Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION › Title 163 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission › Chapter 4 - Wildlife Regulations › Section 163-4-004 - Threatened and endangered species

Current through June 17, 2024
The following regulations are prescribed by the Game and
				  Parks Commission, State of Nebraska in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat.
				  §§
									37-301,
				  37-314,
				  37-316,
				  37-418,
				  37-540,
				  37-542,
				  37-548
				  through
				  37-549,
				  and
				  37-801
				  through
				  37-811.
				  For purposes of these regulations, unless context otherwise requires, the
				  definitions found in Chapter 37, sections 202 through 247 of the Game Law, are
				  used.
004.01 ENDANGERED SPECIES
Common Name
Scientific Name
Location1
Birds
*Whooping crane
Grus americana
Entire
*Eskimo curlew2
Numenius borealis
Entire
interior least tern
Stemula antillarum
								athalassos
Entire
Mammals
*Black-footed ferret
Mustela niaripes
Entire
Swift fox
Vulpes velox
Entire
Plants
*Blowout penstemon
Penstemon havdenii
Entire
**Colorado butterfly plant
Gaura neomexicana ssp.
								coloradensis
Entire
Saltwort
Salicornia rubra
Entire
Fishes
*Topeka shiner
Notropis topeka
Entire
*Pallid sturgeon
Scaphirhvnchus
								albus
Entire
Blacknose shiner
Notropis
								heterolepis
Entire
Sturgeon chub
Macrhvboosis qelida
Entire
Invertebrates
*American burying beetle
Nicrophorus
								americanus
Entire
*Salt Creek tiger beetle
Cicindela nevadica
								lincolniana
Entire
*Scaleshell mussel
Leptodea leptodon
Entire
*Also listed as endangered in Nebraska under the
								Federal Endangered Species Act.
**Also listed as threatened in Nebraska under the
								Federal Endangered Species Act.
1Portion of Nebraska
								where endangered or threatened.
2Last reported Nebraska
								sighting was made in 1926, no documented sighting anywhere since 1962. Species
								likely extinct.
3There are recent (not
								historical) records of this species in Nebraska. However, there are no known
								breeding populations and/or Nebraska does not provide an important stopover or
								migratory path for this species.
004.02 THREATENED SPECIES
Common Name
Scientific Name
Location1
Birds
Mountain plover
Charadrius montanus
Entire
**Piping plover
Charadrius melodus
Entire
**Red knot
Calidris canutus
								rufa
Entire
McCown's Lonqspur
Rhvnchophanes
								mccownii
Entire
Mammals
Southern flying squirrel
Glaucomvs volans
Entire
**Northern long-eared bat
Myotis
								septentrionalis
Entire
Plants
**Ute ladies'-tresses orchid
Spiranthes
								diluvialis
Entire
**Western prairie fringed orchid
Platanthera
								praeclara
Entire
American Ginseng
Panax quinquefolius
Entire
Small white lady's-slipper
Cypripedium
								candidum
Entire
Fishes
Lake sturgeon
Acipenser
								fulvescens
Entire
Northern redbelly dace
Chrosomus eos
Entire
Finescale dace
Chrosomus neoqaeus
Entire
Reptiles
Massasauga
Sistrurus catenatus
Entire
Timber Rattlesnake
Crotalus horridus
Entire
*Also listed as endangered in Nebraska under the
								Federal Endangered Species Act.
**Also listed as threatened in Nebraska under the
								Federal Endangered Species Act.
1 Portion of Nebraska
								where endangered or threatened.
3There are recent (not
								historical) records of this species in Nebraska. However, there are no known
								breeding populations and/or Nebraska does not provide an important stopover or
								migratory path for this species.
004.03 General Regulations
It shall be unlawful to:
004.03A Take, export, possess, process, sell
				or offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport, or ship by any means whatsoever
				any threatened species, except as specifically provided by state or federal
				law, with the following exceptions:
004.03A1
				Accidental taking of any lake sturgeon or pallid sturgeon through commercial
				operations or by hook and line will not be considered unlawful if returned to
				the water immediately.
004.03A2
				Taking of massasauga or timber rattlesnake will not be considered unlawful it
				if is done for the immediate protection of the health of humans, livestock or
				pets.
004.03A3 Possession,
				processing, sale or transport of cultivated (non-wild) ginseng, or wild ginseng
				that is legally harvested outside of Nebraska, shall not be considered
				unlawful.
004.03A4 Unintentional
				taking of plants resulting from normal agricultural practices shall not be
				considered unlawful.