Legal requirements

Federal

• FWS Section 7 Technical Assistance 
• FWS Threatened and Endangered Species list
• FWS Midwest Region - Species websites
• FWS Endangered Species Act (ESA) Overview
• FWS Migratory Bird Treaty Act website
• FWS Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act website

State

• Wisconsin Endangered and Threatened Species Laws
• Karner blue butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan

• Attachment A3 to the DOT/DNR Cooperative Agreement on Endangered and Threatened Species Consultation

FDM references

• FDM Chapter 5 Agency Coordination
• FDM 24-15 wildlife
• FDM 24-20 endangered species

Forms/Templates

See the Forms and tools page for factor sheets, checklists and guidance 5-2-19

Resources

• FWS IPaC website

• FHWA Environmental Review Toolkit: Wildlife

• WDNR - Wisconsin Natural Heritage Inventory (NHI) program

• WDNR - Wisconsin NHI working list of endangered, threatened or rare species

• UW-Madison, Wisconsin State Herbarium

• Center for Transportation and the Environment more than 1,200 records of published literature and websites

• FWS depredation permit

• USDA Guidance on depredation permits

• FWS Eagle Act - Do I need a permit?

• Northern Long-Eared Bat (NLEB) Consultation

• 4(d) Rule

• FHWA Programmatic