By Trish Svoboda
The Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1975 requires a five-year review of the state Endangered, Threatened, and Species-In-Need-of-Conservation (SINC) lists.
For a full review, applications are evaluated by the T&E Task Committee to determine if there’s enough evidence presented by a petitioner to conduct a full review. Factors considered are population, extent of threat, listing rank, and evidence of vulnerability.
For their current review, KDWP has submitted three petitions to the Task Committee that they determined call for a full review, as stated in a social media post.
The three petitions request that the shoal chub, broad-headed skink, and the northern map turtle be moved from threatened to SINC.
The post also stated that the full review process will include public meeting and a consultation with experts who evaluate petitions, and provide feedback to anything that was overlooked.
Listed below are the scheduled meetings.
Upcoming Informational Meetings
Meetings will last two hours and are scheduled for the following times and locations:
· Date: February 06, 2024
· Time: 1:00 p.m.
· Location: Kansas Wetland Education Center, 592 NE K-156 Highway, Great Bend
· Date: February 06, 2024
· Time: 5:00 p.m.
· Location: Zoom at: https://ksoutdoors.zoom.us/j/89352502542 (Virtual meeting will begin with the same informational presentation provided at in-person meetings. Following the presentation, the meeting host will remain online until 7:00 p.m. to answer questions and record comments.)
· Date: February 07, 2024
· Time: 1:00 p.m.
· Location: KDWP Region 2 Office, Basement Conference Room, 300 SW Wanamaker Road, Topeka
· Date: February 12, 2024
· Time: 2:00 p.m.
· Location: Healthy Bourbon County Action Team Building, 104 North National Avenue, Fort Scott
· Date: February 15, 2024
· Time: 5:00 p.m.
· Location: Zoom at: https://ksoutdoors.zoom.us/j/84715916256 (Virtual meeting will begin with the same informational presentation provided at in-person meetings. Following the presentation, the meeting host will remain online until 7:00 p.m. to answer questions and record comments.)
