Karner Blue Butterfly
Thursday, October 18th, 2007 
Karner Blue Butterfly, originally uploaded by violetflm.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has applied for a permit from the Fish and Wildlife Service which would allow TNC to a program on non-Federal and non-TNC lands in eastern New York to promote the recovery of the Karner Blue Butterfly on enrolled private lands located in Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Warren Counties in the State of New York.
It is expected that there will be no existing Karner Blue Butterflies at the beginning of the program in these areas.
The conservation measures will improve and maintain pitch pine scrub oak barrens oak-pine savannahs, and tall grass prairie openings through mowing, tree clearing, and grubbing, removal of debris, prescribed burning, limited use of herbicides, and planting seeds or seedlings by hand or mechanical equipment. TNC may also employ captive-rearing and translocation methods to enhance butterfly colonization of sites.
Learn more about the Karner Blue Butterfly from The Nature Conservancy.
Or from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
This butterfly also faces danger in Wisconsin.
To Contact the EPA about this species, do so in writing by November 9th, 2007. And please address comments to Field Office Supervisor, New York Field Office, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, New York 13045; facsimile 607-753-9699. Please refer to permit TE162713-0 when submitting comments.