Appendix H Vertebrate Wildlife Species List

Vertebrate Wildlife Species List for the Nashwauk Uplands ECS Subsection

Federal MN- MN legal legal GAP Nashwauk Group Sub-group Common name Scientific name Element code status status criteria Uplands Amphibians Blue-spotted Ambystoma laterale AAAAA01060 1 PR Amphibians Salamanders Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum AAAAA01140 1 PR Amphibians Salamanders Redback Salamander Plethodon cinereus AAAAD12020 1 PR Amphibians Salamanders Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens AAAAF01030 1 PR Amphibians Frogs & Toads American Toad Bufo americanus AAABB01020 PWA 1 PR Amphibians Frogs & Toads Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor AAABC02130 PWA 1 PR Amphibians Frogs & Toads Western Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata AAABC05070 PWA 1 PR Amphibians Frogs & Toads Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer AAABC05090 PWA 1 PR Amphibians Frogs & Toads Green Frog Rana clamitans AAABH01090 PWA 1 PR Amphibians Frogs & Toads Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens AAABH01170 PWA 1 PR Amphibians Frogs & Toads Mink Frog Rana septentrionalis AAABH01190 PWA 1 PR Amphibians Frogs & Toads Wood Frog Rana sylvatica AAABH01200 PWA 1 PR Amphibians = 12 Birds Loons and Grebes Common Loon Gavia immer ABNBA01030 PB P 1 B Birds Loons and Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps ABNCA02010 PB P 1 B Birds Loons and Grebes Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena ABNCA03020 PB P 1 B Birds Pelicans and Cormorants Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus ABNFD01020 UB P 1,2 B Birds Herons American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus ABNGA01020 PB P 1 B Birds Herons Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias ABNGA04010 PB P 1 B Birds Swans and Geese Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator ABNJB02030 PB, MW, T P 1,3 B Birds Swans and Geese Canada Goose Branta canadensis ABNJB05030 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Ducks and Mergansers Wood Duck Aix sponsa ABNJB09010 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Ducks and Mergansers American Black Duck Anas rubripes ABNJB10040 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Ducks and Mergansers Mallard Anas platyrhynchos ABNJB10060 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Ducks and Mergansers Blue-winged Teal Anas discors ABNJB10130 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Ducks and Mergansers American Wigeon Anas americana ABNJB10180 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Ducks and Mergansers Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris ABNJB11040 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Ducks and Mergansers Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula ABNJB18010 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Ducks and Mergansers Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus ABNJB20010 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Ducks and Mergansers Common Merganser Mergus merganser ABNJB21010 PB, MW P 1,3 B Birds Vultures Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura ABNKA02010 PB P 1 B Birds Osprey Osprey Pandion haliaetus ABNKC01010 PB P 1 B Birds Falcons Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus ABNKC10010 PB, SC P/T 1,2 B Birds Falcons Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus ABNKC11010 PB 1 B Birds Falcons Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus ABNKC12020 PB 1 B Birds Falcons Accipiter gentilis ABNKC12060 PB 1 B

Minnesota Gap Analysis Project (MN-GAP) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 7/19/2006 1 Division of Fish and Wildlife Vertebrate Wildlife Species List for the Nashwauk Uplands ECS Subsection

