Regional Natural Area Plan Update

Overview

The Regional Natural Area Plan Update documents a proposed amendment to the natural areas and critical species habitat protection and management plan for the Southeastern Wisconsin Region. That plan identified and recommended protection and management plans for the most important remaining

• Natural areas
• Critical species habitat areas
• Aquatic areas
• Geological areas
• Archaeological sites

Newsletter

The plan update will reflect physical changes and new findings that have occurred since the preparation of the plan. A newsletter (PDF) has been prepared that provides an overview of the updated plan, and includes:

• Status of implementation of the original plan recommendations
• Natural areas and critical species habitats that have been identified since completion of the original plan
• Changes to the original natural areas and critical species habitat sites
• Changes in status of endangered, threatened, and special concern species
• Changes to natural area and critical species related laws and policies
• Preliminary recommended changes to the regional natural areas and critical species habitat protection and management plan