APPENDIX O

AGENCY COORDINATION

Past planning documents identified a “Chicago to Omaha” corridor, so for the purposes of this 

appendix, the corridor reference will remain as previously designated; however, the project name 

includes “Council Bluffs” in the title.
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To: janet.vine@dot.iowa.gov; amanda.martin@dot.iowa.gov

Subject: Agency scoping meeting 2/21/12 for the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail Planning 

Study

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Iowa Department of Transportation 

(Iowa DOT) are requesting your participation in a scoping meeting for the Chicago to 

Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study (the Study). A Tier 1 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is being prepared for this Study; a Notice of 

Intent for the Tier 1 EIS will soon be published in the Federal Register. An information 

packet describing the Study is being prepared and will be mailed to you separately. 

Attached is a figure showing previously established routes that are the initial route 

alternatives being considered prior to scoping for the Tier 1 EIS. An agency scoping 

meeting (information below) has been planned to provide an opportunity for interactive 

discussion of the Study. Please join us in one of two ways highlighted below:

February 21, 2012

10:00 AM-Noon, Central Standard Time

Online:

Click here to join the meeting:

http://connectnow.acrobat.com/wendythompson159

Call-In Number: 1.866.685.1580

Code: 0009990707

In person:

Iowa DOT West Materials Conference Room

800 Lincoln Way

Ames, IA 50010

Please RSVP at email@chicagotoomaha.com if you plan to participate, and 

indicate if you will attend online or in person. 

The primary purpose of the scoping meeting will be to review information assembled to 

date and to discuss issues that the reestablishment of passenger rail service from 

Chicago to Omaha (Proposed Action) may present if implemented. An agenda for the 

meeting is included below. Public involvement, including scoping, is also being 

conducted for this Study. Relevant information on the NEPA process and the Study is 

available on http://www.iowadot.gov/chicagotoomaha.

AGENDA

1. Introductions

2. Study Introduction
a. Study Background 

b. Purpose and Need 

c. Project Description 

d. Alternatives Screening

e. Resource Methodologies

f. Schedule 

g. Agency Input

3. Discussion of Issues

a. Agency Interests and Concerns, and Available Information

b. Online Public Information Meeting

4. Action Items

5. Meeting Conclusion
 

 Subject Agency scoping underway for the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger

Rail Planning Study

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To <Janet.vine@dot.iowa.gov> <amanda.martin@dot.iowa.gov>, <andrea.martin@dot.gov>

Date 04/01/2012 3:09 pm

• C-O Coordination Packet - Figure 1_2012 01 19.pdf (364 KB)

• C-O_Scoping Packet - Project Description Example_2012 02 10_BG.pdf (44 KB)

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) are 

notifying that they are evaluating alternatives for the reestablishment of passenger rail service from Chicago, 

Illinois, through Iowa, to Omaha, Nebraska (the Project). The Iowa DOT’s evaluation will be documented in 

the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study (the Study) Tier 1 Service Level 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Notice of Intent for the Tier 1 Service Level EIS was published in

the Federal Register on March 15, 2012. The scoping process is underway and is scheduled through April 16,

2012.

Attached is a description of the Study (which provides background information and identifies the transportation 

problems that the Project is expected to address), and a figure showing the previously established routes that 

constitute the Study Area. Public involvement, including scoping, is also being conducted for this Study. 

Relevant information on the NEPA process and the Study is available on 

http://www.iowadot.gov/chicagotoomaha. The NOI and the Purpose and Need Statement are both included on 

the website under “Resources” (http://www.iowadot.gov/chicagotoomaha/resources.html). Public scoping 

materials can be found at http://chicagotoomaha.com/.

We are soliciting your input on the Study. The aforementioned website will host relevant documents for the 

Study, with an Alternatives Analysis Report scheduled to be posted before a series of public meetings in May; 

the website provides additional information on the meetings. Please reply to this e-mail address with any 

comments. Thank you.
I Organization ~, .· .. I Iowa Federal Agency Coordination List 

Glenn Helm Federal Aviation Administration 

Dick Hainje Regional Director Federal Emergency Management Agency 

Lubin Quinones Iowa Division Administrator Federal Highway Administration 

Steven Fender Deputy Regional Administrator Federal Railroad Administration 

David Gregory Deputy Regional Administrator Federal Railroad Administration 

Darrell Tisor Regional Administrator Federal Railroad Administration 

Joan Roesler Planning and Program Development Team Leader Federal Transit Administration, Region VII 

Colonel Shawn McGinley Rock Island District Commander US Army Corps of Engineers 

Martha Cheiply US Army Corps of Engineers 

Kay Ia Eckert-Uptmor US Army Corps of Engineers 

Eric Washburn Commander (dwb) US Coast Guard 

Richard Sims State Conservationist US Department of Agriculture 

Andrew Boeddeker HUD Regional Office US Department of Housing and Urban Development 

James Ryan Supervisory Project Manager US Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Robert Stewart US Department of Interior 

Joe Cothern NEPA US Environmental Protection Agency 

Eliodora Chamberlain Wetlands US Environmental Protection Agency 

Mike George Field Supervisor US Fish and Wildlife Service 

R"1chard Nelson Project Manager US Fish and Wildlife Service 

Kathleen Moench Section 6(f) Funds Coordinator Iowa Department of Natural Resources 

Kelly Poole Environmental Specialist Iowa Department of Natural Resources 

Christine Schwake Iowa Department of Natural Resources 

Bryan Bradley Utility Engineer Iowa Department ofTransportation 

Barbara Mitchell Deputy SHPO State Historical Society of Iowa 

Nick Chevance Environmental Coordinator National Park Service 

Joel Himsl Garrison Manager Department of the Army 

Karla Bullett Chicago District Executive Office US Army Corps of Engineers 

Marisol Simon Regional Administrator Federal Transit Administration, Region V 

Susan Schalk Federal Aviation Administration 

Kenneth Sessa Regional Environmental Officer FEMA, Region 7 

Amanda Ratliff Federal Emergency Management Agency 

Antonio Riley Regional Administrator US Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Beverly Bishop Deputy Regional Administrator US Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Commander Robert E. Bailey, Jr. Commanding Officer US Coast Guard, Ninth District 

Scherrie Giamanco State Executive Director US Department of Agriculture 

Dan Steinkruger State Executive Director US Department of Agriculture 

John Whitaker State Executive Director US Department of Agriculture 

Jeffrey Zimprich Acting State Conservationist US Department of Agriculture 

Joe Gates District Conservationist US Department of Agriculture 

Mark Jackson Coordinator US Department of Agriculture 

Kenneth Westlake Chief, NEPA Implementation Section US Environmental Protection Agency 

Peter Cassell Water Division Liaison US Environmental Protection Agency 

Danny Briggs Transportation Engineer US Federal Highway Administration 

Joseph Werning Division Administrator US Federal Highway Administration 

Norman Stoner Division Administrator US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration 

Kevin Foerster Refuge Manager US Fish & Wildlife Service 

Louise Clemency Field Supervisor US Fish and Wildlife Service 

Mark Baran District Conservationist USDA/NRCS 

Keith Krause District Conservationist USDA/NRCS 

Eileen Kirsch USGS 

Valincia Darby Assistant Regional Environmental Officer US Department of Interior 

Andrew Raddant Regional Environmental Officer US Department of Interior 

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Jeff Wardlow Executive Director Iowa Agriculture Development Authority 

Bill Northey Secretary of Agriculture Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship 

Cyndi Pederson Director Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs 

Thomas Hart Division Administrator Iowa Economic Development Authority 

Scott Dockstader District 1 Engineer Iowa Department of Transportation 

Vicki Dumdei District 2 Engineer [Iowa Department ofTransportation 

Tony Lazarowicz District 3 Engineer Iowa Department of Transportation 

Jim Armstrong District 5 Engineer Iowa Department ofTransportation 

Jim Schnoebelen District 6 Engineer Iowa Department of Transportation 

Troy Jerman District 4 Engineer Iowa Department of Transportation 

Sherry Timmins Team Leader Iowa Economic Development Authority 

Liz Christiansen Board Administrator Iowa Environmental Protection Commission 

Sandra Sampson Iowa State Parks Bureau 

Deborah Lewis Board Member Iowa State Preserves Advisory Board 

Iowa Transportation Commission 

Mary Kay Brinkman Iowa Department of Public Health 

Charles Palmer Director Iowa Department of Human Services 
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Steve Chard Acting Bureau Chief Illinois Department of Agriculture 

Warren Goetsch Bureau Chief Illinois Department of Agriculture 

Warren Rib ley Director Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity 

Karen Miller Section Manager Illinois Department of Natural Resources 

Gary Jereb Section Manager Illinois Department of Natural Resources 

Illinois Department of Transportation 

Illinois Department ofTransportation 

Illinois Department of Transportation 

Illinois Department of Transportation 

Aaron Weatherholt Bureau Chief of Operations Illinois Department of Transportation 

Scott Stitt Acting Bureau Chief Illinois Department of Transportation 

Michael Garcia Bureau Chief Illinois Department of Transportation, Bureau of Railroads 

George Weber Deputy Director Illinois Department of Transportation, Bureau of Railroads 

Carol Para Illinois Division of Aeronautics 

Douglas Scott Director Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 

Anne Haaker Deputy SHPO Illinois Historical Preservation Agency 

Jolene Willis Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs 

Randy Heidorn Acting Director Illinois Nature Preserves Commission 

Andrew Ross Deputy Chief of Staff State of Illinois 

Michelle Saddler Secretary Illinois Department of Human Services 

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John Moesch en US Army Corps of Engineers· Nebraska Regulatory 

Craig Derickson State Conservationist US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service 

Mark Schenkelberg US Federal Aviation Administration 

Clifton Jones US Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Beth Freeman US Department of Homeland Security, FEMA Region 7 

