Recovery+plan+status+information


 * == As you have seen, the history of the species showed that in 1990, when the recovery plan was devised, an alarming decline in the population had been noted: ==


 * ==** Only 2 small populations remained along the Connecticut River **==
 * ==** In Maryland there were only 6 locations with more than 500 adults, and about a dozen with smaller populations - all of these occurred in the sandy cliffs near the Chesapeake Bay **==
 * ==** //C. puritana// was listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1990 **==

===Turning around this species' decline before it went extinct was very uncertain. In fact, the scientists who created the recovery plan gave it a poor ranking - indicating that the Puritan tiger beetle was facing a high degree of threat, with a low recovery potential (7).===

To see if the species is overcoming the threats against it, return to the recovery plan page, and follow the links to its challenges and progress.
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