Wisconsin
Endangered and Threatened Species
Laws & List
PUBL-ER-001 2004
REV January 2014
Definitions
Violations
Wisconsin Endangered Species: Any species whose
continued existence as a viable component of this state’s
wild animals or wild plants is determined by the
Department to be in jeopardy on the basis of scientific
evidence.
Wisconsin Threatened Species: Any species which
appears likely, within the foreseeable future, on the
basis of scientific evidence to become endangered.
Endangered and Threatened Animals: If the state
law is violated unintentionally, the violator is subject to
a fine of no less than $500 and no more than $2,000 and
the court shall revoke all hunting privileges for one
year. If the law is violated intentionally a person may be
fined no less than $2,000 and no more than $5,000 or
may be imprisoned for 9 months, or both. The court
shall revoke all hunting privileges for three years.
Violations of Federal Laws will result in additional
penalties.
Endangered and Threatened Plants: If the state
law is violated unintentionally, the person in subject to a
fine of $1,000 or less. If the law is violated
intentionally, the person is subject to a fine of $1,000 or
less and/or 9 months imprisonment.
Report violations of wildlife laws to the toll-free
State Laws
Endangered and Threatened Species Laws (State
Statute 29.604 & Administrative Rule NR27)
Animals - It is illegal to take, transport, possess,
process or sell any wild animal that is included on the
Wisconsin Endangered and Threatened Species List
without a valid permit.
Plants - No one may process or sell any wild plant
that is a listed species without a valid permit. On public
lands or lands you do not own, lease, or have the
permission of the landowner, you may not cut, root up,
sever, injure, destroy, remove, transport or carry away a
listed plant without a permit. There is an exemption on
public lands for forestry, agriculture and utility activity.
Permits - No one is exempt from these laws, but an
Endangered or Threatened Species “Scientific” Permit
or an Incidental Take Permit can allow you to conduct
certain activities under specified conditions. The
Department of Natural Resources may issue these
permits, under specified terms and conditions to take,
transport, possess, or export listed endangered or
threatened species. Permit information and applications
are available from the Bureau of Natural Heritage
Conservation (address below).
Wisconsin Emergency Hotline: (1-800-847-9367).
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Natural Heritage Conservation Program
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
Telephone: (608)-267-2108
FAX: (608)-266-2925
Website: http://dnr.wi.gov/
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Action Plan. If you have any questions, please write to Equal Opportunity
Office, Department of Interior, Washington D.C. 20240.
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Wisconsin's Endangered and Threatened Species List
Effective Dates of Listing
(A) October 1, 1972
(B) October 1, 1975
(C) May 1, 1978
(D) October 1, 1979
(E) November 1, 1981
(F) December 1, 1982
(G) April 1, 1985
(H) August 1, 1989
(I) August 1, 1997
(J) October 1, 1999
(K) June 1, 2011
(L) January 1, 2014
MAMMALS
FISHES
ENDANGERED
(A) American Marten
THREATENED
(K) Big brown bat
(K) Little brown bat
(K) Northern long-eared bat
(K) Eastern pipistrelle
ENDANGERED
(H) Skipjack Herring
(D) Crystal Darter
(D) Gravel Chub
(D) Bluntnose Darter
(D) Starhead Topminnow
(D) Goldeye
(D) Pallid Shiner