John Winkler Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District 

Paul Mullen Metropolitan Area Planning Agency 

Ellis Thompkins Rail and Public Transportation Director Nebraska Department of Roads 

Tim Weander District 2 Nebraska Department of Roads 

Joe Francis Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality 

Ronnie Mitchell Director Nebraska Department of Aeronautics 

Brian Dunnigan Nebraska Department of Natural Resources 

Bob Puschendorf Nebraska State Historical Society 

Barry DeJong Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services 

John Bender Water Quality Standards Coordinator Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality 

Joe Francis Associate Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality 

Brian Dunnigan Director Nebraska Department of Natural Resources 

Frank Albrecht Assistant Director of Administration Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 

Carey Grell Environmental Analyst Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 

Robert Puschendorf Deputy State Historical Preservation Officer Nebraska State Historical Society 

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Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization 

Kelley Deutmeyer Executive Director East Central Intergovernmental Association 

Sharon Juon Executive Director Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments 

Cliff Weldon Executive Director MIDAS Council of Governments 

Region 6 Planning Commission 

Region XII Council of Governments 

Southwest Iowa Planning Council 

Bi-State Regional Commission 

Area 15 Regional Planning Commission 

Chariton Valley Planning & Development 

Southern Iowa Council of Governments 

John Yapp Executive Director Johnson County Council of Governments 

Randall Blankenhorn Executive Director Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) 

George Hardwidge Deputy Executive of Operations Metra 

Joseph Costello Executive Director Regional Transportation Authority 

Chicago Transit Authority 

Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program 

Thomas Ross Executive Director PACE 

Michael Franke Assistant Vice President National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) 

Chicago Department ofTransportation 

Blackhawk Hills Resource Conservation and Development District 

Boone-Belvidere Regional Planning Commission 

North Central Illinois Council of Governments 

Western Illinois Regional Council 

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Pamela Horiwitz Big Bureau Creek Watershed 

Mark Miller Director Bureau County 

Natalie Mahler Resource Conservationist Grundy County 

Nick Schaefer Director Grundy County 

John Oliver Associate Director Henry County 

Douglas Peterson Director Henry County 

Elizabeth Hagen-Moeller Administrative Coordinator Kane-DuPage 

Pat Hogan Director Kendall County 

Jason Pettit Director Kendall County 

JoAnn Adams Director LaSalle County 

Dennis Ford Director LaSalle County 

Paul Burrs Director Lee County 

Jeff Craver Director Rock Island County 

Brian Parkinson Director Rock Island County 

Paul Young Director Whiteside County 

Suzanne Malec-McKenna Acting Commissioner City of Chicago 

Steven Bylina General Superintendent Cook County Forest Preserve District 

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County 

Forest Preserve District of Will County 

Monica A. Meyers Executive Director Forest Preserve District of Kane County 

Lake County Forest Preserves 

Terry Hannan Superintendent DeKalb County Forest Preserve 

Winnebago County Forest Preserve District 

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STUDY DESCRIPTION

The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), is evaluating alternatives for the reestablishment of intercity passenger 

rail service from Chicago, Illinois, through Iowa, to Omaha, Nebraska (the Project). FRA and 

Iowa DOT’s evaluation will be documented in the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail 

System Planning Study (the Study) Tier 1 Service Level Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

The Tier 1 EIS will analyze a range of reasonable corridor-level route alternatives between 

Chicago and Omaha for a conventional locomotive-hauled, passenger train service, operating on 

track used jointly with freight trains, at an initial maximum speed of 79 to 90 miles per hour 

(mph). The Study will examine necessary improvements to support additional passenger trains. 

FRA and Iowa DOT will consider increasing the frequency of passenger rail service as well as 

increasing the currently planned maximum speed of such service in the Chicago to Omaha 

corridor (the Corridor). The need for the Project stems from the increasing travel demand 

resulting from population growth and changing demographics along the Corridor as well as the 

need for competitive and attractive modes of travel. 

An EIS is a National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) document that is required in the 

preliminary stages of the planning process for all major Federal actions significantly affecting the 

quality of the environment. The EIS is a written record of the analysis of potential impacts on the 

environment resulting from construction and operation of the Project. Impacts on both the natural 

and socioeconomic environment are evaluated.

FRA and Iowa DOT will use a tiered process, outlined in Chapter 40 of the Code of Federal 

Register (40 CFR Section 1508.28 and in accordance with FRA guidance), in the completion of 

the environmental review of the Project ‘‘Tiering’’ is a staged process applied to environmental 

reviews for complex projects. The Tier 1 EIS will address broad corridor-level issues and 

alternatives. The Tier 1 EIS is a service-level NEPA analysis that will address the broader 

questions relating to the type of service being proposed (including cities and stations served, route 

alternatives, service levels, ridership projections, and major infrastructure components), and the 

associated transportation and environmental impacts. 

The Tier 1 EIS will be developed in accordance with Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations (40 CFR 1500 et seq.) implementing NEPA (42 USC 4321 et seq.) and FRA’s 

Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts (64 FR 28545; May 26, 1999). In addition to 

NEPA, the analysis will be undertaken consistent with Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, the Endangered Species Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Section 4(f) of 

the Department of Transportation Act of 1966, and Iowa DOT guidance, along with other 

applicable Federal, state, and local regulations in the level of detail appropriate for a Tier 1 EIS. 

The Chicago to Omaha corridor extends from Chicago Union Station, in downtown Chicago, 

on the east to a terminal in Omaha on the west. The Study Area consists of the five previously 

established passenger rail routes between Chicago and Omaha that pass through the states of 

Illinois and Iowa. Each route is approximately 500 miles long. In Illinois, the Study Area runs 

generally west from Chicago Union Station, which is the hub for the Midwest Regional Rail 

Initiative (MWRRI), to the Mississippi River and, depending on the route, is a distance of 

between 150 and 250 miles. In Iowa, the Study Area runs west from the Mississippi River across 

the entire state to the Missouri River, a distance of approximately 300 miles. In Nebraska, the 

Study Area terminates in Omaha, which is located at the Missouri River, the eastern border of the 

state. The general location for the terminal in Omaha will be identified as part of this Study. 
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Figure 1 shows the location of Chicago and Omaha and different rail routes between the two 

cities.

The five previously established passenger rail routes that compose the Study Area include the 

former Illinois Central route (Route 1), the former Chicago & North Western route (Route 2), the 

former Milwaukee Road route (Route 3), the former Rock Island route (Route 4), and the former 

Burlington route (Route 5), as shown in Figure 1. These routes are numbered from north to 

south. For each route, the counties that are traversed in Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska are listed 

east to west in Table 1. 

Table 1. Counties Traversed by Routes in the Study Area

State Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 Route 4 Route 5

Illinois

Cook

DuPage

Kane

DeKalb

Boone

Winnebago

Stephenson

Jo Daviess

Cook

DuPage

Kane

DeKalb

Ogle

Lee

Whiteside

Cook

DuPage

Kane

DeKalb

Ogle

Carroll

Cook

Will

Grundy

La Salle

Bureau

Henry

Rock Island

Cook

DuPage

Kane

Kendall

DeKalb

La Salle

Bureau

Henry

Knox

Warren

Henderson

Iowa

Dubuque

Delaware

Buchanan

Black Hawk

Butler

Franklin

Hardin

Hamilton

Webster

Calhoun

Sac

Crawford

Harrison

Pottawattamie

Clinton

Cedar

Linn

Benton

Tama

Marshall

Story

Boone

Greene

Carroll

Crawford

Harrison

Pottawattamie

Jackson

Clinton

Jones

Linn

Benton

Tama

Marshall

Story

Boone

Dallas

Guthrie

Carroll

Crawford

Shelby

Harrison

Pottawattamie

Scott

Muscatine

Cedar

Johnson

Iowa

Poweshiek

Jasper

Polk

Dallas

Madison

Guthrie

Adair

Cass

Pottawattamie

Des Moines

Henry

Jefferson

Wapello

Monroe

Lucas

Clarke

Union

Adams

Montgomery

Mills

Pottawattamie

Nebraska Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas

These previously established routes will be screened to determine which route alternatives would

be evaluated in detail in the Tier 1 EIS. Geographic information system data on environmental 

resources will be used to help screen route alternatives; no field studies are planned for the Tier 1 

NEPA process. It is anticipated that the Tier 1 EIS will examine the viability of one or more 

reasonable and feasible route alternatives. 

The No-Build Alternative will represent no action and will be used as a baseline for comparison 

to all other route alternatives. The No-Build Alternative represents other transportation modes, 

such as automobile, intercity bus, air travel, and existing rail, and the physical characteristics and 

capacities as they exist at the time of the Tier 1 EIS, as well as planned and funded improvements 

that will be in place at the time the proposed improvements would become operational. 
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Future Tier 2 NEPA evaluation(s) will address one or more specific sections of the Corridor to be 

implemented within the route alternative selected in the Tier 1 EIS, and will incorporate by 

reference the data and evaluations included in the Tier 1 EIS. The Tier 2 NEPA evaluations will 

concentrate on the resource-specific issues relevant to the section of the selected route alternative 

identified in the Tier 1 EIS, and identify the environmental consequences and measures necessary 

to mitigate environmental impacts at a site-specific level of detail. 

ANTICIPATED IMPACTS

A wide spectrum of resources will be evaluated in the Tier 1 EIS, including (but not limited to) 

cultural resources, natural resources, impacts to homes and businesses, socioeconomic resources, 

noise and vibration, and air quality. Impacts may vary depending on the elements of the final 

design. 

DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES

This Project is being developed for Federal funding participation. A determination by Iowa DOT 

and FRA has identified this Study as requiring preparation of an EIS. 

Current regulations governing development of Federally funded railroad improvements require 

early coordination with units of government that may have interests in the Proposed Action or its 

potential impacts. This coordination packet is intended to provide early notification of the Study 

for the Project and to solicit comments regarding the potential impacts of such an action. Several 

Federal, state, and local agencies will also be contacted directly to request their early input as part 

of the Study impact identification process. 

