Rapids clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

The species is not protected under the Species at Risk Act in Canada, nor is it on the U.S. Endangered Species list. It is not covered by the IUCN Red List or CITES. Its general status in Wild Species 2005 is “May be at Risk” (Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council 2006). River habitats in Canada are nominally protected under the federal Fisheries Act where fish habitat is concerned.

Gomphus quadricolor is ranked globally as G3G4 (81 to > 300 occurrences; NatureServe 2007). Nationally, it is ranked as N1 in Canada and N3N4 in the U.S. (NatureServe 2007). At the state / provincial level, it is ranked as secure (>S4) only in Wisconsin (although it is likely to be revised to S4 or S5 in Minnesota, Richard Baker pers. comm. 2007). It is listed as Threatened in Massachusetts (NHESP 2003), Threatened in Connecticut (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection 2007), Special Concern in Michigan (Cuthrell 2000), and proposed for listing as Endangered in Maine (deMaynadier 2006). Less than 12 of the occurrences are appropriately protected and managed in State and National forests in Wisconsin and in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway on the Minnesota – Wisconsin border (NatureServe 2007).

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