(WFRV) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has proposed to issue a permit for the incidental taking of a rare lizard, resulting from a soil project in three counties.
A release from the Wisconsin DNR states that the incidental taking for the state-endangered slender glass lizard may result from the ATC Grid Forward – Central Wisconsin Soil Boring Project in Columbia, Marquette, and Waushara counties.
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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.
ATC’s project proposes to complete soil borings at certain proposed structure locations to inform and confirm the foundation types to be utilized for the rebuild. The investigative soil bore activity also includes approximately 10-foot-wide off-ROW access routes that occur along existing paths or driveways, or along two-track paths through open fields or grassland areas. The existing ROW is regularly maintained to control woody vegetation encroachment; however, minimal clearing of saplings and shrubs may be needed at bore locations and along the off-ROW access routes.
Wisconsin DNR
The slender glass lizard is confirmed to be in the vicinity of the project site.
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Officials with the DNR concluded that the proposed project is not likely to “appreciably reduce” the likelihood of the survival or recovery of the species within Wisconsin.