Federal MN- MN legal legal GAP Nashwauk Group Sub-group Common name Scientific name Element code status status criteria Uplands Birds Falcons Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus ABNKC19050 PB 1 B Birds Falcons Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis ABNKC19110 PB 1 B Birds Falcons American Kestrel Falco sparverius ABNKD06020 PB 1 B Birds Falcons Merlin Falco columbarius ABNKD06030 PB 1 B Birds Falcons Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus ABNKD06070 PB, T 1,2 B Birds Quail Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus ABNLC11010 PB, SG 1,3 PR Birds Quail Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus ABNLC13030 PB, SG 1,3 PR Birds Rails and Coots Virginia Rail Rallus limicola ABNME05030 PB, SG 1,3 B Birds Rails and Coots Sora Porzana carolina ABNME08020 PB, SG 1,3 B Birds Plovers Killdeer Charadrius vociferus ABNNB03090 PB 1 B Birds Sandpipers Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia ABNNF04020 PB 1 B Birds Sandpipers American Woodcock Scolopax minor ABNNF19020 PB, SG 1,3 B Birds Gulls Herring Gull Larus argentatus ABNNM03120 PB 1 B Birds Pigeons and Dovers Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura ABNPB04040 PB 1 B Birds Cuckoos Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus ABNRB02010 PB 1 B Birds Owls Bubo virginianus ABNSB05010 UB 1 PR Birds Owls Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula ABNSB07010 PB 1 PR Birds Owls Strix varia ABNSB12020 PB 1 PR Birds Owls Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa ABNSB12040 PB 1 PR Birds Owls Long-eared Owl Asio otus ABNSB13010 PB 1 B Birds Owls Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus ABNSB15020 PB 1 B Birds Nightjars Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor ABNTA02020 PB 1 B Birds Nightjars Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus ABNTA07070 PB 1 B Birds Swifts Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica ABNUA03010 PB 1 B Birds Hummingbirds Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris ABNUC45010 PB 1 B Birds Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon ABNXD01020 PB 1 B Birds Woodpeckers Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus ABNYF04040 PB 1 B Birds Woodpeckers Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius ABNYF05010 PB 1 B Birds Woodpeckers Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens ABNYF07030 PB 1 PR Birds Woodpeckers Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus ABNYF07040 PB 1 PR Birds Woodpeckers Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus ABNYF07090 PB 1 PR Birds Woodpeckers Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus ABNYF10020 PB 1 B Birds Woodpeckers Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus ABNYF12020 PB 1 PR Birds Flycatchers Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi ABPAE32010 PB 1 B Birds Flycatchers Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens ABPAE32060 PB 1 B Birds Flycatchers Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris ABPAE33010 PB 1 B

Minnesota Gap Analysis Project (MN-GAP) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 7/19/2006 2 Division of Fish and Wildlife Vertebrate Wildlife Species List for the Nashwauk Uplands ECS Subsection

Federal MN- MN legal legal GAP Nashwauk Group Sub-group Common name Scientific name Element code status status criteria Uplands Birds Flycatchers Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum ABPAE33030 PB 1 B Birds Flycatchers Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus ABPAE33070 PB 1 B Birds Flycatchers Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe ABPAE35020 PB 1 B Birds Flycatchers Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus ABPAE43070 PB 1 B Birds Flycatchers Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus ABPAE52060 PB 1 B Birds Swallows Purple Martin Progne subis ABPAU01010 PB 1 B Birds Swallows Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor ABPAU03010 PB 1 B Birds Swallows Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis ABPAU07010 PB 1 B Birds Swallows Bank Swallow Riparia riparia ABPAU08010 PB 1 B Birds Swallows Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ABPAU09010 PB 1 B Birds Swallows Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica ABPAU09030 PB 1 B Birds Jays, Crows, and Ravens Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis ABPAV01010 PB 1 PR Birds Jays, Crows, and Ravens Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata ABPAV02020 PB 1 PR Birds Jays, Crows, and Ravens American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos ABPAV10010 PB 1 PR Birds Jays, Crows, and Ravens Common Raven Corvus corax ABPAV10110 PB 1 PR Birds Chickadees Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus ABPAW01010 PB 1 PR Birds Chickadees Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus ABPAW01060 PB 1 PR Birds Nuthatches Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis ABPAZ01010 PB 1 PR Birds Nuthatches White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis ABPAZ01020 PB 1 PR Birds Creepers Brown Creeper Certhia americana ABPBA01010 PB 1 B Birds Wrens House Wren Troglodytes aedon ABPBG09010 PB 1 B Birds Wrens Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes ABPBG09050 PB 1 B Birds Wrens Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis ABPBG10010 PB 1 B Birds Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa ABPBJ05010 PB 1 B Birds Kinglets Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula ABPBJ05020 PB 1 B Birds Thrushes Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis ABPBJ15010 PB 1 B Birds Thrushes Veery Catharus fuscescens ABPBJ18080 PB 1 B Birds Thrushes Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus ABPBJ18100 PB 1 B Birds Thrushes Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus ABPBJ18110 PB 1 B Birds Thrushes Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina ABPBJ19010 PB 1 B Birds Thrushes American Robin Turdus migratorius ABPBJ20170 PB 1 B Birds Mimics and Thrashers Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis ABPBK01010 PB 1 B Birds Mimics and Thrashers Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum ABPBK06010 PB 1 B Birds Waxwings Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum ABPBN01020 PB 1 B Birds Vireos Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius ABPBW01160 PB 1 B Birds Vireos Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus ABPBW01230 PB 1 B

