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Red Knot
Red Knot, Photo: Greg Breese / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Red Knot, © Andrew Harper

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Protecting the Red Knot

Policy Documents

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision not to list the red knot, May 2008

Emergency petition to list the red knot under the Endangered Species Act, February 2008

Comment letter asking State of Delaware to pass moratorium on horseshoe crab fishing

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision not to list the red knot, January 2006

Emergency petition to list the red knot under the Endangered Species Act, June 2005

External Links

How to Report Shorebird Sightings

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Website on the Red Knot

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