Protecting Wisconsin's rare animals | | Wisconsin DNR
The animals (both vertebrates and invertebrates) on Wisconsin's Natural Heritage Working List are species known or suspected to be rare in the state. It includes Species of Greatest Conservation Need that are legally designated as "endangered" or "threatened," as well as species in the advisory "special concern" category.
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - Wisconsin
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), listed as Endangered in Wisconsin, prefers relatively inaccessible rock ledges on the sides of steep bluffs and ledges on highrise buildings in urban areas. The required avoidance period is March 15 - July 10. Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) are associated with habitats (or natural communities ...
Notice: To apply for an Endangered and Threatened Species permit, you are required to provide all applicable information requested on this form pursuant to s. 29.604, Wis. Stats., and chapter NR 27, Wis. Admin. Code. Rare species data collected from permit holders and applicants may be added to the Wisconsin Natural Heritage Inventory database.
Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi) - Wisconsin
PROTECTING WISCONSIN'S BIODIVERSITY. Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi), listed as Endangered in Wisconsin, prefers ponds, lakes, and a variety of habitats along and adjacent to streams and rivers including marshes, fens, sedge meadows, low prairies, and exposed mud flats. This species may breed in no or low-flow areas of streams and ...
Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) - Wisconsin
Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) is a State Endangered Species and a Federally Threatened Species.This rattlesnake is strongly associated with floodplain habitats along medium to large rivers, especially near river confluences, where they primarily occupy open canopy wetlands, such as sedge meadows, fresh wet meadows, shrub-carrs, and adjacent upland …
Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) - Wisconsin
Counties with Mapped NHI Occurrences. Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta), a Threatened Species in Wisconsin, prefers rivers and streams with adjacent riparian wetlands and upland deciduous forests. This species often forages in open wet meadows or in shrub-carrs dominated by speckled alder. They overwinter in streams and rivers in deep holes or ...
Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) - Wisconsin
Ornate box turtles may be active from early-March through mid-November. They nest in early-June and young typically hatch in August or early-September, although some hatchlings emerge the following spring. See the species guidance document for avoidance measures and management guidance from the Natural Heritage Conservation Program. Expand All.
END: Endangered Species. Wisconsin species designated as rare or unique due to proximity to the farthest extent of their natural range or due to anthropogenic deleterious impacts on the landscape or both. ERW: Exceptional Resource Water. Wisconsin’s designation under state water quality standards to waters with
American Marten (Martes americana) - Wisconsin
American Marten (Martes americana) American Marten (Martes americana), a State Endangered mammal, lives in mature, dense conifer forests, mixed conifer-hardwood, and hardwood dominated forests, including hemlock, white pine, yellow birch, maple, fir, and spruce. Marten young are born in tree dens in late-March and April and are weaned when ...
Western Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis proximus) - Wisconsin
Western Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis proximus), a State Endangered Species, is found along rivers as well as within and adjacent to wetlands. Nothing has been reported regarding overwintering for this species in Wisconsin, but they are known to communally den with other snakes. They can be active from mid-March through mid-November, breed primarily ...