Minnesota Gap Analysis Project (MN-GAP) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 7/19/2006 3 Division of Fish and Wildlife Vertebrate Wildlife Species List for the Nashwauk Uplands ECS Subsection

Federal MN- MN legal legal GAP Nashwauk Group Sub-group Common name Scientific name Element code status status criteria Uplands Birds Vireos Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus ABPBW01240 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera ABPBX01030 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina ABPBX01040 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla ABPBX01060 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Northern Parula Parula americana ABPBX02010 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia ABPBX03010 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica ABPBX03020 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia ABPBX03030 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina ABPBX03040 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata ABPBX03060 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens ABPBX03100 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca ABPBX03120 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum ABPBX03210 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia ABPBX05010 PB 1 B Birds Warblers American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla ABPBX06010 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus ABPBX10010 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis ABPBX10020 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis ABPBX11020 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia ABPBX11030 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas ABPBX12010 PB 1 B Birds Warblers Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis ABPBX16030 PB 1 B Birds Tanagers Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea ABPBX45040 PB 1 B Birds Grosbeaks Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus ABPBX61030 PB 1 B Birds Grosbeaks Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea ABPBX64030 PB 1 B Birds Towhees and Sparrows Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina ABPBX94020 PB 1 B Birds Towhees and Sparrows Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida ABPBX94030 PB 1 B Birds Towhees and Sparrows Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis ABPBX99010 PB 1 B Birds Towhees and Sparrows Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii ABPBXA0040 PB 1 B Birds Towhees and Sparrows Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia ABPBXA3010 PB 1 B Birds Towhees and Sparrows Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii ABPBXA3020 PB 1 B Birds Towhees and Sparrows Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana ABPBXA3030 PB 1 B Birds Towhees and Sparrows White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis ABPBXA4020 PB 1 B Birds Towhees and Sparrows Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis ABPBXA5020 PB 1 B Birds Blackbirds and Orioles Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus ABPBXA9010 PB 1 B Birds Blackbirds and Orioles Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus ABPBXB0010 UB 1 B Birds Blackbirds and Orioles Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna ABPBXB2020 PB 1 B

Minnesota Gap Analysis Project (MN-GAP) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 7/19/2006 4 Division of Fish and Wildlife Vertebrate Wildlife Species List for the Nashwauk Uplands ECS Subsection

