hesseli	Endangered
Katahdin Arctic	Oenis polixenes katahdin	Endangered
Spotted Turtle	Clemmys guttata	Threatened
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Threatened
Razorbill	Alca torda	Threatened
Atlantic Puffin	Fratercula arctica	Threatened
Harlequin Duck	Histrionicus histrionicus	Threatened
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	Threatened
Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	Threatened
Swamp Darter	Etheostoma fusiforme	Threatened
Tidewater Mucket Yellow	Leptodea ochracea	Threatened
Lampmussel	Lampsilis cariosa	Threatened
Tomah Mayfly	Siphlonisca aerodromia	Threatened
Pygmy Snaketail	Ophiogomphus howei	Threatened
Twilight Moth	Lycia rachelae	Threatened
Pine Barrens
Zanclognatha	Zanclognatha martha	Threatened

     Sec. 2. 12 MRSA �7754, sub-�4 is enacted to read:

     4. Annual report. The commissioner shall submit a written report by January 1st of each year to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters describing the status of all current and planned programs, activities and rules of the department pertaining to the conservation or management of endangered or threatened species. When appropriate, this report may be combined with any transplantation report required under subsection 1, paragraph D.

Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.

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