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NOTE: As of August 9, 2007, the bald eagle is 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. Click here for guidelines that were prepared to help landowners, land managers and others meet the intent of that Act and avoid disturbing bald eagles.
| Species |
Status |
County |
Habitat |
Mammals |
Canada
lynx
(Lynx canadensis) |
Threatened |
Aitkin,
Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching,
Lake, Lake of The Woods, Marshall, Pine, Roseau, St. Louis |
Northern
forested areas |
Canada
lynx
(Lynx canadensis) |
Critical Habitat |
Koochiching, St. Louis |
Map of lynx critical habitat in Minnesota |
Canada
lynx
(Lynx canadensis) |
Proposed Critical Habitat Revision - go here for information about the proposed Critical Habitat revision |
Cook, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis |
Map of proposed lynx critical habitat in Minnesota |
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Birds |
Piping
plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Great Lakes Breeding Population |
Endangered |
St.
Louis County |
Sandy
beaches, islands |
Piping
plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Northern
Great Plains Breeding Population |
Threatened |
Lake
of The Woods |
Sandy
beaches, islands |
Piping
plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Great Lakes Breeding Population |
Critical
Habitat |
St.
Louis County |
|
Piping
plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Northern Great Plains Breeding Population |
Critical
Habitat |
Lake
of the Woods |
|
Reptiles |
Eastern
massasauga (Sistrurus
catenatus catenatus) |
Candidate |
Houston,
Wabasha, Winona |
Floodplain
wetlands and nearby upland areas along the Mississippi River
and Tributaries in Houston, Wabasha, and Winona Counties |
Fish |
Topeka
shiner
(Notropis topeka) |
Endangered |
Lincoln,
Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock |
Prairie
rivers and streams |
Topeka
shiner
(Notropis topeka) |
Critical
Habitat |
Lincoln,
Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock |
|
Insects |
Dakota
skipper
(Hesperia dacotae) |
Candidate |
Big
Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Cottonwood, Kittson,
Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Murray, Norman, Pipestone, Polk, Pope,
Swift, Traverse, Yellow Medicine |
Native
prairie habitat |
Karner
blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis) |
Endangered |
Winona |
Pine
barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild
lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food
plant of larvae. |
Mussels |
Higgins
eye pearlymussel
(Lampsilis higginsii) |
Endangered |
Chisago,
Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Ramsey, Wabasha, Washington,
Winona |
Mississippi
and St. Croix Rivers |
Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus) |
Candidate |
Wabasha,
Washington, Winona |
Mississippi
River in Wabasha and Winona counties, St. Croix River in Washington
county |
Spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta) |
Candidate |
Chisago,
Pine, Washington |
St.
Croix River and Rush Creek |
Winged
mapleleaf
(Quadrula fragosa) |
Endangered |
Chisago,
Washington |
St.
Croix River |
Plants |
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Minnesota
dwarf trout lily
(Erythronium propullans) |
Endangered |
Dodge, Goodhue, Rice, and Steele |
North
facing slopes and floodplains in deciduous forest |
Leedy's
roseroot
(Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi) |
Threatened |
Fillmore,
Olmsted |
Cool,
wet groundwater-fed limestone cliffs |
Prairie bush clover
(Lespedeza leptostachya) |
Threatened |
Brown,
Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Jackson, Martin, Mower,
Olmsted, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock |
Native
prairie on well-drained soils |
Western
prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera praeclara) |
Threatened |
Clay,
Kittson, Lincoln, Mower, Nobles, Norman, Pennington, Pipestone,
Polk, Red Lake, Rock |
Wet
prairies and sedge meadows |
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