Tonight!

Friday, December 4, 2009, 8 p.m.
RECOVERY OF THE ENDANGERED DELMARVA FOX SQUIRREL.
Glenn Therres, DNR Associate Director, Wildlife and Heritage Service.

Glenn Therres will examine the world of the endangered Delmarva fox
squirrel.  He is an expert on this Maryland-centered animal and
assumed responsibilities for the Delmarva fox squirrel recovery
program in Maryland in 1986.  The Delmarva fox squirrel was one of the
first species listed by the federal government as endangered in the
late 1960s.  It historically occurred throughout the Delmarva
Peninsula and into southeastern Pennsylvania, but its range had
contracted to only three counties on Maryland's Eastern Shore and
Eastern Neck Island at the time of its listing.  Through the
collaborative efforts of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and others the Delmarva fox squirrel
population is increasing and expanding within its historic range.
This has been accomplished through reintroductions and habitat
conservation over the past 40 years.  Today, this endangered species
is now on the brink of recovery. Glenn Therres has been employed as a
wildlife biologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
for over 25 years.   Prior to working with DNR, he attended the
University of Maryland and received his B.S. degree in zoology and
then received his master's degree in wildlife management from Penn
State University. Glenn is currently the supervisor of the entire DNR
endangered species program.

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Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD