The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is working to make the public aware of measures that have been taken to minimize the impact a Walworth County bridge project will have on four threatened or endangered species of animal.
Conservation Biologist Stacy Rowe says the County Highway C Turtle Creek bridge could result in the unintentional loss of Gravel Chubs, Ozark Minnows, Queensnakes, and Eastern Massasauga snakes.
Rowe says an incidental take refers to the unintentional loss of individual endangered or threatened animals or plants that does not put the species’ overall population at risk.
Rowe says that the proposed project is not likely to appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival or recovery of the species within the state, the whole plant-animal community of which they are a part of, or the habitat that is critical to their existence.
The public is encouraged to submit written comments on the project through November 6th.
