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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Check out our latest stories...   Oregon silverspot butterfly The Oregon silverspot butterfly, listed federally as threatened since 1980, is only found in four places in the world. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Arcata and Newport offices are working with various partners to include multiple zoos, universities, non-profit organizations, local parks and others in an to attempt to save the species with the hope of eventually taking it off the endangered species list. Credit: Christine Damiani/USFWS  'Whittling down' non-natives crucial to save beautiful and rare species By John Heil April 24, 2018  The Oregon silverspot butterfly is beautiful and rare. Unfortunately, that beauty and rarity is at risk due to habitat degradation. And while the danger is real, there is a plan to address it led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and their partners. The butterfly, listed federally as threatened since 1980, is only found in four places in the world: North of Lake Earl, California, and the Siuslaw National Forest, Mt. Hebo, and Cascade Heads. Additionally, the butterfly will be found in Saddle Mountain where they will be reintroduced for the first time this spring/early summer and in Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge, where they will be introduced this summer after being extinct since the 1970s. Currently, the Service's Arcata and Newport Fish and Wildlife offices are working with various partners to include multiple zoos, universities, non-profit organizations, local parks and the U.S. Forest Service to attempt to save the species with the hope of eventually taking it off the endangered species list. Continue to full story...   NATURE'S GOOD NEIGHBORS Series: Where cattle graze and salamanders roam Tom and Ed Sparling at Sparling Ranch near Hollister, California. Credit: Ashley Spratt/USFWS   Sparling Ranch Conservation Bank a win-win for ranchers, developers, wildlife By Ashley Spratt April 23, 2018 Amid the rolling grasslands and oak woodlands of Santa Clara and San Benito counties lies Sparling Ranch, just outside the small town of Hollister, California. On warm summer days, herds of cattle graze and rest on the sloping hillsides. Tom and Ed Sparling are cousins and reminisce about the history in these hills, where their families have ranched, hunted, and fished for six generations. Their great-great grandfather was T.S. Hawkins, who traveled hundreds of miles by wagon from Missouri to California and originally settled the land at the turn of the century. His critically acclaimed book, "Recollections of a Busy Life," recounted that journey. Continue to full story....   Stay Connected with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region     This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region · 2800 Cottage Way · Suite W-2606 · Sacramento, CA 95825