Federal MN- MN legal legal GAP Nashwauk Group Sub-group Common name Scientific name Element code status status criteria Uplands Birds Blackbirds and Orioles Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus ABPBXB5020 UB 1 B Birds Blackbirds and Orioles Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula ABPBXB6070 UB 1 B Birds Blackbirds and Orioles Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater ABPBXB7030 PB 1 B Birds Blackbirds and Orioles Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula ABPBXB9190 PB 1 B Birds Finches Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus ABPBY04020 PB 1 B Birds Finches House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus ABPBY04040 PB 1 PR Birds Finches Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus ABPBY06030 PB 1 PR Birds Finches American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis ABPBY06110 PB 1 B Birds Finches Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus ABPBY09020 PB 1 PR Birds = 140 Insectivores Cinereus cinereus AMABA01010 1 PR Mammals Insectivores Water Shrew Sorex palustris AMABA01150 1 PR Mammals Insectivores Arctic Shrew Sorex arcticus AMABA01190 1 PR Mammals Insectivores Pygmy Shrew Sorex hoyi AMABA01250 1 PR Mammals Insectivores Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda AMABA03010 1 PR Mammals Insectivores Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata AMABB05010 1 PR Mammals Bats Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus AMACC01010 1 PR Mammals Bats Northern Myotis Myotis septentrionalis AMACC01150 SC 1,2 B Mammals Bats Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans AMACC02010 1 B Mammals Bats Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus AMACC04010 1 PR Mammals Bats Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis AMACC05010 1 B Mammals Bats Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus AMACC05030 1 B Mammals Rabbits & Hares Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus AMAEB01040 PWA, SG 1,3 PR Mammals Rabbits & Hares Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus AMAEB03010 PWA, SG 1,3 PR Mammals Least Chipmunk Tamias minimus AMAFB02020 1 PR Mammals Rodents Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus AMAFB02230 1 PR Mammals Rodents Woodchuck Marmota monax AMAFB03010 1 PR Mammals Rodents Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus AMAFB05090 1 PR Mammals Rodents Franklin's Ground Squirrel Spermophilus franklinii AMAFB05120 1 PR Mammals Rodents Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis AMAFB07010 PWA, SG 1,3 PR Mammals Rodents Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus AMAFB08010 1 PR Mammals Rodents Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus AMAFB09020 1 PR Mammals Rodents American Beaver Castor canadensis AMAFE01010 PWA, SG, F 1,3 PR Mammals Rodents Woodland Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis AMAFF0304a 1 PR Mammals Rodents Southern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi AMAFF09020 1 PR Mammals Rodents Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus AMAFF11010 1 PR

Minnesota Gap Analysis Project (MN-GAP) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 7/19/2006 5 Division of Fish and Wildlife Vertebrate Wildlife Species List for the Nashwauk Uplands ECS Subsection

Federal MN- MN legal legal GAP Nashwauk Group Sub-group Common name Scientific name Element code status status criteria Uplands Mammals Rodents Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus AMAFF15010 PWA, SG, F 1,3 PR Mammals Rodents Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi AMAFF17010 1 PR Mammals Rodents Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius AMAFH01010 1 PR Mammals Rodents Woodland Jumping Mouse Napaeozapus insignis AMAFH02010 1 PR Mammals Rodents North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum AMAFJ01010 UWA 1 PR Mammals Carnivores Coyote Canis latrans AMAJA01010 UWA 1 PR Mammals Carnivores Gray Wolf Canis lupus AMAJA01030 SC T 1,2 PR Mammals Carnivores Red Fox Vulpes vulpes AMAJA03010 PWA, SG, F 1,2 PR Mammals Carnivores American Black Bear Ursus americanus AMAJB01010 PWA, BG 1,2 PR Mammals Carnivores Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor AMAJE02010 PWA, SG, F 1,3 PR Mammals Carnivores American Marten Martes americana AMAJF01010 PWA, SG, F 1,3 PR Mammals Carnivores Fisher Martes pennanti AMAJF01020 PWA, SG, F 1,3 PR Mammals Carnivores Ermine Mustela erminea AMAJF02010 UWA 1,3 PR Mammals Carnivores American Mink Mustela vison AMAJF02050 PWA, SG, F 1,3 PR Mammals Carnivores American Badger Taxidea taxus AMAJF04010 PWA, SG, F 1,3 PR Mammals Carnivores Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis AMAJF06010 UWA 1 PR Mammals Carnivores Northern River Otter Lontra canadensis AMAJF10010 PWA, SG, F 1,3 PR Mammals Carnivores Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis AMAJH03010 PWA, SG, F T 1,3 PR Mammals Carnivores Bobcat Lynx rufus AMAJH03020 PWA, SG, F 1,3 PR Mammals Even-toed Ungulates White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus AMALC02020 PWA, BG 1,3 PR Mammals Even-toed Ungulates Moose Alces alces AMALC03010 PWA, BG 1,3 PR Mammals = 47 Reptiles Turtles Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina ARAAB01010 PWA, SC 1, 2 PR Reptiles Turtles Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta ARAAD01010 PWA 1 PR Reptiles Snakes Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata ARADB34030 1 PR Reptiles Snakes Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis ARADB36130 1 PR

Minnesota Gap Analysis Project (MN-GAP) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 7/19/2006 6 Division of Fish and Wildlife Vertebrate Wildlife Species List for the Nashwauk Uplands ECS Subsection

Federal MN- MN legal legal GAP Nashwauk Group Sub-group Common name Scientific name Element code status status criteria Uplands Reptiles = 4 COLUMN HEADINGS

Common name, Scientific name, and Element Code : Names and codes referenced from standards listed on NaturServe Explorer at http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/ State legal status: The following categories are referenced from Minnesota Statutes and Rules as noted. Big Game (BG) - Noted in Minnesota Statute, section 97A.015, subdivision 3 as big game. Furbearer (F) - Noted in Minnesota Statute, section 97A.015, subdivision 22 as fur-bearing . Small Game (SG) - Noted in Minnesota Statute, section 97A.015, subdivision 45 as small game. Migratory Game Birds (MGB) - Noted in Minnesota Rules, part 6240.0100, subpart 3 as migratory game birds. “Migratory game birds” means coots, gallinules, sora and Virginia rails, American woodcock, common snipe, and migratory waterfowl. Protected Bird (PB) – Noted in Minnesota Statute, section 97A.015, subdivision 38, means “all birds except unprotected birds”. Protected Wild (PWA) - Noted in Minnesota Statute, section 97A.015, subdivision 39, are “big game, small game, . . . gray wolf, mourning doves, and wild animals that are protected by a restriction in the time and manner of taking, other than restriction in the use of artificial lights, poison, or motor vehicles. Unprotected Birds (UB) - Noted in Minnesota Statute, section 97A.015, subdivision 52, as unprotected birds. Unprotected Wild Animals (UWA) - Noted in Minnesota Statute, section 97A.015, subdivision 53, as unprotected wild animal. The following endangered, threatened and special concern species categories are referenced from Minnesota’s endangered species statute (section 84.0895) and Minnesota Rules, parts 6212.1800 to 6212.2300 and part 6134.0200, subparts 1, 2, and 3. See Appendix 1. for a species list of state legal status. Endangered (E) - Defined as a species that is threatened with extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its distribution in Minnesota Threatened (T) - Defined as a species that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its distribution in Minnesota. Special Concern (SC) - Defined as a species that is extremely uncommon in Minnesota, or has a unique or highly specific habitat requirement and deserves careful monitoring of its status. Federal legal status: The following categories were referenced on November 11, 2001 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program web site at http:\\endangered.fws.gov\index.html. Endangered (E), Threatened (T), other Federal Protection (P) under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, or Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940, or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) of 1975. MN-GAP criteria: The following criteria were used to defined vertebrate wildlife species included in the Minnesota Gap Analysis Project. 1) Be known to breed in Minnesota (evidence of breeding 5 of the past 10 years) and be a regularly occurring non-accidental. Species that are extinct or extirpated from Minnesota were not included. 2) Be listed as state endangered, threatened, or special concern (Minnesota Statute section 84.0895 and Minnesota Rules, parts 6212.1800 to 6212.2300 and part 6134.0200, subparts 1, 2, and 3 or as federally endangered or threatened. 3) Be listed as a furbearer, big game, small game, or migratory game bird in Minnesota (Minnesota Statute section 97A.015, subdivisions 3, 22, 28, and 45, and Minnesota Rules, part 6240.0100, subpart 3). Birds that are generically listed in Minnesota Statute section 97A.015, subdivisions 45, as migratory waterfowl (e.g., ducks) and are casual or accidental visitors (e.g., fulvous whistling-duck, brant, Eurasian widgeon, king eider) are not included. Mammals that are specifically listed in Minnesota Statute section 97A.015, subdivisions 3 and 45, as big game (e.g., caribou, pronghorn, mule deer) and small game (e.g., wolverine), and are casual or accidental visitors are not included 4) Be an exotic species in Minnesota that impacts native species or is of management interest (e.g. Ring-necked Pheasant). Nashwauk Uplands: Resident status in the Nashwauk Uplands ECS Subsection (landscape) as a Permanent Resident (PR) or as a breeding, regularly occurring migrant (B).

Minnesota Gap Analysis Project (MN-GAP) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 7/19/2006 7 Division of Fish and Wildlife