Five+year+status

==In 2007, a status report was issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The purpose of the study was to compare the objectives of the original rescue plan for the Puritan tiger beetle with the reality of their chances of survival at the present time.==

==In the time since that the plan was written, important new ideas have come to light about threats to the Puritan tiger beetle species as well as opportunities to improve their chances of survival. The comparison made use of these new ideas, which you should review by clicking on the following links, before reading the final conclusions of the status report:==

Here are the new ideas:

 * Reports dealing with important issues for the Maryland metapopulations
 * Studies that focused on the plight of the Connecticut River metapopulations.

Now on to the conclusions about the future of the species
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