Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
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The Natural Heritage Inven<strong>to</strong>ry program's three objectives are <strong>to</strong>:<br />
1) collect information on occurrences of rare plants and animals, high-quality natural<br />
communities, and significant natural features in Wisconsin,<br />
2) standardize this information, enter it in<strong>to</strong> an electronic database, and mark locations on base<br />
maps for the state, and<br />
3) use this information <strong>to</strong> further the protection and management of rare species, natural<br />
communities, and natural features.<br />
Information in the Natural Heritage Inven<strong>to</strong>ry is sensitive because rare species are very<br />
vulnerable <strong>to</strong> collection as well as destruction. Publication of exact locations may threaten their continued<br />
existence. It is for this reason that the NHI data are exempt from the Wisconsin Open Records Law.<br />
However, the Bureau of Endangered Resources can and does share NHI data <strong>to</strong> facilitate protection, plan<br />
management, design preserves, and avoid impacts <strong>to</strong> rare resources.<br />
The following pages catalog rare animals, invertebrate, plants, and natural communities keyed <strong>to</strong><br />
the 17 proposed conservation areas and other state owned or private landscapes that surround or make up<br />
part of these conservation areas.<br />
Several species are classified as rare and sensitive <strong>to</strong> further loss such that their location is<br />
generalized only <strong>to</strong> the county. There are seven species in this classification; two animal species; the<br />
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), and Bat Hiberhaculum (Bat hibernaculum) and five plant species;<br />
Round-leaved Orchis (Amerorchis rotundifolia), Fairy Slipper (Calypso bulbosa), Ram’s Head Lady’s<br />
Slipper (Cypripedium arietinum), Small Yellow Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium paraviflorum), and Showy<br />
Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium reginae).<br />
Please take note of the following when using these tables:<br />
1) The presence of a rare species at a location does not imply that all taxonomic groups have been<br />
surveyed at that site. As such, the date should be interpreted with caution and an “absence of<br />
evidence is not evidence of absence” is a philosophy that should be in force.<br />
2) These tables include data provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Natural<br />
Heritage Inven<strong>to</strong>ry Program (WNHI). The NHI Program houses the most complete database of<br />
locations and status of rare species, high quality natural communities, and natural features in<br />
Wisconsin. Data provided are based on a comprehensive rare species inven<strong>to</strong>ry of the state. The<br />
lack of data shall not be construed <strong>to</strong> mean that no significant features are present. The WNHI<br />
makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy or completeness of information<br />
contained in the database and does not necessarily endorse any interpretation or products<br />
derived from the data.<br />
Appendix B – <strong>Door</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s Rare Species & Natural Communities