North Dakota's Endangered and Threatened Species

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North Dakota's Endangered and Threatened Species

• Least Tern
• Bald Eagle
• Whooping Crane
• Peregrine Falcon
• Black-footed Ferret

• Pallid Sturgeon
• Gray Wolf
• Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
• Piping Plover

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Least TernSterna antillarum

• Along Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers
• Declined due to dam construction reduced
  available sandbars for breading

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Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus

• Along Missouri River between Bismarck and
  Garrison Dam
• Declined due to loss of habitat, hunting,
  pesticides

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Whooping CraneGrus americana

• Tallest in North America - 5 feet tall, 7 foot
  wingspan
• Only about 145 in the wild
• Migrate over North Dakota in spring and fall

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Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus anatum

• One of the fastest animals in the world
• 200 mph in a dive
• Decline due to pesticide use

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Black-Footed FerretMustela nigripes

• Decline due to loss of food source Prairie Dogs
• Similar to Long-Tailed Weasel

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Pallid SturgeonScaphirhynchus albus

• Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers
• Declined due to dam construction

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Gray WolfCanis lupus

• Forested areas Turtle Mountains
• Decline due to loss of habitat

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Western Prairie Fringed OrchidPlatanthera
praeclara

• ND has largest population in the world
• 2000 in Sheyenne National Grasslands (SE ND)
• Decline due to loss of habitat

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Piping PloverCharadrius melodus

• Sandbars in Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers
• Decline due to dam construction