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	Palos Verdes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California.
		Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, and Rolling Hills Estates are the predominant cities in the area, with a part of San Pedro protruding on the eastern end of the peninsula.
		Palos Verdes Blue - an endangered butterfly resident to the Palos Verdes Peninsula
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palos_Verdes (751 words)

	Butterfly Dreams
		The vetch was largely confined to the summer fog belt characteristic to the southern exposures of the Palos Verdes peninsula at elevations between 100 and 300 meters.
		The latter is an oligophage that was restricted to Astragalus at Palos Verdes.
		PVB use of deerweed was unknown and the vetch population we noted was a cluster of fewer than 25 individuals.
	www.lalc.k12.ca.us /uclasp/ISSUES/butterflies/palos_verdes_blue.html (4530 words)

	WildlifeWebsite.com-The place to find out about wildlife on the Internet.
		The Palos Verdes Blue is the rarest butterfly in the world.
		This is a picture of the habitat of the Palos Verdes Blue.
		The Palos Verdes blue lays its eggs on two kinds of plants locoweed and deerweed.
	www.wildlifewebsite.com /butterflies/pvblue.html (170 words)

	Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly Management Area
		The proposed Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly Management Area, located in the former Palos Verdes Navy Housing Area, lies less than five miles from the coastline and is located in a marine climate area that is heavily influenced by ocean conditions.
		The former Palos Verdes Navy Housing Area is located in the southeastern portion of the Los Angeles Basin, an alluvial plain approximately 50 miles long and 20 miles wide.
		The Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis) is one of eleven subspecies of the silvery blue butterfly.
	www.sci.sdsu.edu /SERG/restorationproj/chaparraland/palosverdes/pvma.htm (6348 words)

	Xerces Blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Xerces Blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) is an extinct species of butterfly.
		The last Xerces Blue was seen in either 1941 (Garth, J.S. and J.W. Tilden, California Butterflies, UC Press 1986) or 1943 (Powell, J.A. and C.L. Hogue, California Insects, UC Press, 1979) on lands that may now be part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
		The Palos Verdes Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis) which is considered a Los Angeles cousin of the Xerces, is being reared in labs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xerces_Blue (287 words)

	Defense Fuel Supply Point
		Gordon Pratt, a Researcher at the University of California at Riverside and a specialist in butterflies, is monitoring the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly at the DFSP.
		The Palos Verdes blue butterfly has been called "the rarest butterfly on earth." In the late 1970's, it was identified as a special species found only on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
		The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
	www.pvplc.org /land/dfsp (745 words)

	"Blue Butterflies" -- Silvery Blue - Paw-Talk Pets Forum
		After a critical coastal sage scrub habitat in Palos Verdes Peninsula containing its food plant was turned into a baseball diamond, the butterfly disappeared and was presumed extinct.
		Eleven years later a population of Palos Verdes Blues was spotted in a small stand of its host locoweed.
		Over 10 geographic races are identified; the shade of blue, depth of iridescence, and size of spots very dramatically from area to areas.
	www.paw-talk.net /forums/showthread.php?t=8237 (443 words)

	Palos Verdes Blue
		In 1987, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes had the grand distinction with being the first public agency charged with violating the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 by eradicating the last known Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly with its construction of a baseball field in Hess Park.
		The Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly was thought to be extinct for the last ten years, but a dramatic rediscovery was made on March 10th by Dr. Rudi Mattoni and biologist Rick Rogers.
		From the Penninsula News 9/23/99 -- The Palos Verdes Land Conservancy has been awarded $230,000 for the habitat restoration and reindroduction of the endagered P.V. Blue butterfly on the Linden H. Chandler Preserve in R.H.E..
	www.palosverdes.com /eco/blue.html (638 words)

	AFPMB - Blue butterfly exhibit highlights conservation cooperation
		Defense Logistics Agency and Defense Energy Support Center are currently participating in the White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation in St. Louis, Mo., with an exhibit on the conservation of the Palos Verdes blue butterfly.
		Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Installations and Environment Philip W. Grone said the Palos Verdes blue butterfly project was setting the standard for cooperative work between the government and civilian organizations.
		The Palos Verdes blue butterfly, federally listed as endangered in 1980, was last observed in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes in the early 1980s and presumed by many experts to be extinct.
	www.afpmb.org /images/afpmbshowcase/butterfly.htm (428 words)

	Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly
		Mass rearing of the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis: Lycaenidae).
		Rediscovery of the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly, Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis Perkins and Emmel.
		Status and trends: habitat restoration and the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly at the Defense Fuel Support Point, San Pedro, California, 1994–2001.
	www.urbanwildlands.org /pvb.html (511 words)

	Defense Logistics Ageny - DSS-E Environment and safety Office
		The blue butterfly populations and supporting habitat are being restored at a military fuel terminal located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in an industrial area of Los Angeles, California.
		the blue butterfly populations has increased, and chances for successful restoration of the butterfly and its supporting ecosystem on the fuel terminal appear to be good.
		A great deal of information about the blue butterfly and its ecology has been generated, and we hope this project will serve as a prototype for re establishing the butterfly at other sites on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
	www.dla.mil /dss/dss-e/environmental/conservation/pubs/butterfly.asp (825 words)

	California's Endangered Insects - Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At the time of the discovery of this population, the Palos Verdes Blue had not been seen for nearly ten years and was feared extinct.
		The Palos Verdes Peninsula, on the coast south of Los Angeles, is a shrinking patch of coastal scrub community that has been under increasing pressure of urban development.
		Arnold, R. Decline of the endangered Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly in California.
	essig.berkeley.edu /endins/paloverd.htm (325 words)

	Skipper and the Dam
		The Palos Verdes blue was limited to half an acre on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Los Angeles.
		Four years ago, the spot was converted into a ball field, and that was the end of the Palos Verdes blue-a particularly bitter loss, because it resulted from poor coordination between the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the local people, who thought they were putting the ball field where the butterfly wasn't.
		"Blue grama is one of the dominant grasses of the short-grass prairie," Ellis said.
	www.dispatchesfromthevanishingworld.com /pastdispatches/butterfly/printerskipper.html (9770 words)

	Palos Verdes Homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Palos Verdes Peninsula is home to the acclaimed Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, Golf and Tennis Clubs, Coastline fine dining with views of the blue Pacific and the proposed Portuguese Bend Preserve among many other amenities.
		The Palos Verdes Art Center offers art classes and showcases local artists through exhibits and their Gift Shop where one-of-a-kind art can be had for that special occasion or person.
		The ocean views from the Southside of the Peninsula in Rolling Hills and Rancho Palos Verdes are a wonder to behold.
	www.palosverdes-homes.com (551 words)

	Palos Verdes Estates News
		Local news for Palos Verdes Estates, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
		Weather forecasters are predicting heavy rainfall tonight into Tuesday, which could cause up to 3 inches of accumulation in the San Gabriel Valley.
		In California, 85 percent of state law-enforcement agencies equip officers with Tasers in addition to guns, according to a state commission that sets training standards.
	www.topix.net /city/palos-verdes-estates-ca (478 words)

	CNN - Passion for butterflies replaces craving for crime - May 28, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SAN PEDRO, California -- Anthony Bonner and the Palos Verdes Blue butterfly have formed what may be one of nature's most unusual symbiotic relationships.
		Bonner is bringing the Palos Verdes Blue back from the edge of extinction while the butterfly is helping Bonner shun the gang life he once lived.
		Through his new friend, he was introduced to the Palos Verdes Blue.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /EARTH/9605/28/butterfly.savior (300 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Receipt of Applications for Incidental Take Permits and Availability of an Environmental ...
		In addition, Ocean Trails, L.P. seeks to transfer permit PRT-799348 to itself and to add the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesenis) to this amended permit in the event that this species colonizes the planning area.
		The City of Rancho Palos Verdes would restore and conserve 1.68 acres of sage scrub habitat for both temporary and permanent impacts that would be caused by road repair within Shoreline Park.
		Ocean Trails, L.P. would plant the larval host plant of the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, grown from local seed, in several of its revegetation areas and may also allow for the species to be relocated to the Project site.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2000/September/Day-08/e23035.htm (972 words)

