Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife. 2024. Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife
Lists of SGCN were developed for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's (TPWD) revised Texas Conservation Action Plan through expert consultation and public feedback. Species are ranked using a conservation status system established by NatureServe. NatureServe ranks are based on multiple criteria including range extent, known occurrences, abundance, and threats. Because of this tool's utility for multiple taxa and its use on landscape scales crossing political boundaries, Natureserve rankings were the primary method of incorporating declining and rare species to address in the plan. Each species and plant community possesses a global (range-wide) and state rank based on their respective conservation status. The conservation status of a species is designated by a number from one to five, preceded by a letter reflecting the appropriate geographic scale (G=Global, S=State). Numbers have the following meaning: 1) Critically imperiled, 2) Imperiled, 3) Vulnerable, 4) Apparently secure, and 5) Secure.
- Type
- Tabular Dataset
- Authors
- Texas Parks and Wildlife
- Date of Issue
- 2024-01-31
- Publisher
- Texas Parks and Wildlife
- Keywords
- State Species of Concern, Texas