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Trail cameras are helping reveal American marten behaviors to help inform restoration efforts.. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) continues to make strides supporting endangered species in 2020. This includes helping threatened turtles, aiding promising field trials for vaccines to save bats from white-nose syndrome and restoring a globally rare bedrock glade in the Baraboo Hills. Reports of endangered bumble bee sightings in 2020 reached record numbers, matching an upward trend of people turning to nature.
These are just a few highlights of the progress made for endangered species and State Natural Areas in 2020 shared in the 2020 Natural Heritage Conservation (NHC) Program Field Notes, which is now available online and in the 2020 Winter issue of the