Maine 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Maine House Bill LD57 Introduced / Bill

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131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2023
Legislative Document	No. 57H.P. 32 House of Representatives, January 4, 2023
An Act to Amend Maine's Endangered and Threatened Species List
Submitted by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 204.
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative DILL of Old Town. Page 1 - 131LR0099(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2007, c. 166, §1, is 
3 further amended to read:
4 D.  Sedge wren, Cistothorus platensis stellaris, endangered;
5 as enacted by PL 2003, c. 573, §6 and 
6 affected by §8 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§3 and 6, is repealed.
7 as amended by PL 2015, c. 121, §2, is 
8 further amended to read:
9 P.  Clayton's copper, Lycaena Tharsalea dorcas claytoni, threatened;
10 as enacted by PL 2003, c. 573, §6 and 
11 affected by §8 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§3 and 6, is amended to read:
12 S.  Katahdin arctic, Oenis Oeneis polixenes katahdin, endangered;
13 as enacted by PL 2003, c. 573, §6 and 
14 affected by §8 and c. 655, Pt. C, §§3 and 6, is amended to read:
15 BB.  Tidewater mucket, Leptodea Atlanticoncha ochracea, threatened;
16 as enacted by PL 2007, c. 166, §1, is 
17 repealed.
18 as enacted by PL 2007, c. 166, §1, is 
19 amended to read:
20 PP.  Purple lesser Arctic fritillary, Boloria chariclea grandis, threatened;
21 as enacted by PL 2015, c. 121, §5, is 
22 amended to read:
23 WW.  Frigga fritillary, Boloria frigga saga, endangered;
24 as enacted by PL 2015, c. 121, §5, is 
25 amended to read:
26 ZZ.  Eastern small-footed bat, Myotis leibii, threatened; and
27 as enacted by PL 2015, c. 121, §5, is 
28 amended to read:
29 AAA.  Six-whorl vertigo, Vertigo morsei, endangered.;
30 is enacted to read:
31 BBB.  Ashton's cuckoo bumble bee, Bombus ashtoni, endangered;
32 is enacted to read:
33 CCC.  Bank swallow, Riparia riparia, threatened;
34 is enacted to read:
35 DDD.  Bicknell's thrush, Catharus bicknelli, threatened;
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1 EEE.  Blackpoll warbler, Setophaga striata, threatened;
2 is enacted to read:
3 FFF.  Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, threatened;
4 is enacted to read:
5 GGG.  Margined tiger beetle, Ellipsoptera marginata, threatened;
6 is enacted to read:
7 HHH.  Saltmarsh sparrow, Ammodramus caudacutus, endangered; and
8 is enacted to read:
9 III.  Tricolored bat, Perimyotis subflavus, threatened.
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11 This bill makes amendments to the State's list of endangered and threatened species 
12 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 12803.  It removes the box turtle 
13 and the rapids clubtail from the endangered species list.  It adds the Ashton's cuckoo bumble 
14 bee and the saltmarsh sparrow to the endangered species list.  It adds the bank swallow, the 
15 Bicknell's thrush, the blackpoll warbler, the cliff swallow, the margined tiger beetle and the 
16 tricolored bat to the threatened species list. It also makes some taxonomic nomenclature 
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