Public involvement, including scoping, is also being conducted for this Study. Relevant 

information on the NEPA process and the Study is available on

http://www.iowadot.gov/chicagotoomaha. 
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Burlington Burlington

Fort Dodge Fort Dodge

Des Moines Des Moines

Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids

Council Bluffs Council Bluffs

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Chicago to Omaha

Regional Passenger Rail System 

Planning Study Meeting Notes

Subject: Agency Scoping Meeting

Meeting Date: 2/21/12 Meeting Location: Ames, Iowa

Notes by: HDR

Attendees:

In-person attendees: Andréa Martin (FRA Project Manager), Amanda Martin (Iowa DOT Project Manager), 

Janet Vine (Iowa DOT NEPA Manager), Phil Meraz (Iowa DOT), Jim Armstrong (Iowa DOT District 5 

Engineer), Dylan Mullenix (Des Moines MPO), Will Sharp (HDR Project Manager), John Morton (HDR NEPA 

Manager), Kelly Farrell (HDR), Tim Flagler (HNTB), and Caron Kloser (HNTB). 

On-line attendees: David Studt (USCG), Joe Cothern (EPA), Kip Strauss and Gretchen Ivy (HNTB), Julie 

Ward (NDEQ), Mark Bechtel (FTA), Brian Goss (HDR). 

Topics Discussed:

The meeting commenced at approximately 10:10 am to discuss agency scoping for the Chicago to Omaha 

Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study. In-person and on-line attendees introduced themselves. 

The meeting notes below are organized by a summary of the PowerPoint presentation, followed by questions 

generated, and the answers provided. 

Action/Notes:

Amanda Martin led off the meeting indicating that Iowa DOT received Federal funding in 2009 to start the 

study, but the effort has been on hold until some things came in to place. The delay of the project being 

obligated and other factors has led to the need for an aggressive schedule. Andréa Martin noted she was 

representing FRA as the lead federal agency of the study, and that she is looking forward to working with 

Iowa DOT and Illinois DOT on the study, and moving ahead with the project. John Morton of HDR introduced 

the agenda slide of the PowerPoint presentation shown at the meeting in Ames, as well as via the Adobe 

Connect web link, and indicated that the agenda (provided to the agencies via the notification e-mail) would 

be followed for the presentation. 

John Morton indicated that the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study is part of 

an FRA Track 3 Application for a Planning Grant. FRA is funding half of the study with Iowa funding the 

remainder. There will be several decisions documented by the study including a preferred route alternative 

and identification of cities with station stops, speed of trains, and frequency of service. The project is part of 

the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative (MWRRI), with Chicago as the hub. The study is a Service Level 

analysis, with a broad, high-level approach to the evaluation of potential route alternatives. A Tier 1 EIS will 

be prepared, and will identify future Project Level Tier 2 NEPA studies. The Tier 1 Service Level Draft EIS will 

be distributed for agency and public comment, and comments will be used to prepare a Tier 1 Service Level 

Final EIS.

The purpose of the project is to provide competitive passenger rail transportation between Chicago and 

Omaha to help meet future travel demands in the study area. Project needs include increased travel demand 

from population growth and changing demographics, and an alternative competitive travel mode. The 

purpose and need statement for scoping is on the public website established for the project, and was 

provided to agency respondents to the e-mail on the agency scoping meeting.

The major project tasks for this study include the NEPA process, including alternatives analysis, a service 

development plan, and conceptual engineering. These processes are ongoing concurrently, with the tasks 
Agency Scoping Meeting in Ames

February 21, 2012

HDR Engineering, Inc. 8404 Indian Hills Drive

Omaha, NE 68114-4049

Phone (402) 399-1000

Fax (402) 399-4979

www.hdrinc.com

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feeding into each other. The study is starting with evaluation of the five previously established routes that 

connected Chicago to Omaha: a map of the five routes being considered was displayed and identified routes 

by numbers 1 through 5: 1 is the CN route, 2 is the UP route, 3 is the former Milwaukee Road route, 4 is the 

Iowa Interstate route, and 5 is the BNSF route, currently used by the California Zephyr (a daily Amtrak train 

between Chicago, Illinois and Emeryville, California). 

The NEPA task is ongoing with GIS data compilation for evaluation of the route alternatives. The NEPA 

evaluation will be based on corridor-level impact assessment rather than design footprint related assessment. 

Corridor decisions will be made in Tier 1, but no infrastructure design will be developed until the Tier 2 project 

level. Noise, vibration, and air quality are among those resources that will be evaluated and will be based on 

estimated operational data. General station locations will be defined during Tier 1, but no specific locations 

will be identified. The Tier 1 EIS will evaluate speeds of 79, 90, and 110 mph service (and consider the 

relationship between speed, ridership, and revenue), and identify the preferred route alternative. A 

reasonable cost estimate will be developed for the preferred alternative. All of the study outcomes identified 

(Tier 1 EIS, preferred route alternative, service development plan, and conceptual engineering) are needed 

for getting FRA implementation funding in the future.

The Alternatives Analysis Task is ongoing and involves two levels of screening, coarse level (done at a highlevel) and fine level, that both use four main categories of evaluation criteria: purpose and need, 

environmental feasibility, technical feasibility, and economic feasibility. Factors being reviewed include, but 

are not limited to, right-of-way (ROW) availability, population served, environmental resources, and route 

length. Fine level screening gets into more detail on the four criteria and their application to the remaining 

alternatives that pass through the coarse level screening step. Fine level screening will involve a ridership 

evaluation, more detailed characterization of the environment, ridership and revenue potential, and operating, 

equipment, and maintenance costs. A screen shot of a typical environmental constraints map review within 

GIS was shown and was considered during the Tier 1 Service Level EA for the Chicago to Iowa City project. 

The coarse level and fine level steps will be documented in a Draft Alternatives Analysis Report. This report 

will be available for agency and public input in the spring 2012 timeframe. Information will be available on-line 

and also be the topic of public meetings. The input received will be used to finalize the report, and identify 

one or more specific route alternatives to be evaluated in the Tier 1 EIS. 

Tim Flagler discussed the Tier 1 EIS approach for environmental resources. Resource impact methodologies 

are being developed and will be documented in technical memoranda for each resource. Each memorandum 

will address the regulatory framework for the resource, data gathered for use in the analysis and compiled 

into a geographic information system (GIS), description of the resource, and an assessment of high level 

impact analysis along one or more specific route alternatives remaining after the fine level screening process. 

Typically, a resource study area is about 500 feet on either side of rail centerline along a route alternative. 

Potential impacts will be quantified for some resources (by number rather than a specific area) and will be 

qualified for other resources. Potential mitigation approaches will be characterized, but specific mitigation 

would be addressed during Tier 2 Project Level NEPA analysis. Technical memoranda will be used for input 

on resources within sections of Chapter 3 (Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences) of the 

Tier 1 EIS. 

John Morton introduced the schedule, indicating that the study is in the public and agency scoping process 

stage now, with an on-line open scoping meeting process. The Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS has 

been drafted. Andrea Martin indicated that the NOI will be published in a few weeks. Scoping will continue 

30 days after the NOI is published. Public information meetings will be held in spring 2012 for evaluating the 

range of alternatives, the process for reviewing the alternatives, and on the route alternative(s) to be carried 

forward in the Tier 1 Service Level EIS. The Draft Tier 1 Service Level EIS is planned to be available for 

review this fall (with a public hearing), and the Final EIS in winter, followed by the Record of Decision. Future 

Tier 2 Project Level NEPA documents would address details of the proposed improvements along the 

preferred route alternative.

Since project inception, the purpose and need has been drafted (and has been sent to responding agencies 

and is on the public website); public scoping is ongoing using a live public website; initial railroad coordination 

has been completed; and resource impact methodology, alternatives assessment methodology, and 

annotated outline for the Tier 1 Service Level EIS have been drafted. An agency and stakeholder 
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Fax (402) 399-4979

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involvement plan has been developed, and coarse level screening is occurring. This is the first agency 

scoping meeting and a second meeting will be held in Chicago, Illinois tomorrow.

We are seeking agency input to guide study by providing comments on the purpose and need, alternatives 

process, and resource methodologies. FRA and Iowa DOT are also seeking identification of agency issues of 

concern and resource information.

John Morton indicated that the public involvement process is ongoing. E-mails to agencies included a link 

that provides access to the public involvement website. Active public input was discussed noting the number 

of visitors to the website, those that left comments, and those that requested being placed on a mailing list. 

There have been several articles in local and regional newspapers and television stations, and there have 

been paid newspaper advertisements with information on the project. Interested parties can participate 

through electronic media or phone to request information.

Comments/Responses:

The floor was opened to agency input, and the following is a brief summary of the questions/comments and 

responses: responses and follow-up interaction on the topic are indented below the question/comment.

David Studt: How is the study looking at major bridges along these routes?

John Morton: The study will identify major structures that might need to be built or rehabilitated, 

especially those for Mississippi River and Missouri River crossings; these are important cost items. 

For example, the Iowa Interstate route crosses the Mississippi River on the Arsenal Bridge, and the 

Union Pacific is building a new bridge at Clinton Iowa. The Study would look at the 5 routes and 

specifically river crossing locations to determine the gross needs for expansion, reconstruction, or 

replacement. 

David Studt: What about the Iowa City to Chicago project which was proposed to use the Arsenal Bridge 

crossing? 

Amanda Martin: For that project, the Iowa legislature did not approve the necessary state match

funds during last year’s legislative session. The Chicago to Iowa City Project was consequently split 

into two phases. Chicago to Moline (IL) has state funding and NEPA is ongoing under Illinois DOT 

direction. The Moline to Iowa City phase will be managed by Iowa DOT, but state match in funding 

will need to be allocated to progress. The completion of this project will determine the next steps for 

the Moline to Iowa City phase. Relevant data for the Chicago to Iowa City Project will be used for this 

Project.

