Karner Blue Butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Karner Blue Butterfly Final Recovery Plan

Final Recovery Plan PDF 1.6MB; 293 pages

News Release - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Approves Recovery Plan for the Karner Blue Butterfly (September 19, 2003)

Federal Register Notice of Availability- Approved Recovery Plan for the Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) - September 19, 2003 (PDF)

Karner Blue Butterfly Fact Sheet

Karner Blue Butterfly in New York - Fact Sheet

Recovery activities in New York

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Wisconsin's Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan Information

The Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan Fact Sheet
Questions and Answers about the Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan
Wisconsin's Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan

Articles:

The Karner blue butterfly: an article about the species and its ecosystem (April 1997)
The Beauty and Benefits of Savannas: Necedah National Wildlife Refuge - learn about management for the Karner blue butterfly's ecosystem (April 1997)
Of Wings and Warriors: management for the Karner blue butterfly on Fort McCoy in Wisconsin (January 1997)
Wild lupine and Karner blue butterflies: an article about the Karner blue's relationship with wild lupine (November 1996)

Other Links

Karner Blue Butterfly in Indiana - Chipper Woods Bird Observatory

Karner Blue Butterfly in Indiana - The Nature Conservancy

Karner Blue Butterfly in Michigan - Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Karner Blue Butterfly in New York - New York Department of Conservation

The Karner Blue Butterfly and the Pine-Oak Barrens Ecosystem - The Roosevelt Wild Life Station (SUNY-Syracuse), Conservation and Education Research

Managing for the Karner Blue Butterfly in Queensbury, New York - Town of Queensbury

National Wildlife Federation's Karner Blue Butterfly Information

Karner Blue Butterfly in Ohio - Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Wisconsin's Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Environmental Education for Kids (EEK)! - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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