ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE
PROTECTION STATUS: Endangered
YEAR LISTED: 1967
CRITICAL HABITAT: 84,865 acres designated in 2007
RECOVERY PLAN: 1999
RANGE: Dade and Monroe counties in the Everglades system in southern Florida
THREATS: Alterations to the distribution, timing, and quantity of water flows in southern Florida; development; fire; pollution; and vegetation changes
POPULATION TREND: The Cape Sable seaside sparrow has declined by as much as 60 percent rangewide since 1992. The western subpopulation has declined by about 90 percent.
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