Joe Cothern: Joe is representing US EPA Region 7 and will lead the US EPA effort, but will be consulting 

with Norm West in Region 5 (which includes Illinois in their region). US EPA will provide a scoping letter on 

this project with input based on other rail projects, such as lessons learned. US EPA has a comprehensive 

GIS on environmental resources that can be accessed. He asked whether US EPA would be offered 

participation as a cooperating agency. They typically have an added response if a letter requests input as a 

cooperating agency. 

Andréa Martin: FRA will likely have requests for cooperating agencies going out in early March. 

Joe Cothern: Good input for US EPA consideration would include any information from public 

scoping that is asking for US EPA’s input on resources of concern.

John Morton: Although we didn’t talk much about Nebraska, the western terminus is in Omaha. Big 

decisions need to be made on where to cross the Missouri River; much of that work will be deferred until Tier 

2.

Julie Ward: Let us know how NDEQ can help.
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David Studt: Will Draft EIS be available this fall or next fall? 

John Morton: The Draft EIS is planned for distribution this fall in 2012; the overall Tier 1 Service 

Level NEPA process is planned to be completed before fall 2013. Final EIS is planned to be 

distributed early spring 2013.

Dylan Mullenix: If anything is needed by local governments, let us know if you need help.

Mark Bechtel: FTA is involved in several intermodal projects in the Midwest. FTA is working with Dubuque, 

Iowa and Moline, Illinois considering a bus hub and a rail platform. Do cities compete to be on route? Will 

there be spokes of rail from the City centers along passenger rail to other communities?

Andréa Martin: The project in Moline is currently under the Chicago to Moline Tier 2 project level 

effort being led by Illinois; this is a different project but this section of rail does fall within one of the 

route alternatives. 

Andréa Martin: The Chicago to Moline project is an IL DOT-led project. A NEPA Tier 2 Project is 

ongoing that will address the specific location of the platform and its design characteristics. There will 

be a conference call next week on the next steps for that project. 

Mark Bechtel: To build the rail platform in Dubuque, funding will need to be procured through FRA or 

TIGER.

Amanda Martin: There will be a conference call with FRA and Iowa DOT on Dubuque next week. 

The City will probably be moving forward with a TIGER application. [The City of Dubuque told us on 

2/22 that they will not be moving forward with a TIGER application.] Illinois DOT is moving forward 

with a Chicago to Dubuque route.

Mark Bechtel: Dee Phan is an environmental specialist and will be involved in FTA input on the 

NEPA study. 

John Morton: The Study has involved communication with many communities in Iowa and Illinois, but 

is not designed to promote competition between cities. Moline is along the Iowa Interstate route, and 

Dubuque is along the CN route. The Study will identify stations only along the routes carried forward 

for detailed evaluation in the EIS. Cities aren’t directly competing with each other. The Tier 1 

Analysis will focus on the alternative route corridor, without getting into detail at tie-in points. For 

example, all route alternatives are proposed for crossing into Nebraska as the western terminus, but 

specifics of that crossing will not be known during Tier 1; most of specificity will be addressed during 

Tier 2. 

Mark Bechtel: The developments with rail opportunities are exciting, and Dubuque and Moline are 

both planning ahead. 

John Morton: Illinois DOT plans to use state funds for an intercity passenger rail line between 

Chicago and Dubuque. Federal funds are planned for Chicago to Moline. Both of those projects 

would be based on conventional speeds (up to 79 mph), but the Chicago to Omaha study will look at 

speeds of 79, 90, and 110 mph and evaluate what the speed differences might do for revenue and 

ridership.

Mark Bechtel: Will PowerPoint be available on website? 

Amanda Martin: The PowerPoint will be sent to the attendees of the scoping meeting. There 

appears to be a need for clearly explaining the interrelationships of the different projects in the EIS as 

well as to the public. 
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John Morton: The project website for the public will be updated with information on different projects to 

differentiate them. At this stage of the Chicago to Omaha project, probably will primarily identify cities that 

could be directly served by different routes.

Kelly Farrell: The Tier 1 EIS will have a section with a discussion on other projects.

Dylan Mullenix: There was mention that the coarse analysis would look at population. Will there be a 

comparison with highway traffic or would that be in subsequent evaluations? 

John Morton: Overall purpose and need will address ridership through comparison of competitive 

mode. Currently, 97% of the traffic between Chicago and Omaha is via passenger automobile for an 

8-hour trip. Modal review of ridership will be part of the coarse level and fine level analysis. The 

study will look at populations along each corridor, evaluate modal opportunities, and review potential 

populations to be served. The configuration of how the system would work, accounting for highway 

traffic, would be addressed during Tier 2. 

Caron Kloser: Will the NEPA process address an implementation plan due to funding not being all available 

at one time?

John Morton: FRA has asked to define how the service could be implemented. It is most likely that 

full funding would not be available, but smaller amounts of funding should be available to phase in 

segments. The Tier 1 EIS will have an implementation section to show how reasonable investment 

can partially meet goals and be used before future improvements can be funded.

Kelly Farrell and Amanda Martin discussed and showed components of the public website, and showed 

agencies the basic method of operating and viewing the website. The method for downloading PDFs was 

demonstrated. The website was recommended for internal agency use, and to provide access to others.

Action Items:

 FRA will send out Cooperating Agency letters after the NOI is published. [letters were sent]

 Iowa DOT will put NOI on website once it is published. [NOI link placed on website]

 Iowa DOT will note scoping meeting end date on website. [scoping end date noted on website]

 Iowa DOT will send PowerPoint to group of attendees. [PowerPoint was sent to attendees]

 Iowa DOT will supplement the website with information to help clarify and differentiate various rail 

passenger projects. [website was supplemented with additional information]
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Chicago to Omaha

Regional Passenger Rail System 

Planning Study Meeting Notes

Subject: Agency Scoping Meeting

Meeting Date: 2/22/12 Meeting Location: Chicago, Illinois

Notes by: HDR

Attendees:

In-person attendees included: Andréa Martin (FRA Project Manager), Michael Garcia (Illinois DOT), Todd 

Popish (Illinois DOT), Norm West (USEPA), Shawn Cirton (USFWS), Frank Shockey (FEMA), John Morton 

(HDR NEPA Manager), Janice Reid (HDR), Angela Brazzale (HDR). 

On-line attendees: Amanda Martin (Iowa DOT Project Manager), Janet Vine (Iowa DOT NEPA Manager), 

Walt Zyznieuski (Illinois DOT), Tim Flagler (HNTB), Gretchen Ivy (HNTB), Kelly Farrell (HDR), Brian Goss 

(HDR). 

Topics Discussed:

The meeting commenced at approximately 1:00 pm to discuss agency scoping for the Chicago to Omaha 

Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study. In-person and on-line attendees introduced themselves. 

The meeting notes below are organized by a summary of the PowerPoint presentation, followed by questions 

generated, and the answers provided. Although much of the question and answer process occurred during 

the presentation portion of the meeting, the flow of the presentation summary would have been disrupted by 

including them when they occurred; consequently the meeting summary is not in precise chronologic order. 

Action/Notes:

Amanda Martin led off the meeting indicating that Iowa DOT received Federal funding in 2009 to start the 

study, but the effort has been on hold until some things came in to place. The delay of the project being 

obligated and other factors has led to the need for an aggressive schedule. Andréa Martin noted she was 

representing FRA as the lead federal agency of the study, and that she is looking forward to working with 

Iowa DOT and Illinois DOT on the study, and moving ahead with the project. John Morton of HDR introduced 

the agenda slide of the PowerPoint presentation shown at the meeting in Chicago, as well as via the Adobe 

Connect web link, and indicated that the agenda (provided to the agencies via the notification e-mail) would 

be followed for the presentation. 

John Morton indicated that the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study is part of 

an FRA Track 3 Application for a Planning Grant. FRA is funding half of the study with Iowa funding the 

remainder. There will be several decisions documented by the study including a preferred route alternative 

and identification of cities with station stops, speed of trains and frequency of service. The project is part of 

the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative (MWRRI), with Chicago as the hub. The study is a Service Level 

analysis, with a broad, high-level approach to the evaluation of potential route alternatives. A Tier 1 EIS will 

be prepared, and will identify future Project Level Tier 2 NEPA studies. The Tier 1 Service Level Draft EIS will 

be distributed for agency and public comment, and comments will be used to prepare a Tier 1 Service Level 

Final EIS.

The purpose of the project is to provide competitive passenger rail transportation between Chicago and 

Omaha to help meet future travel demands in the study area. Project needs include increased travel demand 

from population growth and changing demographics, and an alternative competitive travel mode. The 

purpose and need statement for scoping is on the public website established for the project, and was 

provided to agency respondents to the e-mail on the agency scoping meeting.
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The major project tasks for this study include the NEPA process, including alternatives analysis, a service 

development plan, and conceptual engineering. These processes are ongoing concurrently, with the tasks 

feeding into each other. The study is starting with evaluation of the five previously established routes that 

connected Chicago to Omaha: a map of the five routes being considered was displayed and identified routes 

by numbers 1 through 5: 1 is the CN route, 2 is the UP route, 3 is the former Milwaukee Road route, 4 is the 

Iowa Interstate route, and 5 is the BNSF route, currently used by the California Zephyr (a daily Amtrak train 

between Chicago, Illinois and Emeryville, California). 

The NEPA task is ongoing with GIS data compilation for evaluation of the route alternatives. The NEPA 

evaluation will be based on corridor-level impact assessment rather than design footprint related assessment. 

