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Wisconsin
Federally-Listed Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, and Candidate Species' County Distribution
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please contact:
U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 2661 Scott Tower Drive, New Franken, WI 54229,
Phone: (920) 866-1717
Bald Eagle
Bald eagles are no longer protected under the federal Endangered Species Act and Section 7 consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is no longer necessary. However, the bald eagle remains protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
Information about Bald Eagles
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Gray Wolf
The Gray Wolf population that includes Wisconsin was removed from the list of threatened and endangered species and is no longer protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Species |
Status |
Counties |
Habitat |
Mammals
|
Canada
lynx
(Lynx
canadensis) |
Threatened |
Ashland,
Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Iron, Marinette,
Oneida, Price, Sawyer, Vilas, Washburn |
While
no resident populations are known from Wisconsin, the
species occasionally occurs in northern forested areas, and
counties listed are those with the highest likelihood of occurrence. |
Birds
|
Kirtland's
warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii) |
Endangered |
Adams, Bayfield, Douglas, Jackson,
Marinette, Vilas, Washburn |
Young jack pine stands (5 to 25 years old). Confirmed breeding in Adams county, potential breeding in the other counties. |
Piping
plover
(Charadrius melodus) |
Endangered |
Ashland, Douglas, Manitowoc, Marinette |
Sandy beaches;
bare alluvial and dredge spoil islands |
Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus) |
Critical
Habitat Designated |
Ashland,
Douglas, Manitowoc, Marinette |
|
Whooping
crane
(Grus americanus) |
**Non-essential
experimental population |
Adams*,
Burnett, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green,
Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau*, Kenosha, LaCrosse, Lafayette, Marathon, Marquette, Monroe*,
Oconto, Pepin, Polk, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Shawano, Trempealeau, Walworth, Washington, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood*
*Whooping cranes have nested in these counties. |
Open
wetlands and lakeshores |
Reptile |
Eastern
massasauga
(Sistrurus
catenatus) |
Candidate |
Buffalo,
Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, LaCrosse, Monroe,
Pepin, Rock, Trempealeau, Walworth, Wood |
Open
to forested wetlands and adjacent upland areas |
Mussels |
Higgins
eye pearlymussel
(Lampsilis higginsii) |
Endangered |
Columbia, Crawford,
Dane, Grant, Iowa, Pierce, Richland, Sauk |
Lower Wisconsin
River |
Higgins
eye pearlymussel
(Lampsilis higginsii) |
Endangered
|
Buffalo, Crawford,
Grant, LaCrosse, Pierce, Trempealeau, Vernon |
Mississippi
River |
Higgins
eye pearlymussel
(Lampsilis higginsii) |
Endangered
|
Pierce,
Polk, St. Croix |
St. Croix
River |
Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus) |
Endangered |
Buffalo, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Iowa, La Crosse, Pepin, Richland,
Rusk, Sauk |
Chippewa and Wisconsin Rivers |
Snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra)
|
Endangered |
Outagamie, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara |
St. Croix, Wolf, Embarrass, and Little Wolf Rivers and Willow Creek |
Spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia monodonta) |
Endangered |
Buffalo, Burnett,
Chippewa, Crawford, Grant, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix
Note: Occurance record for Grant and Crawford counties is historic - last observation 1982 |
Chippewa, Mississippi, and St. Croix Rivers |
Winged
mapleleaf
(Quadrula fragosa) |
Endangered |
Polk, St. Croix |
St. Croix
River |
Insects |
Hine's
emerald dragonfly
(Somatochlora hineana) |
Endangered |
Door, Iowa, Grant, Kewaunee,
Ozaukee, Richland |
Streams and
associated wetlands overlying dolomite bedrock |
Hine's
emerald dragonfly
(Somatochlora hineana) |
Critical Habitat |
Door and Ozaukee
Critical Habitat Maps:
Door County - Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3 to 7, Unit 8, Unit 9, Unit 11
Ozaukee County - Unit 10
|
|
Karner
blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis) |
Endangered |
Adams, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire, Green Lake, Jackson,
Juneau, Marquette, Menominee, Monroe, Oconto, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood |
Prairie, oak
savanna, and jack pine areas with wild lupine |
Poweshiek skipperling
(Oarisma poweshiek) |
Candidate |
Green Lake, Waukesha |
Native prairie |
Plants
|
Dwarf
lake iris
(Iris lacustris) |
Threatened |
Brown, Door |
Partially
shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores |
Eastern
prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera leucophaea) |
Threatened |
Dane, Green Lake, Jefferson,
Kenosha, Ozaukee, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha, Winnebago |
Wet grasslands |
Fassett's
locoweed
(Oxytropis campestris var. chartaceae) |
Threatened
|
Bayfield,
Douglas, Portage, Waushara |
Open sandy
lakeshores |
Mead's milkweed
(Asclepias
meadii) |
Threatened |
Columbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa |
Upland tallgrass prairie or glade/barren habitat
Note: all the Mead's milkweed sites in Wisconsin are reintroduction attempts and occur on protected conservation lands. |
Northern
monkshood
(Aconitum noveborancense) |
Threatened
|
Grant, Monroe,
Richland, Sauk, Vernon |
North facing
slopes |
Pitcher's
thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)
|
Threatened
|
Door, Manitowoc,
Sheboygan |
Stabilized
dunes and blowouts |
Prairie
bush-clover
(Lespedeza leptostachya) |
Threatened |
Columbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Pepin, Pierce, Rock, St. Croix, Sauk |
Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil areas |
**Whooping
Crane - On June 26, 2001, a nonessential experimental population
of the whooping crane was designated in a 20-state area of the eastern
United States. The first release of birds occurred in Wisconsin in
2001, and the counties listed are those where the species has been
observed to date. It is unknown at this time which counties the species
will occupy in the future, as the birds mature and begin to exhibit
territorial behavior. For purposes of section 7 consultation, this
species is considered as a proposed species, except where it occurs
within the National Wildlife Refuge System or the National Park System,
where it is treated as a threatened species.
List Revised March 2013
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