	Friends of the Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		They may have eradicated the last of the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterflies.
		As late as 1981, the butterfly was common to a few brushy areas of the Palos Verdes peninsula, south of Los Angeles.
		If, as federal officials believe, the Palos Verdes butterfly is extinct, it's the first species protected under the Endangered Species Act to have disappeared forever.
	www.motherearthnews.com /printable/1985_January_February/Friends_of_the_Earth (606 words)

	Palos Verdes Underwater Landslide Scenario
		This is a 20x vertically exaggerated view of the sea floor off of Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California.
		Blue indicates an elevation wave while red indicates a depression wave.
		Almost all of the large wave amplitudes are restricted to the coastline of Palos Verdes.
	www.appliedfluids.com /tsunami.html (790 words)

	Butterfly Blue CD.
		Through harmonies and images that enchant the heart and lilting rhythms that invoke the spirit, these original compositions take the listener on a healing journey of integration with the natural world.
		Inspired by the endangered Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly of Southern California, this album is dedicated to all creatures, in this
		Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly and its food plant Deer Weed, is a gracious contribution to this project by renowned watercolorist
	www.rokcircle.com /cd.htm (154 words)

	St. Andrew United Methodist Church - Weekly Sermon
		In the 1990's the Los Angeles Times reported that the last Palos Verdes blue butterfly in the world was dead.
		In spite of its vulnerable status, the city of Rancho Palos Verdes California had destroyed a field of locoweeds, its only food and habitat, to build another sports field.
		The good news is that four years later he learned that the Palos Verdes blue butterfly had been discovered to be not quite fully extinct.
	www.st-andrew-umc.com /sermons/2001/071501.htm (1932 words)

	Greening the Government
		Some of the most dramatic reductions were achieved at the Department of Defense, which uses large quantities of hazardous chemicals to repair and maintain ships, aircraft, and other military equipment.
		Scientists declared the Palos Verdes blue butterfly extinct in 1982.
		The effort to save the PV blue also is creating a brighter future for some of the volunteers — a contingent of inner-city kids working with the Los Angeles Conservation Corps.
	clinton4.nara.gov /CEQ/earthday/ch9.html (900 words)

	Species Profile for Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Federal Register documents that apply to the Palos Verdes blue butterfly.
		Petitions received on the Palos Verdes blue butterfly.
		USFWS Refuges on which the Palos Verdes blue butterfly is reported.
	ecos.fws.gov /species_profile/SpeciesProfile?spcode=I01B (151 words)

	UCLA Today: 981125 kids
		In 1994, Mattoni, a nationally recognized butterfly expert, and two other researchers rediscovered the Palos Verdes blue, a butterfly thought to be extinct.
		Now Mattoni has channeled his fascination with the fragile insects into "Butterfly Dreams," an educational program that teaches children math, biology, horticulture and a range of analytical skills.
		Mattoni's seminars for teachers take place in a barn-turned-classroom on the Navy site in San Pedro where he rediscovered the Palos Verdes blue.
	www.today.ucla.edu /1998/981125kids.html (447 words)

	The City Of Rancho Palos Verdes - Heinous Vandals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The above picture is of Hesse Park on the Palos Verdes Peninsula near Los Angeles.
		Here in 1982 the City of Rancho Palos Verdes deliberately destroyed the colony of the Federally listed Endangered species The Palos Verdes Blue butterfly.
		The deliberate act of destruction perpetrated by the City of Rancho Palos Verdes led to them being prosecuted for breaking the U.S Endangered Species act.
	www.nwjones.demon.co.uk /rg/pvb.htm (141 words)

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	www.realestatenetworkgroup.com /California/Palos_Verdes_Real_Estate (207 words)

	ESA 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tracking population responses of the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly to habitat enhancement with INCA (INsect Count Analyzer).
		We used INCA to analyze transect counts of the Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis), an extremely rare subspecies with a (meta)population at the Defense Fuel Support Point, San Pedro, California, USA.
		We tracked population size before and during habitat enhancement, in the period 1994-2001.
	abstracts.co.allenpress.com /pweb/esa2002/document?ID=3579 (223 words)

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