Corridor decisions will be made in Tier 1, but no infrastructure design will be developed until the Tier 2 project 

level. Noise, vibration, and air quality are among those resources that will be evaluated and will be based on 

estimated operational data. General station locations will be defined during Tier 1, but no specific locations 

will be identified. The Tier 1 EIS will evaluate speeds of 79, 90, and 110 mph service (and consider the 

relationship between speed, ridership, and revenue), and identify the preferred route alternative. A 

reasonable cost estimate will be developed for the preferred alternative. All of the study outcomes identified 

(Tier 1 EIS, preferred route alternative, service development plan, and conceptual engineering) are needed 

for getting FRA implementation funding in the future.

The Alternatives Analysis Task is ongoing and involves two levels of screening, coarse level (done at a highlevel) and fine level, that both use four main categories of evaluation criteria: purpose and need, 

environmental feasibility, technical feasibility, and economic feasibility. Factors being reviewed include, but 

are not limited to, right-of-way (ROW) availability, population served, environmental resources, and route 

length. Fine level screening gets into more detail on the four criteria and their application to the remaining 

alternatives that pass through the coarse level screening step. Fine level screening will involve a ridership 

evaluation, more detailed characterization of the environment, ridership and revenue potential, and operating, 

equipment, and maintenance costs. A screen shot of a typical environmental constraints map review within 

GIS was shown and was considered during the Tier Service Level 1 EA for the Chicago to Iowa City project. 

The coarse level and fine level steps will be documented in a Draft Alternatives Analysis Report. This report 

will be available for agency and public input in the spring 2012 timeframe. Information will be available on-line 

and also be the topic of public meetings. The input received will be used to finalize the report, and identify 

one or more specific route alternatives to be evaluated in the Tier 1 EIS. 

Tim Flagler discussed the Tier 1 EIS approach for environmental resources. Resource impact methodologies 

are being developed and will be documented in technical memoranda for each resource. Each memorandum 

will address the regulatory framework for the resource, data gathered for use in the analysis and compiled 

into a geographic information system (GIS), description of the resource, and an assessment of high level 

impact analysis along one or more specific route alternatives remaining after the fine level screening process. 

Typically, a resource study area is about 500 feet on either side of rail centerline along a route alternative. 

Potential impacts will be quantified for some resources (by number rather than a specific area) and will be 

qualified for other resources. Potential mitigation approaches will be characterized, but specific mitigation 

would be addressed during Tier 2 Project Level NEPA analysis. Technical memoranda will be used for input 

on resources within sections of Chapter 3 (Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences) of the 

Tier 1 EIS. 

John Morton introduced the schedule, indicating that the study is in the public and agency scoping process 

stage now, with an online open scoping meeting process. The Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS has 

been drafted. Andréa Martin indicated that the NOI will be published in a few weeks. Scoping will continue 

30 days after the NOI is published. Public information meetings will be held in spring 2012 for evaluating the 

range of alternatives, the process for reviewing the alternatives, and on the route alternative(s) to be carried 

forward in the Tier 1 Service Level EIS. The Draft Tier 1 Service Level EIS is planned to be available for 

review this fall (with a public hearing), and the Final EIS in winter, followed by the Record of Decision. Future 

Tier 2 Project Level NEPA documents would address details of the proposed improvements along the 

preferred route alternative.

Since project inception, the purpose and need has been drafted (and has been sent to responding agencies 

and is on the public website); public scoping is ongoing using a live public website; initial railroad coordination 
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has been completed; and resource impact methodology, alternatives assessment methodology, and 

annotated outline for the Tier 1 Service Level EIS have been drafted. An agency and stakeholder 

involvement plan has been developed, and coarse level screening is occurring. The first agency scoping 

meeting was held yesterday in Ames, Iowa. 

We are seeking agency input to guide study by providing comments on the purpose and need, alternatives 

process, and resource methodologies. FRA and Iowa DOT are also seeking identification of agency issues of 

concern and resource information.

John Morton indicated that the public involvement process is ongoing. E-mails to agencies included a link 

that provides access to the public involvement website. Active public input was discussed noting the number 

of visitors to the website, those that left comments, and those that requested being placed on a mailing list. 

There have been several articles in local and regional newspapers and television stations, and there have 

been paid newspaper advertisements with information on the project. Interested parties can participate 

through electronic media or phone to request information.

Comments/Responses:

The floor was opened to agency input, and the following is a brief summary of the questions/comments and 

responses: responses and follow-up interaction on the topic are indented below the question/comment.

Michael Garcia: Is there a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Iowa DOT and Illinois DOT to 

study potential routes within the state of Illinois?

Amanda Martin: Iowa DOT has had some previous discussions about the project with George Weber 

of Illinois DOT but she couldn’t recall if an MOU was specifically discussed. Amanda will discuss an 

MOU specifically with Ms. Tammy Nicholson of Iowa DOT and get back to Illinois DOT. 

Norm West: How is this project different than the Chicago to Iowa City project, and what is the status of that 

project? Are previous NEPA documents being put aside and is there a fresh start with this project?

John Morton: For that project, the Iowa legislature did not approve the state match last year. The 

Chicago to Iowa City Project was consequently split into two projects: Chicago to Moline, IL has state 

funding and NEPA is ongoing under Illinois DOT direction and Moline to Iowa City, IA. The Moline to

Iowa City project will be managed by Iowa DOT, but state match in funding will need to be allocated 

to progress. Relevant data for the Chicago to Iowa City project will be used for this Project. The Tier 

1 Service Level EIS for the Chicago to Omaha project will have a section with a discussion on the 

other projects.

Andréa Martin: FRA issued a FONSI for the Tier 1 Service Level Chicago to Iowa City project in 

November 2011; the FONSI included a list of actions that need to be completed during Tier 2. She 

will send a copy of the FONSI to USEPA. None of the previous studies are being put aside and are 

moving along different and independent schedules. Information from past NEPA documents will be 

taken into account as part of this project’s analysis. Iowa DOT will send the PowerPoint to attendees 

of the scoping meeting, as well as USACE. There appears to be a need for clearly explaining the 

interrelationships of the different projects in the EIS as well as to the public. Agency comments that 

were received previously as part of the Chicago to Iowa City, Chicago to Dubuque (IA), and Chicago 

to Moline (IL) projects will be considered as part of the historical record for the Tier 1 EIS. This 

project somewhat overlaps with the Chicago to Iowa City project because it could share some of the 

same track. 

Michael Garcia: The Tier 1 Service Level EA for Chicago to Iowa City is being reassessed by Illinois 

DOT for the Chicago to Moline section of the route. The Tier 2 Project Level EA has not yet started. 

Norm West: Could you please send a direct link for the files you are directing us to rather than just noting the 

files are on the website?
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John Morton: The project website for the public will be updated with information on different projects 

to differentiate them. A direct link to this information will be provided. At this stage of the Chicago to 

Omaha project, the level of information for website update will likely be identification of cities that 

could be directly served by different routes.

Michael Garcia: Illinois DOT intends to include all NEPA projects for Illinois passenger rail projects on 

an interactive map of Illinois. Amanda Martin should send an email to Miriam Gutierrez requesting 

that the Illinois DOT High Speed Rail (HSR) link be linked to the Chicago to Omaha project website. 

We are working toward getting this site fully functional.

Andréa Martin: Past documents as well as those for review on current projects could be posted to 

links. The Chicago to Detroit project hasn’t started yet. FRA will discuss the use of the interactive 

map with Illinois DOT. FRA will likely have requests for cooperating agencies going out in early 

March, at the same time the NOI is published (possibly on March 9th). The scoping period will then 

be open for 30 days from NOI publication.

Norm West: Will the Chicago to Omaha Tier 1 EIS look at broader agency issues? Are you looking for 

resource agency input on resources such as threatened and endangered species that may be in the area or 

issues with major water crossings? 

John Morton: Yes. Input is being sought from agencies on broad issues and readily-available data. 

More specific analysis would occur during Tier 2 Project Level analysis.

Shawn Cirton: Because federal agencies have different permitting responsibilities, they may ask for some 

more detailed information, which might typically be done in Tier 2.

Michael Garcia: The FHWA Tier 1 Process is different than the FRA Tier 1 Process; however, they 

both still follow NEPA.

Andréa Martin: The FRA has its own implementing regulations, per CEQ. FRA will state clearly the 

regulations that are being followed in the Tier 1 Service Level EIS and the NOI, and the level of 

analysis during Tier 1 Service Level and Tier 2 Project Level. 

Michael Garcia: Based on his understanding, it doesn’t appear that the screening criteria will be reviewed by 

the agencies or public prior to proceeding with the screening process. Is the intent to eliminate alternatives 

during screening to a single alternative?

John Morton: The screening criteria and methods are being developed and reviewed by FRA. The 

coarse level screening process has begun. The website is currently receiving comments on the 

project. The Draft Alternatives Analysis Report on the alternatives analysis (which will include both 

the coarse and fine level screening processes) will be placed on the public website for agency and 

public review, and public meetings will be held in spring 2012. Comments will be considered and 

used to create a Final Alternatives Analysis Report. What comes out of the Report will be the range 

of reasonable and feasible alternatives carried forward in the EIS; the intent of the screening is to 

potentially get down to a single alternative to carry forward in the EIS. The Final Alternatives Analysis

Report will be summarized and make up the bulk of Chapter 2 of the EIS.

Amanda Martin: Iowa DOT will provide Walt Zyznieuski the screening criteria for review. Michael 

Garcia will be copied on everything; Walt will receive information as it pertains to NEPA. Determining 

the preferred route alternative is FRA’s decision.

Janet Vine: The public will have opportunities to provide input on the alternatives screening process. 

The Draft Alternatives Analysis Report will be published and posted for review, with the public able to 

provide comments through the publish website or during meetings.

Shawn Cirton: Please review wildlife impacts from noise as well as human impacts (similar to what was done 

for CN-EJE acquisition). Has the USFWS Rock Island Field Office been contacted concerning this project? 
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The Rock Island office will likely be the lead contact for USFWS. Shawn Cirton will provide FRA with the 

contact information for the USFWS Rock Island office.

