MK Kreikemeier's List: tigerbeetle

• The Salt Creek tiger beetle is considered an “indicator” species
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• Where is the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle found?
  (be specific, your answer should include the words remnant and restricted ranges) - MK Kreikemeier on 2010-08-05

• classic case of habitat loss driving a species to the brink
• Salt Creek tiger beetle

• It identifies 1,933 acres in northern Lancaster and southern Saunders counties as key land areas containing features essential for the conservation, management and protection of the insect.
• The long-legged, olive-green patterned Salt Creek tiger beetle was listed as a federal endangered species in 2005. By then, more than 90 percent of its salt marsh habitat had been destroyed or degraded because of encroaching development and farming.
• Asked what critical habitat designation means to a landowner who wants to develop some of those acres, Harms said the designation kicks in only when some type of federal activity or money is associated with a project, such as building a bridge or dam or filling in a wetland.

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• An annual census taken during the last two weeks in June found only 194 adults