Urban Biotic Assessment Program 2015-2020 Report

Jennifer Mui, Michael J. Dreslik, Charles A. Warwick

Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceedingTechnical 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’s Emerald Dragonfly (HED), Black Rail, Indiana Bat, Northern Long-eared Bat (NLEB), and Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (EPFO).
Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherIllinois Natural History Survey
Number of pages80
StatePublished - 2021

Publication series

NameINHS Technical Report
No.2021 (02)

Keywords

  • tollway
  • aquatic macroinvertebrates
  • mussels
  • rusty patched bumble bee
  • bats
  • amphibians
  • reptiles
  • birds

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