Andréa Martin: The Rock Island Office will be coordinated with concerning this project [an e-mail 

invitation to scoping was provided] and will receive the cooperating agencies letter from FRA in 

March. 

Michael Garcia: Will the Tier 1 EIS be done in a phased approach to identify what you anticipate in the Tier 2 

documents or will it address building the entire project at once? Will it address an implementation plan due to 

funding not being all available at one time? Will it recommend what is needed for Tier 2?

John Morton: FRA has asked Iowa DOT to define how the service could be implemented. It is most 

likely that full funding would not be available, but smaller amounts of funding should be available to 

phase in study and development of segments. The Tier Service Level 1 EIS will have an 

implementation section to show how reasonable investment can partially meet goals and be used 

before future improvements can be funded. The Record of Decision (ROD) will also have an 

implementation strategy and will discuss what is needed in Tier 2.

Andréa Martin: An implementation plan will be included in the EIS and the ROD. Based on funding 

constraints, the project would definitely need a phased approach.

John Morton: The phased approach with an implementation plan is consistent with the philosophy of 

the MWRRI. The project could be phased geographically as well as in frequency and speed.

Michael Garcia: Will the Tier 1 EIS look at Chicago Union Station (CUS) capacity? There are other projects 

going on which add more trains into CUS; for example Illinois and Michigan both have projects at the Tier 1 

stage that would add more trains. At some point, CUS won’t be able to handle more trains. 

John Morton: The two challenges are on both termini – getting into CUS and getting across the river 

into Omaha. Neither challenge will be solved at the Tier 1 Service Level but there will be enough 

analysis to show that it can be done, with detailed evaluations to be completed in Tier 2. So CUS 

capacity will definitely be analyzed during Tier 1; it will be identified as a constraint and a problem.

Michael Garcia: Has coordination been performed with host railroads on how passenger trains will interact 

with freight trains?

John Morton: Early coordination has been performed with host railroads concerning the awareness of 

the project. The railroads haven’t signed any agreements on operations or use of tracks, but have 

responded that they are willing to work with FRA and Iowa DOT on the potential development with 

various caveats.

Shawn Cirton: Please provide USFWS offices with a more detailed map of the Illinois counties they serve so 

they can provide more substantive comments 

Andréa Martin: FRA will include the requested map with the cooperating agencies letter.

Frank Shockey: FEMA has new Illinois mapping available in GIS. We should call him if we have trouble 

obtaining GIS data from FEMA’s website. We also should reach out to Iowa and Nebraska FEMA agencies. 

The new FEMA maps do not reflect recent climate change discussions, so they may change again. 

Norm West: Suggests that it would be wise to consider increased rains and flooding possibilities in 

the future and not to rely solely on the past data.

Andréa Martin: Future increased rains and flooding possibilities would be examined in Tier 2.

Frank Shockey: When looking at specific infrastructure requirements in Tier 2, we will need to look at 

impacts on flooding. There may be more revised flood maps in the next few years.
Agency Scoping Meeting in Chicago

February 22, 2012

HDR Engineering, Inc. 8404 Indian Hills Drive

Omaha, NE 68114-4049

Phone (402) 399-1000

Fax (402) 399-4979

www.hdrinc.com

Page 6 of 6

Norm West: Have station locations been identified?

John Morton: We have potential locations identified for the termini, and at some midpoints. The dots 

on the map (provided with the e-mail notification of the scoping meeting) of route alternatives do not 

indicate specific locations. Potential station locations will be identified during the fine level screening 

process. During coarse level screening, we are only looking at population served/ridership potential. 

Some of the routes go through more densely populated areas than others. The Chicago area 

population skews the analysis of potential station locations because the population served in the 

Chicago is so high. For comparisons of the population served along potential routes, we are 

excluding Chicago and Omaha during coarse level screening because all of the route alternatives will 

serve those cities.

John Morton and Amanda Martin discussed and showed components of the public website, and showed 

agencies the basic method of operating and viewing the website. The method for downloading PDFs was 

demonstrated. The website was recommended for internal agency use, and to provide access to others. The 

website tracks use; the highest number of hits have been from 1-3 in the afternoon and 9-11 at night, which is 

not when public meetings are typically held. The website is similar to what had been used for the Canadian 

National project but has evolved considerably since then.

Action Items: 

 FRA will send out Cooperating Agency letters after the NOI is published. [letters were sent]

 FRA will contact Rock Island USFWS as part of agency coordination. [agency coordination occurred]

 FRA will provide more detailed maps of potential routes near Chicago area for USFWS review. [maps 

sent to USFWS]

 FRA to send FONSI for Chicago to Iowa City Tier 1 Service Level EA to Norm West. [FONSI sent]

 FRA to include reference to FRA environmental procedures in the NOI. [NOI for EIS referenced FRA 

procedures]

 Iowa DOT will have an internal discussion regarding an MOU with Illinois DOT. [Iowa DOT discussed 

situation with Illinois DOT]

 Iowa DOT will send PowerPoint to the meeting attendees and USACE who was not in attendance.

[PowerPoint was sent to attendees and USACE, who responded but did not attend the meeting]

 Iowa DOT will supplement the Iowa DOT project website with information to help clarify and 

differentiate various rail passenger projects. [website was supplemented with additional information]

 Iowa DOT will provide HDR with agency comments that were received previously for the NEPA effort 

for the Chicago to Dubuque project. [agency comments were provided]

 Iowa DOT to send Illinois DOT an email to Miriam Gutierrez with logo that formally requests that a link 

to the Chicago to Omaha project be added to the Illinois DOT HSR website. [request sent to Illinois 

DOT]

 Iowa DOT will ensure that Michael Garcia and Walt Zyznieuski receive the Alternatives Analysis 

methodology and Alternatives Analysis documents for review. [documents were provided to Illinois 

DOT designees for review]

 Illinois DOT will provide HDR with agency comments that were received previously for the NEPA 

effort for the Chicago to Moline project. [agency comments were provided]
Chicago to Omaha 

Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study Date: Hb. QJ. 1 JQ/,-'-"',2.___ 

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IN REPLY REFER 

TOFWS/RIFO 

Ms. Amanda Mmiin 

United States Department of the Interior 

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 

Rock Island Field Office 

1511 47'" Avenue 

Moline, Illinois 61265 

Phone: (309) 757-5800 Fax: (309) 757-5807 

Aprill6, 2012 

Freight and Passenger Policy Coordinator Office of Rail Transportation 

Iowa Department ofTranspmiation 

800 Lincoln Way 

Ames, Iowa 500 l 0 

Dear Ms. Martin: 

u.s. 

FISH & Wll..DLIFE 

SERVICE 

This is in regard to your request for our comments on the proposed Regional Passenger Rail 

System from Chicago, Illinois, to Omaha, Nebraska- Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) proposed by Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Railroad Administration 

(FRA), and Iowa Department ofTranspmiation (IADOT). For the purposes of this letter we will 

provide infmmation relative to all portions of the project, including Douglas County, Nebraska. 

Our data indicate that the species on the enclosed list may occur in the counties of your proposed 

action. Descriptions of the habitat requirements are included with the list. You may use these 

descriptions to help you determine if there is suitable habitat within your project area. 

In order to address potential impacts to federally listed species on the enclosed list, we 

recommend that you initiate the Section 7 process by obtaining an official species list and 

following the steps outlined at http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered for Region 3 (Illinois 

and Iowa) and http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/endspp/ for Region 6 (Douglas County, 

Nebraska). Through internal review and analysis, you may make a detetmination(s) regarding 

whether listed species would be impacted. By following the inshuctions, you can determine 

what your action area is, whether listed species may be found within the action area, and if the 

project may affect listed species. You will find several products on the site that can streamline 

the consultation process for this and future projects. When determining if listed species may be 

located within a project area, you can download county specific species lists for all of the states 

in Region 3 and Region 6. 

We also recommend that the project be evaluated for potential impacts to wildlife, particularly 

migratory birds, from increased noise and vibration resulting from increases in train frequency 

and speed for the alternatives considered. 
Ms. Amanda Martin 2 

We are particularly interested in the feasibility of alternative Route 4 because the portion of the 

route between Joliet, Illinois, and Chicago, Illinois, could be combined with a potential 

alternative for the Chicago to St. Louis high speed rail project. The Chicago Field Office has 

previously identified this potential alternative, carrying passengers east of Joliet, because it 

would eliminate adverse impacts to the Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) 

located in the Lower Des Plaines River Valley. Improvements to the portion of the route 

between Joliet and Chicago could serve both high speed rail projects and eliminate impacts to the 

Hine's emerald dragonfly. 

National Wetland Inventory maps indicate that there may be wetlands within and adjacent to the 

project area for all potential alternatives. These areas may be affected by the proposed project. 

The Corps of Engineers is the Federal agency responsible for wetland regulation, and we 

recommend that you contact them for assistance in delineating the wetland types and acreage 

within the project boundary. Priority consideration should be given to avoid impacts to these 

wetland areas. Any future activities in the study area that would alter these wetlands may require 

a Section 404 permit. Unavoidable impacts will require a mitigation plan to compensate for any 

losses of wetland functions and values. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Clock Tower 

Building, P.O. Box 2004, Rock Island, Illinois, 61201, should be contacted for information about 

the permit process. 

These comments are provided as technical assistance in accordance with the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 884, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq) and the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 852, as amended; 42 U.S. C. 4321 et seq). If you have any questions 

regarding our comments, please contact Heidi Woeber of my staff at (309) 757-5800, extension 

209. 

