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Staff Directory, Resources, & Partners Auburn University Environmental Institute The mission of the Auburn University Environmental Institute (AUEI) is to serve the state, nation, and global community by providing leadership and coherence in all university areas of environmental instruction, research, and extension/outreach. The goal of the Environmental Institute is to promote, coordinate, and implement multi-disciplinary programs and activities to meet the environmental needs of the University, state, and nation. NatureServe NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to provide the scientific basis for effective conservation action. NatureServe represents an international network of biological inventories—known as natural heritage programs or conservation data centers—operating in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. NatureServe’s three organizational goals are: (1) Help make biodiversity a mainstream consideration in all significant conservation and natural resource management decisions by making it simple for conservationists, government agencies, corporations, and landowners to access and use high-quality biodiversity information. (2) Advance our scientific resources and information technology systems in order to meet the needs of our clients and partners. (3) Strengthen our organizational effectiveness and capacity and better leverage the power of the NatureServe network to inform conservation action at local, regional, national, and international scales. Heritage Staff Directory Michael Barbour GIS Analyst (334) 833-4062 mbarbour@alnhp.org Jim Godwin Aquatic Zoologist (334) 833-4060 jgodwin@alnhp.org Robert W. Hastings (334) 833-4064 bhstings@knology.net Al Schotz Botanist/Community Ecologist (334) 833-4061 aschotz@alnhp.org Location Alabama Natural Heritage Program 1500 East Fairview Avenue Huntingdon College, Cloverdale Campus Montgomery, AL 36106-2148 Phone: (334) 833-4062 Fax: (334)833-4063 Websites ALNHP’s Web Address: http://www.alnhp.org NatureServe's biodiversity site: http://www.natureserve.org Auburn University Environmental Institute’s Web Address: http://www.auei.auburn.edu/ Alabama Natural Heritage Program SM – 2007 Tracking List Page 2
Definition of Heritage Ranks The Alabama Natural Heritage Program uses the Heritage ranking system developed by The Nature Conservancy. Each species is assigned two ranks; one representing its range-wide or global status (G rank), and one representing its status in the state (S rank). Species with a rank of 1 are most critically imperiled; those with a rank of 5 are most secure. Global Ranking System State Ranking System G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 GX GH GU GNR G#T# Critically Imperiled – At very high risk of extinction due to extreme rarity (often 5 or fewer populations), very steep declines, or other factors. Imperiled – At high risk of extinction due to very restricted range, very few populations (often 20 or fewer), steep declines, or other factors. Vulnerable – At moderate risk of extinction due to a restricted range, relatively few populations (often 80 or fewer), recent and widespread declines, or other factors. Apparently Secure – Uncommon but not rare; some cause for long-term concern due to declines or other factors. Secure – Common; widespread and abundant. Presumed Extinct (species) – Not located despite intensive searches and virtually no likelihood of rediscovery. Eliminated (ecological communities) – Eliminated throughout its range, with no restoration potential due to extinction of dominant or characteristic species. Of historical occurrence throughout its range. Possibly Extinct (species) – Missing; known from only historical occurrences but still some hope of rediscovery. Presumed Eliminated – (Historic, ecological communities)-Presumed eliminated throughout its range, with no or virtually no likelihood that it will be rediscovered, but with the potential for restoration, for example, American Chestnut Forest. Unrankable – Currently unrankable due to lack of information or due to substantially conflicting information about status or trends. Not ranked to date. S1 Critically imperiled in Alabama because of extreme rarity (5 or fewer occurrences of very few remaining individuals or acres) or because of some factor(s) making it especially vulnerable to extirpation from Alabama. S2 Imperiled in state because of rarity (6 to 20 occurrences or few remaining individuals or acres) or because of some factor(s) making it very vulnerable to extirpation from Alabama. S3 Rare or uncommon in Alabama (on the order of 21 to 100 occurrences). S4 Apparently secure in Alabama, with many occurrences. S5 Demonstrably secure in Alabama and essentially "ineradicable" under present conditions. SX Presumed Extirpated – Species or community is believed to be extirpated from Alabama. Not located despite intensive searches of historical sites and other appropriate habitat, and virtually no likelihood that it will be rediscovered. SH Historical (Possibly Extirpated) – Species or community occurred historically in Alabama, and there is some possibility that it may be rediscovered. Its presence may not have been verified in the past 20-40 years. A species or community could become SH without such a 20- 40 year delay if the only known occurrences in a nation or state/province were destroyed or if it had been extensively and unsuccessfully looked for. The SH rank is reserved for species or communities for which some effort has been made to relocate occurrences, rather than simply using this status for all elements not known from verified extant occurrences. SNR Unranked – State conservation status not yet assessed. SA Accidental in Alabama, including species Infraspecific Taxon (trinomial) – The status of (usually birds or butterflies) recorded once or infraspecific taxa (subspecies or varieties) are twice or only at very great intervals, hundreds or indicated by a "T-rank" following the species' even thousands of miles outside their usual global rank. Rules for assigning T-ranks follow range; a few of these species may even have bred the same principles outlined above for global on the one or two occasions they were recorded. conservation status ranks. A T-rank cannot imply the subspecies or variety is more abundant than SU Unrankable – Currently unrankable due to lack the species as a whole-for example, a G1T2 of information or due to substantially conflicting cannot occur. At this time, the T rank is not used information about status or trends. for ecological communities. SE An exotic established in Alabama. Alabama Natural Heritage Program SM – 2007 Tracking List Page 3
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