@book{69b6c48952bb48bbacc72fe4287f7cb4,
title = "Urban Biotic Assessment Program 2015-2020 Report",
abstract = "The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority maintains 294 miles of roadway situated in the heavily urbanized northeastern Illinois region. Within the vicinity of the network, there are a diversity of organisms and habitats. There are 2,442 element occurrence records (EOR) of 113 species within 1-mile of a toll road and numerous natural areas, forest preserves, and state parks, including 9 high-quality wetlands and 112 highquality terrestrial communities, and numerous Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN). Federally endangered and threatened species in the corridor include: Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (EMR), Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (RPBB), Hine{\textquoteright}s Emerald Dragonfly (HED), Black Rail, Indiana Bat, Northern Long-eared Bat (NLEB), and Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (EPFO).",
keywords = "tollway, aquatic macroinvertebrates, mussels, rusty patched bumble bee, bats, amphibians, reptiles, birds",
author = "Jennifer Mui and Dreslik, {Michael J.} and Warwick, {Charles A.}",
year = "2021",
language = "English (US)",
series = "INHS Technical Report",
publisher = "Illinois Natural History Survey",
number = "2021 (02)",
}