Enclosure 

cc: USDOT/FRA (Andrea Martin) 

USFWS-Ban·ington (Cirton, Lah) 

USFWS-Grand Island (George) 

s:\office users\heidi\highspeedrail\chicagotoomahahsr.doc 

Sincerely, 

, L J!l!lli{f -~ '--Field Supervisor 
Iowa 

County Distribution of Federally Threatened, Endangered, 

Proposed and Candidate Species 

Alia 

clove1· 

I 

Prairie bush 

clover 

Wester_ll_Qrairie 

fringed orchicl 

Prairie bush 

clover 

Westem pr·airie 

fringed orchid 

Lespedeza 

/eptostachya 

Asclepias meadii 

Myotis soda/is 

/eptostachya 

Lespedeza 

/eptostachya 

Platanthera 

praeclara 

Myotis soda/is 

leptostachya 

Platanthera 

praeclara 

Threatened 

Threatened 

reate ned 

Threatened 

Threatened 

Endangered 

Threatened 

Caves, m nes 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland 

i 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Virgin prairies 

Wet 

Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland 

mesic prairies wi 

gravelly soil 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Mississippi River 

Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland 

forests 

Dry to 

gravelly soil 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 
Audubon Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

MaR of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

MaR of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

Pr-airie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

Boone Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

MaR of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

ToReka ~hiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

Bremer Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 
Buchanan 

Western Qrairie 

fr-inged orchid_ 

Prairie bush 

clover 

Western prairie 

fringed orchid 

ToQeka shinerMap of Topeka 

Shiner range in 

Iowa (PDF) 

Prairie bush 

clover 

Western Qrairie 

fringed orchid 

Prairie bush 

clover 

Western prairie 

frir:lill:d orchid 

ToQeka shiner 

Map of Topeka 

Shiner range in 

Iowa (PDF) 

Prairie bush 

clover 

Western prairie 

fringed orchid 

Platanthera 

praec/ara 

Lespedeza 

Jeptostachya 

Platanthera 

praec/ara 

Notropis topeka 

Lespedeza 

Jeptostachya 

P/atanthera 

praeclara 

Lespedeza 

Jeptostachya 

Platanthera 

praeclara 

Notropis topeka 

Lespedeza 

Jeptostachya 

Platanthera 

praeclara 

Threatened 

Threatened 

Threatened 

Endangered 

Threatened 

Threatened 

Threatened 

Threatened 

Endangered 

and 

Critical 

Habitat 

Threatened 

Threatened 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Prairie streams and rivers 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Prairie streams and rivers 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 
Carroll o oo 0 Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

I MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

I 0 

I 0.0 Togeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

00 and 

Mag of Togeka Critical 0. Shiner range in Habitat 0 Iowa (PDF) 

Prair·i~bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

I clover leptostach ya gravelly soil 

I 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 00 00 

OCass 0000·0· Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream .0· MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 0 0 ]3at r·ange in riparian woods; upland 

I 0 Iowa (PDF) forests (foraainal· 

0 •. 000 oO.OOO.oo.o Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

•••••••••• 

i · ... ··•· / 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. 

Cedar · ... ·o. •. < Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 0. 

.. ••••• 

Map of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) .·· 

••• . . 

_o_· 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil · .. .· 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

.·· .. ·· ... · 

·.·· 

CerroG()rdo *Poweshiek Oarisma Candidate Remnants of tall grass prairie 

·. skiggerling poweshiek 

·. 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

. .··.· 

Western prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

. fringed orchid praeclara meadows 
cherokee ; Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

I 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

· .. ··. ·.. . ·. 

ChickasaW ·· ... Pr-airie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

I clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

I •••• Western Qr·airie Plata nth era Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

I .. ·. fringed orchid praeclara meadows • 

.. • .... ·- >> .•. 

Clarke . ... _ .-... Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

I . -·· ....... (hibernacula);small stream 

··. MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

.. Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraql~q) · 

1····- ·•· Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover feptostachya gravelly soil 

.· 

Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

I > - -.----. 

fringed orchid praecfara meadows 

• :< . :· .• .. ·_·.·· •. Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Threatened 

c_l~y ·. ·_ .. · 

. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

·.:·-·. clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

· .. • 

I 

.. 

I> . 

• Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

I fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. . . ·. .· .. 

Clayton 

. ·····-·· __ · 

Higgins eye Lam psi/is Endangered Mississippi River 

oearlvmussel higginsii 

.. Iowa Pleistocene Discus Endangered North-facing alglfic talus 

I snail macc/intocki slopes of the driftless area 

_.·· 

.. 

Northern Aconitum Threatened 

.• monkshood novaboracense . 

_·.·· . 

·. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil . 

. 

. ·· .. 
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fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

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(hibernacula);small stream 

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',,'. 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

> Iowa (PDF) forests (foraqinq) 

' ,, Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge ' fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

!' 

Higgins e)le Lampsilis Endangered Mississippi River '', oearlvmussel hiqqinsii 

Iowa Pleistocene Discus Endangered North-facing algific talus 

,,,' snail macclintocki slopes of the driftless area 

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,.,. ,'', 

., Crawford Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with ', clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

, •. , •.• 

' 

' Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge ,,' 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

.. ' ',,', < 

Dallas . ',' Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

',' 

(hibernacula);small stream 

)'1-'!Q_Qf_ Indiana corridors with well developed 

• 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

', 

ToQeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

and 

MaQ of Togeka Critical 

Shiner range in Habitat 

Iowa (PDF) 

Prairie busb Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 
Davis . Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

. Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

. Iowa (PDF) forests (foraqinq) 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

.. Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

·.··. . . .. · ..... ·.· ... 

l)ecatur· .• ·. ··•· .. · .. ·.· Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

•• (hibernacula);small stream 

Map of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) . forests (foraging) . 

. ·· .. ·. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

.·· clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

. ·.· .. Western prairie Platanthera · Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringEe.c:l_orchid praeclara meadows 

••• . . . ·. Eastern grairie Platanthera Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

·... .· .. fringed orchid leucophaea 

. .. ;, ··•••• ':> •• : Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Threatened Virgin prairies 

Delaware .··· . prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

••••••• •• 

.· . · .clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

• . 

. .···· Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

····· 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. 

.. Northern Aconitum Threatened 

. ,; . .. ·· ... ;· ... ·•.· .. monkshood novaboracense 

Des Moines • Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

······•···· 

MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

•• Iowa (PDF) forests (foraqinq) 

•.· Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

••••• 

clovet· leptostachya gravelly soil 

. ··· Westerrl prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

... fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

Higgins eye Lampsilis Endangered Mississippi River 

. oearlvmussel higginsii 

.•·. SQectaclecase Cumberland/a Endangered Large rivers in areas 

·· .. mussel monodonta sheltered from the main 

.· force of the current 

Dickinson *Poweshie.k Oarisma Candidate Remnants of tallgrass prairie 

skit.merling poweshiek 

.. ·· .. •• 
•. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with . clover feptostachya gravelly soil 

I •··.· 

Western Qrairie Pfatanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praecfara meadows . 

. ·. 

Dakota skiQRer Hesperia Candidate Prairies ·.· dacotae 

Dubuque •• Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

.. clover feptostachya gravelly soil 

••••••• • 

. . ·_.· . Western Qrairie Pfatanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

_ .. ·_ fringed orchid praecfara meadows ·.· 

•• Northern Aconitum Threatened 

monkshood novaboracense 

·._.· Higgins e','e Lampsifis Endangered Mississippi River oear·lvmussel hiqqinsii 

_.·_. Iowa Pleistocene Discus Endangered North-facing algific talus 

.-

-·-··· 

snail maccfintocki slopes of the driftless area 

. -. .... ·._ 

Emmet . *Poweshiek Oarisma Candidate Remnants of tallgrass prairie 

. skiQperling poweshiek .. ·. 

·•-·- > Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover feptostachya gravelly soil · . 

. · 

. 

. -.- Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

.. .· fring~orchid praecfara meadows 

. . -._ .. .. ..·· .. 

_._-Fayette 

-··· 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

• .• 

__ .· 

- . Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed or:d<id praec/ara meadows 

• 

- ··. Iowa Pleistocene Discus Endangered North-facing algific talus .· ·_· snail macc/intocki slopes of the driftless area 

._.-... · .· .. -

Floyd-· -- . Prqirie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

-... -•_ clover feptostachya gravelly soil 

.-·-

• •-· 

·.·. Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fr·inqed orcbid praecfara meadows 

. 
Franklin Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

... .· . ·.· 

.. Fremont•. Prait·ie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with ... ··.· clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

< Wester·n grairie P/atanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

. 

Pallid sturgeon Saphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers .. ... .. · ... ·.· .. a/bus 

· .. Greene · .. ·. Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

·•. (hibernacula);small stream 

Mag of Indiana corridors with well developed .· Bat raf]ge in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

.. ·.···.· 

· .. •. ····· 

•••••• Togeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

) and 

••• 

MaQ of ToQeka Critical 

. < Shiner range in Habitat 

\ Iowa (PDF) 

••••••••••• 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil .·· 

· .•... ......... Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

····· .. ·.···· .. 

· ... 

Grundy ·.· ·.· •.. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

......... 

••• 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

' 

•••••• · . 

•• • Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge .· fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

......... . < 

·.· ...• ·.··.···• Guthrie Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream .. 

MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed .. ·· Bat range in riparian woods; upland · . Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

. · 

· .. 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

·. Western prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

. 

·.· fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. 
Hamilton ToQeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

and 

l"1_gj;J of Togeka Critical 

••• 

Shiner range in Habitat 

< 

Iowa (PDF) 

•• · ... 

.·•· 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

... clover /eptostachya gravelly soil .. 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. · ... · .. 

·Hancock Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Map of ToQeka 

. Shiner ranoe in 

Iowa (PDF) 

· .. *Poweshiek Oarisma Candidate Remnants of tallgrass prairie 

· .. · skiQperling poweshiek 

••••• 

.. 

·< •···· . 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

••• clover leptostach ya gravelly soil .. · 

····. 

· .. 

·.·· 

! ....... 

