Status of Illinois’ Wildlife Action Plan Review and Revision Ann Marie Holtrop, Acting Chief Division of Natural Heritage
Status of Illinois’ Wildlife Action Plan Review and Revision
Ann Marie Holtrop, Acting Chief Division of Natural Heritage
Overview
§ Timeline and status § Summary of major changes § Focal species § Focal places § Focal places and COAs § Next steps for coordinating with partners
Action Plan Revision
§ Timeline § 05/2015 – Draft Campaign Chapters open for
comment § Useful for accomplishments and priorities § Goals and actions align to ongoing work § Habitats covered adequately
§ 10/2015 – Draft revised Plan submitted to FWS Regional Review Team
§ 3/2015 – Final draft submitted to FWS
Major Changes
§ Comprehensive strategy vs implementation guide
§ Overarching goals § Establish desired number and distribution of viable populations
for each SGCN and target Focal Species by 2025 § Manage habitats through promoting self- maintaining natural-
disturbance regimes for the benefit of native species; § Develop resiliency and connectedness into habitats so species
can adjust to landscape and environmental changes; and § Foster an awareness, appreciation, and connection to SGNC and
associated habitats among the public.
Major Changes - Species
§ Species § Standardized habitat that relates to
campaigns § Status and trend were
quantitatively assessed § Additions, deletions, watch list § Focal species
Major Changes - Campaigns
§ Campaigns § Land and Water Stewardship incorporated into
other campaigns § Lake Michigan Coastal Campaign added § Cave Campaign being considered § Focal Areas or priority places identified
Major Changes - COAs
§ Conservation Opportunity Areas § Since 2005, boundaries created for
COAs § Task Force created to address
COA issues § Middle Mississippi COA added § Six boundary changes made
Focal Species
§ Subset of SGCN selected by each campaign § Represent a larger suite of SGCN § Expected to respond to conservation actions § Used for monitoring and assessment of conservation
actions
Performance Measure: Changes in distribution and abundance
SelectionCriteriaFocal Species
Acadian Flycatcher American Woodcock Bald Eagle Black Tern Black-Crowned Night Heron Bobolink Chuck-Will's-Widow Common Nighthawk Common Tern Dickcissel Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Whip-Poor-Will Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow Lesser Scaup Northern Bobwhite Northern Flicker Northern Harrier Ovenbird Piping Plover Red-Headed Woodpecker Ring-Necked Pheasant Sedge Wren Upland Sandpiper Wood Duck Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Birds
SelectionCriteriaFocal Species
American Brook Lamprey Banded Killifish Banded Pygmy Sunfish Brown Bullhead Cisco Gravel Chub Iowa Darter Lake Trout Least Darter North American Paddlefish Pugnose Minnow Spring Cavefish Sturgeon Yellow Perch
Black Sandshell Creek Heelsplitter Little Spectaclecase Pistolgrip
Fish Mussels
SelectionCriteriaFocal Species
Illinois Chorus Frog Mudpuppy
Blanding’s Turtle Ornate Box Turtle Smooth Softshell Turtle
Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly Hoary Elfin Illinois Cave Amphipod Monarch/pollinators Odonates
Amphibians and Reptiles
Invertebrates
SelectionCriteriaFocal Places FarmlandandPrairie
ForestandWoodland
SelectionCriteriaFocal Places Wetland Streams
SelectionCriteriaFocal Places LakeMichiganCoast GreenCities
SelectionCriteriaAllCampaignsFocal Places and COAs
SelectionCriteriaNext Steps AllCampaigns
§ Create COA maps with: § Campaign focus
sites and areas § SGCN and focal
species § Protected lands
within and around § Establish
communication process with IDNR
SelectionCriteriaQuestions