Incidental Take Notice For Outagamie County

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue an authorization for the incidental taking of a rare plant, which may result from an Interceptor System Rehabilitation project in Outagamie County.

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.

The Heart of the Valley Metropolitan Sewerage District proposes to rehabilitate its interceptor system to protect it from ongoing microbial-induced corrosion. The project will include installing traditional cured-in-place pipe liners in the interceptor and high-build epoxy coating systems in the manhole interiors.

The presence of the state threatened snow trillium is confirmed in the vicinity of the project site. DNR staff determined that the proposed project may result in the incidental taking of some plants.

The DNR concludes that the proposed project is not likely to appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival or recovery of the species within the state, the whole plant-animal community of which it is a part of or the habitat that is critical to its existence.

Conservation measures to minimize the adverse effect on the threatened species will be incorporated into the proposed Incidental Take Permit. Copies of the jeopardy assessment and background information on the snow trillium are available by visiting the DNR Incidental Take Public Notices webpage or upon request from DNR Conservation Biologist Melissa Tumbleson at Melissa.Tumbleson@wisconsin.gov or 608-419-2755.

The public is encouraged to submit written comments regarding project-related impacts to the snow trillium by Feb. 7, 2024 to:

Department of Natural Resources
c/o Melissa Tumbleson, DNR Conservation Biologist
101 S. Webster St.
Madison, WI 53707
Melissa.Tumbleson@wisconsin.gov or 608-419-2755