(D) Striped Shiner
(I) Black Redhorse
(D) Slender Madtom
THREATENED
(D) Blue Sucker
(D) Black Buffalo
(D) Longear Sunfish
(H) Redfin Shiner
(D) Shoal Chub
(H) River Redhorse
(H) Pugnose Shiner
(A) Ozark Minnow
(D) Gilt Darter
(H) Paddlefish
Martes americana
Eptesicus fuscus
Myotis lucifugus
Myotis septentrionalis
Perimyotis subflavus
BIRDS
ENDANGERED
(D) Piping Plover**
(L) Black Tern
(H) Yellow-throated Warbler
(L) Kirtland's Warbler
(B) Peregrine Falcon
(H) Worm-eating Warbler
(D) Loggerhead Shrike
(F) Red-necked Grebe
(H) Caspian Tern
(D) Forster’s Tern
(D) Common Tern
THREATENED
(I) Henslow’s Sparrow
(L) Upland Sandpiper
(D) Red-shouldered Hawk
(D) Great Egret
(I) Yellow Rail
(I) Spruce Grouse
(H) Cerulean Warbler
(H) Acadian Flycatcher
(H) Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron
(H) Kentucky Warbler
(D) Greater Prairie-Chicken
(H) Bell’s Vireo
(H) Hooded Warbler
Charadrius melodus
Chlidonias niger
Dendroica dominica
Dendroica kirtlandii
Falco peregrinus
Helmitheros vermivorum
Lanius ludovicianus
Podiceps grisegena
Sterna caspia
Sterna forsteri
Sterna hirundo
Ammodramus henslowii
Bartramia longicauda
Buteo lineatus
Casmerodius albus
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Dendragapus canadensis
Dendroica cerulea
Empidonax virescens
Nyctanassa violaceus
Oporornis formosus
Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus
Vireo bellii
Wilsonia citrina
AMPHIBIANS
ENDANGERED
(F) Northern Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans
REPTILES
ENDANGERED
(D) Slender Glass Lizard
(A) Queen Snake
(B) Massasauga Rattlesnake
(A) Ornate Box Turtle
(D) Western Ribbonsnake
(D) Northern Ribbonsnake
THREATENED
(B) Wood Turtle
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Regina septemvittata
Sistrurus catenatus
Terrapene ornata
Thamnophis proximus
Thamnophis sauritus
Clemmys insculpta
Alosa chrysochloris
Crystallaria asprella
Erimystax x-punctata
Etheostoma chlorosomum
Fundulus dispar
Hiodon alosoides
Hybopsis amnis
Luxilus chrysocephalus
Moxostoma duquensnei
Noturus exilis
Cycleptus elongatus
Ictiobus niger
Lepomis megalotis
Lythrurus umbratilis
Macrhybopsis hyostoma
Moxostoma carinatum
Notropis anogenus
Notropis nubila
Percina evides
Polyodon spathula
SNAILS
ENDANGERED
(H) Midwest Pleistocene Vertigo
(H) Occult Vertigo
THREATENED
(H) Wing Snaggletooth
(H) Cherrystone Drop
Vertigo hubrichti
Vertigo occulta
Gastrocopta procera
Hendersonia occulta
INSECTS
ENDANGERED
(H) Pecatonica River Mayfly
(I) Red-tailed Prairie Leafhopper
(H) Flat-headed Mayfly
(L) A Leafhopper
(H) Swamp Metalmark
(L) Beach-dune Tiger Beetle
(L) Ottoe Skipper
(H) Northern Blue Butterfly
(H) Giant Carrion Beetle**
(H) Powesheik Skipperling
(H) Extra-striped Snaketail Dragonfly
(I) Saint Croix Snaketail Dragonfly
(H) Silphium Borer Moth
(H) Phlox Moth
(I) Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly**
(I) Warpaint Emerald Dragonfly
(H) Regal Fritillary
(H) Knobels Riffle Beetle
(I) Lake Huron Locust
Acanthametropus pecatonica
Aflexia rubranura
Anepeorus simplex
Attenuipyga vanduzeei
Calephelis mutica
Cicindela hirticollis rhodensis
Hesperia ottoe
Lycaeides idas
Nicrophorus americanus
Oarisma powesheik
Ophiogomphus anomalus
Ophiogomphus susbehcha
Papaipema silphii
Schinia indiana
Somatochlora hineana
Somatochlora incurvata
Speyeria idalia
Stenelmis knobeli
Trimerotropis huroniana
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INSECTS cont.
THREATENED
(L) An Issid Planthopper
(H) Frosted Elfin
(I) Prairie Leafhopper
(I) Spatterdock Darner Dragonfly
PLANTS cont.
Fitchiella robertsoni
Incisalia irus
Polyamia dilata
Rhionaeschna mutata
MUSSELS
ENDANGERED
(H) Spectaclecase**
(H) Purple Wartyback
(H) Butterfly
(H) Elephant-Ear
(H) Snuffbox**
(H) Ebonyshell
(C) Higgins Eye**
(H) Yellow/Slough Sandshell
(H) Bullhead**
(H) Winged Mapleleaf**
(H) Rainbow
THREATENED
(H) Slippershell mussel
(H) Rock-Pocketbook
(H) Monkeyface
(H) Wartyback
(H) Salamander Mussel
(H) Buckhorn
(L) Fawnsfoot
(H) Ellipse
Cumberlandia monodonta
Cyclonaias tuberculata
Ellipsaria lineolata
Elliptio crassidens
Epioblasma triquetra
Fusconaia ebena
Lampsilis higginsi
Lampsilis teres
Plethobasus cyphyus
Quadrula fragosa
Villosa iris
Alasmidonta viridis
Arcidens confragosus
Quadrula metanevra
Quadrula nodulata
Simpsonaias ambigua
Tritogonia verrucosa
Truncilla donaciformis
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
PLANTS
ENDANGERED
(G) Pale False Foxglove
(E) Carolina Anemone
(D) Hudson Bay Anemone
(D) Large-leaved Sandwort
(D) Lake Cress
(G) Purple Milkweed
(D) Green Spleenwort
(D) Alpine Milk Vetch
(E) Prairie Plum
(G) Coopers Milk Vetch
(I) Prairie Moonwort
(E) Moonwort
(G) Goblin Fern
(D) A Marsh Marigold
(G) Wild Hyacinth
(E) Crow-spur Sedge
(I) Smooth-sheathed Sedge
(D) Hop-like Sedge
(D) Intermediate Sedge
(I) Schweinitz’s Sedge
(E) Brook Grass
(D) Hemlock-parsley
(E) Obovate Beak Grass
(D) Hoary Whitlow-cress
(I) Neat Spike-rush
(D) Angle-stemmed Spikerush
(I) Wolf Spike-rush
(D) Harbinger-of-Spring
(D) Chestnut Sedge
(E)
(D)
(H)
(H)
(E)
(D)
(I)
(E)
(I)
(I)
(H)
(D)
(E)
(E)
(D)
(H)
(I)
(D)
(G)
(E)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(E)
(I)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(I)
Umbrella Sedge
Northern Commandra
Bog Rush
Prairie Bush Clover*
Dotted Blazing Star
Auricled Twayblade
Fly Honeysuckle
Smith Melic Grass
Mat Muhly
Louisiana Broomrape
Fassett’s Locoweed*
A Grass-of-Parnassus
Smooth Phlox
Butterwort
Heart-leaved Plantain
Eastern Prairie White-fringed Orchid*
Western Jacob’s Ladder
Pink Milkwort
Spotted Pondweed
Rough White Lettuce
Great White Lettuce
Pine-drops
Small Shinleaf
Small Yellow Water Crowfoot
Lapland Buttercup
Lapland Rosebay
Wild Petunia
Sand Dune Willow
Satiny Willow
(I) Hall’s Bulrush
Agalinus skinneriana
Anemone caroliniana
Anemone multifida var. multifida
Arenaria macrophylla
Armoracia lacustris
Asclepias purpurascens
Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum
Astragalus alpinus
Astragalus crassicarpus
Astragalus neglectus
Botrychium campestre
Botrychium lunaria
Botrychium mormo
Caltha natans
Camassia scilloides
Carex crus-corvi
Carex laevivaginata
Carex lupuliformis
Carex media
Carex schweinitzii
Catabrosa aquatica
Conioselinum chinense
Diarrhena obovata
Draba cana
Eleocharis nitida
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Eleocharis wolfi
Erigenia bulbosa
Fimbristylis puberula
(G) Netted Nut-rush
(G) Small Skullcap
(E) Selago-like Spikemoss
(I) Fire Pink
(E) Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
(D) Lake Huron Tansy
(D) Hairy Meadow Parsnip
(E) Foamflower
(I) Purple False Oats
(D) Dwarf Bilberry
(D) Mountain Cranberry
(D) Squashberry
(D) A Violet
THREATENED
(E) Northern Monkshood*
(G) Muskroot
(E) Wooly Milkweed
(G) Dwarf Milkweed
(H) Prairie Milkweed
(G) Pinnatifid Spleenwort
(G) Kitten Tails
(I) Sand Reed
(H) Large Water Starwort
(H) Calypso Orchid
(D) Carey’s Sedge
(H) Beautiful Sedge
(H) Coast Sedge
(G) Handsome Sedge
(D) Garbers Sedge
(E) Lenticular Sedge
Fuirena pumila
Geocaulon lividum
Juncus stygius
Lespedeza leptostachya
Liatris punctata
Listera auriculata
Lonicera involucrata
Melica smithii
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
Orobanche ludoviciana
Oxytropis campestris
Parnassia parviflora
Phlox glaberrima
Pinguicula vulgaris
Plantago cordata
Platanthera leucophaea
Polemonium occidentale ssp. lucustre
Polygala incarnata
Potamogeton pulcher
Prenanthes aspera
Prenanthes crepidinea
Pterospora andromedea
Pyrola minor
Ranunculus gmelinii
Ranunculus lapponicus
Rhododendron lapponicum
Ruellia humilis
Salix cordata
Salix pellita
Schoenoplectus hallii
Scleria reticularis
Scutellaria parvula
Selaginella selaginoides
Silene viginica
Solidago caesia
Tanacetum bipinnatum spp. huronense
Thaspium barbinode
Tiarella cordifolia
Trisetum melicoides
Vaccinium cespitosum
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Viburnum edule
Viola fimbriatula
Aconitum noveboracense
Adoxa moschatellina
Asclepias lanuginosa
Asclepias ovalifolia
Asclepias sullivantii
Asplenium pinnatifidum
Besseya bullii
Calamovilfa longifolia
Callitriche heterophylla
Calypso bulbosa
Carex careyana
Carex concinna
Carex exilis
Carex formosa
Carex garberi
Carex lenticularis
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PLANTS cont.
