Nevada
Species and Description
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States
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Cui-ui
Chasmistes cujus
 The Cui-ui, a fish found only in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, declined due to agricultural diversions that led to a drop in lake levels. The adult population of Cui-ui, estimated at 100,000 in 1983, increased to over 1 million by 1992.
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Arctic peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus tundrius
 The use of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides resulted in reproductive failures in Arctic peregrines and caused their population to plummet. After DDT was banned, migration counts at the New Jersey Cape May Hawkwatch site saw the number of migrating Arctic peregrines increase from 103 in 1976, to 429 in 1992 (the species was delisted in 1994), to 1,017 in 2004.
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AL(m), AK(b), AZ(m), AR(m), CA(m), CO(m), CT(m), DE(m), DC(m), FL(m), GA(m), ID(m), IL(m), IN(m), IA(m), KS(m), KY(m), LA(m), ME(m), MD(m), MA(m), MI(m), MN(m), MS(m), MO(m), MT(m), NE(m), NV(m), NH(m), NY(m), NM(m), NJ(m), NC(m), ND(m), OH(m), OK(m), OR(m), PA(m), RI(m), SC(m), SD(m), TN(m), TX(m), UT(m), VT(m), VA(m), WA(m), WV(m), WI(m), WY(m) --- |
Pahrump poolfish
Empetrichthys latos
 The Pahrump poolfish is endemic to Manse Spring, Nevada but was removed from this habitat when it became apparent that the spring would go dry due to groundwater pumping. Reintroductions of Pahrump poolfish resulted in the establishment of additional populations with the total number of fish at these sites increasing from 29 in 1971 to 33,259 in 2004.
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American peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus anatum
 The use of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides resulted in reproductive failures in American peregrines and caused populations to plummet. After DDT was banned, the number of American peregrine pairs breeding in the U.S. increased from 324 in 1975 to 1,700 in 2000; the species was delisted in 1999.
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AL(m), AK(b), AZ(b), AR(m), CA(b), CO(b), CT(b), DE(b), DC(m), GA(b), ID(b), IL(b), IN(b), IA(b), KS(m), KY(b), LA(m), ME(b), MD(b), MA(b), MI(b), MN(b), MS(m), MO(m), MT(b), NE(b), NV(b), NH(b), NY(b), NM(b), NJ(b), NC(b), ND(m), OH(b), OK(m), OR(b), PA(b), RI(b), SC(b), SD(b), TN(b), TX(b), UT(b), VT(b), VA(b), WA(b), WV(m), WI(b), WY(b) --- |
California condor
Gymnogyps californianus
 The California condor had declined to just nine individuals in 1985 due to DDT, lead poisoning, and hunting. A successful captive breeding and reintroduction program has increased the 2005 wild population to 121 and the captive population to 158.
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AZ(b), CA(b) --- NV(x), OR(x), UT(x), WA(x) |
Moapa dace
Moapa coriacea
 Moapa dace populations declined due to a combination of habitat degradation and the introduction of exotic fish species. Moapa dace populations increased throughout the 1980s, reached a high of 4,341 fish in 1994, and then decreased due to a fire and later due to an invasion by tilapia, although recent habitat restoration and tilapia removal appear to be helping.
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Gray wolf (Western DPS)
Canis lupus (Western DPS)
 Hunting and persecution of gray wolves led to their extirpation in the western portion of the lower 48 states. Gray wolves began recolonizing the Rocky Mountain region in the early 1980s and currently 93 wolves are estimated to be in Montana, 294 in Greater Yellowstone, and 525 in Central Idaho.
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ID(b), MT(b), OR(o), WA(o), WY(b) --- CA(x), CO(x), NV(x), UT(x) |
Grizzly bear (Yellowstone DPS)
Ursus arctos horribilis (Yellowstone DPS)
 The killing of grizzly bears and the destruction and fragmentation of their habitat caused drastic population declines in the lower 48 states; by 1975 only six populations remained. The number of grizzly bears in the greater Yellowstone population has increased from an estimated 224 bears in 1975 to over 500 bears in 2005.
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ID(b), MT(b), WA(b), WY(b) --- AZ(x), CA(x), CO(x), KS(x), MN(x), NE(x), NV(x), NM(x), ND(x), OK(x), OR(x), SD(x), TX(x), UT(x) |
Bald eagle (Continental U.S. DPS)
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Continental U.S. DPS)
 The bald eagle declined throughout the Lower 48 states due to habitat loss and DDT application. The banning of DDT, increased habitat protection, and aggressive captive breeding and translocation programs caused the number of bald eagle pairs in the Lower 48 to soar from 416 in 1963 to approximately 9,789 in the latest census between 2004-2006.
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AL(b), AZ(b), AR(b), CA(b), CO(b), CT(b), DE(b), DC(b), FL(b), GA(b), ID(b), IL(b), IN(b), IA(b), KS(b), KY(b), LA(b), ME(b), MD(b), MA(b), MI(b), MN(b), MS(b), MO(b), MT(b), NE(b), NV(b), NH(b), NY(b), NM(b), NJ(b), NC(b), ND(b), OH(b), OK(b), OR(b), PA(b), RI(b), SC(b), SD(b), TN(b), TX(b), UT(b), VT(b), VA(b), WA(b), WV(b), WI(b), WY(b) --- |
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(b) currently breeds, (s) seasonally present, (m) migration route, (o) occasionally present, (x) extirpated
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