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Page 1 and 2: The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake:
Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Numerous individua
Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS Section I Eastern
Page 7 and 8: Figure 2: Approximate Range of the
Page 9 and 10: more open sites is the tendency for
Page 11 and 12: Table 1. Means of movement and acti
Page 13 and 14: population restrict overwintering a
Page 15 and 16: accomplished in hours, but males of
Page 17 and 18: population biology of massasaugas a
Page 19 and 20: shallow wetland systems, such as, s
Page 21 and 22: SECTION II: EASTERN MASSASAUGA HABI
Page 23 and 24: disking, 3) altering water tables,
Page 25 and 26: known if these species create unsui
Page 27 and 28: Land managers have several opportun
Page 29 and 30: site accounted for nearly 28 percen
Page 31 and 32: possible in northern localities but
Page 33 and 34: currently being developed (Casper e
Page 35 and 36: • Although decreases in water lev
Page 37 and 38: Population Monitoring Reliable esti
Page 39 and 40: Given that the contemporary decline
Page 41 and 42: Levees and Dikes. Although levees a
Page 43 and 44: Goode 1994). Captive populations of
Page 45: LITERATURE CITED Adler, K.K. 1960.
Page 49 and 50: Johnson, B., B. Porchuk, and J. Ged
Page 51 and 52: Michot, T.C. 1981. Thermal and spat
Page 53 and 54: Rosen, P. C. and C. H. Lowe. 1994.
Page 55 and 56: World Conservation Union. 1994. Gui
Page 57 and 58: Forward to Appendix A The managemen
Page 59 and 60: species. It is located on the Weste
Page 61 and 62: situation. This regime is character
Page 63 and 64: In areas where fire and mowing are
Page 65 and 66: Damming, highway construction, urba
Page 67 and 68: • To continue to conduct concurre
Page 69 and 70: Eastern Massasauga Experts Illinois
Page 71 and 72: Appendix C 66
Page 73 and 74: Appendix D 68
Page 75 and 76: Appendix F 70

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