(H)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(E)
(G)
(E)
(D)
(G)
(D)
(G)
(G)
(H)
(D)
(H)
(H)
(E)
(D)
(E)
(G)
(D)
(I)
(E)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(G)
(E)
(G)
(E)
(E)
(I)
(I)
(I)
(E)
(D)
(I)
(E)
(E)
(E)
Michaux’s Sedge
Prairie Thistle
Dune Thistle*
Rams-head Ladys-slipper
White Ladys-slipper
English Sundew
Linear-leaved Sundew
Pale Purple Coneflower
Beaked Spike Rush
Thickspike Wheatgrass
Forked Aster
Western Fescue
Blue Ash
Round Stemmed False Foxglove
Tubercled Orchid
Round Fruited St. John’s Wort
Dwarf Lake Iris*
Slender Bush Clover
Bladderpod
Broad-leaved Twayblade
Brittle Prickly Pear
Small Round-leaved Orchis
Clustered Broomrape
Plains Ragwort
Marsh Grass-of-Parnassus
Sweet Coltsfoot
Braun’s Holly Fern
Prairie-parsley
Algal-leaved Pondweed
Sheathed Pondweed
Cliff Cudweed
Seaside Crowfoot
Long-beaked Baldrush
Canada Gooseberry
Tea-leaved Willow
Dune Goldenrod
Clustered Bur Reed
False Asphodel
Tussock Bulrush
Snow Trillium
Spike Trisetum
Marsh Valerian
** also Federally Endangered
* also Federally Threatened
Carex michauxiana
Cirsium hillii
Cirsium pitcheri
Cypripedium arietinum
Cypripedium candidum
Drosera anglica
Drosera linearis
Echinacea pallida
Eleocharis rostellata
Elytrigia dasystachya ssp. psammophila
Eurybia furcata
Festuca occidentalis
Fraxinus quadrangulata
Gerardia gattingeri
Habenaria flava var. herbiola
Hypericum sphaerocarpum
Iris lacustris
Lespedeza virginica
Lesquerella ludoviciana
Listera convallarioides
Opuntia fragilis
Orchis rotundifolia
Orobanche fasciculata
Packera indecora
Parnassia palustris
Petasites sagittatus
Polystichum braunii
Polytaenia nuttallii
Potamogeton confervoides
Potamogeton vaginatus
Pseudognaphalium saxicola
Ranunculus cymbalaria
Rhynchospora scirpoides
Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. oxyacanthoides
Salix planifolia ssp. planifolia
Solidago simplex var. gilmanii
Sparganium glomeratum
Triantha glutinosa
Trichophorum cespitosum
Trillium nivale
Trisetum spicatum
Valeriana sitchensis
A Reminder
The Department of Natural Resources reminds you
that the Endangered and Threatened Species list is
only a first step toward identifying a problem that
exists. It doesn’t tell what the problem is or what to do
about it. Moreover, it does not guarantee survival of
the plants and animals listed. The real work follows
listing. The Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation
formulates management plans to aid the recovery of
listed species. DNR resource managers put the plans to
work in the field, while conservation wardens enforce
laws protecting endangered resources.
A Request
The Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation
welcomes observations of endangered and threatened
plants and animals. We are also interested in
observations of species of special concern (species
about which some problem of abundance or
distribution is suspected but not yet proven). If you
would like to obtain reporting forms for submitting
observations and/or a list of special concern species,
please contact us at the address or phone number in the
box at right.
Help Us Protect Wisconsin’s
Natural Diversity!
The Wisconsin Natural Heritage Conservation Program
is funded primarily by contributions to the tax checkoff
on the Wisconsin state income tax form, the purchase of
Endangered Resources License Plates, or through
donations sent directly to the Bureau of Endangered
Resources. Your support is vital. Help us continue
recovery efforts for endangered species, preservation of
rare plants and animal communities and educational
efforts to protect our rich natural heritage. Remember to
designate a gift on your tax form, order a license plate
or send a contribution to the address below.
For further information, contact:
Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
Natural Heritage Conservation Program
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
Telephone: (608) 267-2108
FAX: (608) 266-2925
If you would like an application form for an
Endangered Resources license plate, send a request to
the above address or to:
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Special Plates Unit
P.O. Box 7911
Madison, WI 53707-7911
Henslow’s Sparrow
This publication has been made possible by
contributions to the Endangered Resources Fund and
the purchase of Endangered Resources License
Plates.