Western Qrairie P/atanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge i . • • fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

i········.·_.·· ...•........ > < > 

Hardin .· .. · · ... · Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

I ..... clover leptostach ya gravelly soil 

•••••• ••• 

··• .. ·.• 

. 

Western prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge ·. fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

I . 

I · ... Northern Aconitum Threatened . monkshood novaboracense 

Harrison ··.··. •··.··· Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

····· 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

. 

... 

. .. 

·. 

I 

Western prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed ot·chid praeclara meadows 

••• Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers .. a/bus 

Henry ·. ··.··.· Lndi;Jg_ba1 Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

Mag of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

·. Iowa (PDF)' forests (foraging) 
·.· .... Prairie busb Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

. clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. . . · •• · 

· .. HoWard *Poweshiek Oarisma Candidate Remnants of tall grass prairie 

skigperling poweshiek 

.··· .. .. 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with .... clover /eptostachya gravelly soil .. 

· .. 

..·.· . 

. 

Western prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

·· .. 

··•.···.· .·. •. 

fringed or·chid praeclara meadows 

. · .. .· 

Hum~pldt • ToQeka shiner· Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers . 

Map of Togeka 

Shiner range in 

···. . ·. Iowa (PDF) 

I. 

Prairie bush .... Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

..... . .·· . 

. •. 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

. Western prairie P/atanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

•·· 

. ···• .. · ...... ·.·. ·.· .. fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

Ida ··. ·.·•·· ·.·.· Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

.. ··· clover !eptostachya gravelly soil 

.. ··· .•.. 

. 

.. Western prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

.. . ·· ... . 

Iow.a Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

MiiJI.Of Indiana corridors with well developed 

.. Bat range io riparian woods; upland 

. · ... Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover !eptostachya gravelly soil 

Western prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

frir1ged orchid praeclara meadows 

•• ·.··· . ·. 

lackson Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

· .. clover leptostachya gravelly soil 
Western 12rairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fr·inged orchid praeclara meadows 

Eastern Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

frinaed orchid leucophaea 

····· 

Northern Aconitum Threatened 

I monkshood novaboracense 

J::llillllD~so Lampsilis Endangered Mississippi River 

pearlymussel hiqqinsii 

I Iowa Pleistocene Discus Endangered North-facing algific talus 

. . _.· .. ... snail macc/intocki slopes of the driftless area 

. ····· ...... ..· .. 

Jasper . .. Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

··. (hibernacula);small stream 

. . Map of India[lg_ corridors with well developed 

. ·. Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraqi~q). ... Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

' fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

., ··.·• •· 

· Jefferson 

••••• 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

••• 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraqi~q). 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil . 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed or-chid praec/ara meadows 

.·.··· ... ··.·•••••·····•· < · . 

. . _John.son · · Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines . (hibernacula);small stream 

. MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

'· ... Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraqi~q). 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

• • ·.· . Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows ··. 

Eastern Qt·airie Platanthera Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

fri tlillill_ orchid leucophaea 

Eastern Sistrurus Candidate . ·.·. ..... ···. · .. · .... massasauaa catenatus 

Jones · ... Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

····· 

(hibernacula);small stream 

Mag of Indiana corridors with well developed 

. ·_ 

. Bat r·ange in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) . 

· .. · 

.. 

·. prairie busl") Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

..... ·····- . clover leptostachya gravelly soil 
Keokuk 

Lee 

Linn 

Western rrair·ie 

fringed orchid 

Eastern Qrairie 

fringed orchid 

Indiana bat 

Western Qt·airie 

fringed orchid 

Topeka shiner 

MaQ of Topeka 

Shiner range in 

Iowa (PDF) 

*Poweshiek 

ski pQ.IT!lng 

Prairie bush 

clover 

Western grairie 

fringed orchid 

Indiana bat 

Map of Indiana 

Western prairie 

fringed orchid 

Sheepnose 

mus~!"! 

Spectaclecase 

mussel 

Indi.i!L!Q...Qat 

f>'lap of Indiana 

Bat range in 

Iowa (PDF) 

Platanthera 

praeclara 

Platanthera 

leucophaea 

Myotis soda/is 

Lespedeza 

leptostachya 

Platanthera 

praeclara 

Notropis topeka 

Oarisma 

poweshiek 

Lespedeza 

/eptostachya 

Platanthera 

praeclara 

Myotis soda/is 

Lespedeza 

leptostachya 

Platanthera 

praeclara 

Plethobasus 

c h us 

Cumberland/a 

monodonta 

Myotis soda/is 

Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland 

forests fora in 

Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Candidate Remnants of tallgrass prairie 

Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland 

forests fora in 

Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers 

and streams 

Endangered Large rivers in areas 

sheltered from the main 

force of the current 

Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland 

forests (foraging) 
. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge ... fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

. . .. . 

Louisa Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines . (hibernacula);small stream 

I < . ·.• M.i'!!L.Of Indiana corridors with well developed 

.. Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDFl- forests (foraaina) 

I. ·. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with ·.· clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. Higgins eye Lamps/lis Endangered Mississippi River 

t)earlvmussel hiqqinsii 

Eastern Sistrurus Candidate 

·. massasauoa catenatus 

lucas .. ·.· Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

·.· .. Map of Indiana corridors with well developed 

1 .•••.. > Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

I > Iowa (PDF) forests (fora!lin!l). 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

frinoed orchid praeclara meadows 

1···. ·.· . · .. · .. 

Lyo.n .. . ····.··· . ToQeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

I . and 

> MaQ of Togeka Critical 

1.·.•.· •• Shiner range in Habitat . Iowa (PDF) 

I 

. · ... 

. .. 

> Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

.··•·· 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

.·· Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

•... ' i. fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

' ·,· .. 

Madison Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

· .. · .. (hibernacula);small stream 

.. · .. Mag of Indiana corridors with well developed 

.· 

••••• Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraaina) .· .. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

···. 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

> ..•. · .. •··. · ... Mahaska .· ... Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

.MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

. . . Iowa (PDF) forests (foraaina) 
Prairie busl1 Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover feptostachya gravelly soil 

Western prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

•••••• 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. • . 

Marion Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

. ··. (hibernacula);small stream 

. ·•· Map_QlJmH.<wa corridors with well developed . Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging). 

•••••• 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover· leptostachya gravelly soil .. · Western Rrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

.. · .fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

..... . ······ .. Marshall· •• ••••• 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines . (hibernacula);small stream .· 

f~aR of Indiana corridors with well developed 

•••••• Bat range io riparian woods; upland 

.. . Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

. 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

.• ·.·. Western gr·airie Pfatanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge . ·.··. fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

.... ············ ... •.·.··· Mitis··.·.·. ·· ·· .·. ···•··. Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers 

.·· .··· a/bus ... Eastern Sistrurus Candidate 

massasauaa catenatus 

• Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leotostachva qravellv soil . 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

. . .. ·.· ........... ·.·.· frinaed orchid praeclara meadows 

•.·• Mitchell ··.· ... Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with · ... clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Westt;J:I:LQLa iris. Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed or·chid praeclara meadows ....... ·.· . ·. 

... ··Monona ••••••••• • 

Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers 

a/bus .. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

·. 

Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

... • ••• • 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

Monroe Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

Mag of Indiana corridors with well developed 

·.·· Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

. Iowa (PDF) forests (foragina) . 

Pr·airie bus]J Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

. clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western prair·ie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 
Montgomery Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover feptostachya gravelly soil 

.. · Western Qrairie Pfatanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

frinqed orchid oraecfara meadows 

Muscatine . ·. Indiana bat Myotis soda lis Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

I .... MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

. •. Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) . 

I Eastern Sistrurus Candidate ... massasauaa catenatus 

.. Higgins e)le Lampsifis Endangered Mississippi River 

pearlvmussel hiqqinsii 

SheeQnose Plethobasus Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers 

! 

mussel cvohvus and streams ·.· SQectaclecase Cumberland fa Endangered Large rivers in areas 

.··· mussel monodonta sheltered from the main 

••• 

force of the current 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

. clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

Western grait·ie Plata.nthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge · ... · .. frinaed orchid oraeclara meadows 

1 O'Brif;!n ...... ·.· . . .·.·• Prail'ie Jllish Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

····•.· 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

I· ..... Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows .. 

... 

1 

.. osceola •••• ToQeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

.. ··• and 

·. l~aQ of Togeka Critical 

Shiner range in Habitat 

' 

Iowa (PDF) 

I •••••• 

*Poweshiek Oarisma Candidate Remnants of tall grass prairie 

skiQQerling poweshiek 

. 

.. 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover feptostachya gravelly soil 

western prairie Pfatanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid. praeclara meadows 

....... ' .·. · .. · 

Page .·· Indiao.il bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

·. MaR of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat t·ange in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests fforaaina)· 

· .. · Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover feptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Plata nth era Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

. ·.' fringed orchid praeclara meadows 
P<tiO Alto Prairie bush ·.· Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

. ·.· fringed or-chid praeclara meadows 

· .... · . .. 

• 

Plymouth Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with .. clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge .·· fringed orchid praec!ara meadows 

....... .. Pocahontas •·. ToQeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers ... 

. · Mag of Togeka 

Shiner range in 

... Iowa (PDF) 

.· Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with . 

·· .. clover leptostachya gravelly soil . 

. Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

• . 

.. Polk •••• Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

.. ...... (hibernacula);small stream . 

• •••••••• 

MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

·. Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging). 

. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

····· clover leptostachya gravelly sol I 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

•••••• 

fr·inged orchid praeclara meadows .. ... 

.... •• Least tern Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged 

antillarum spoil islands 

•••• • • 

.. · . 

Pottawattamie Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

< • clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

. Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

.. · .. fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

·. 

. .. 

·.• Least tern Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged 

antillarum spoil islands .· 

PiQing Qlover Charadrius Endangered 

melodus ·. 

Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers 

a/bus 

··•·· .. ·· 

Easter·n Sistrurus Candidate 

massasau.93 catenatus 

Poweshiek Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

Map of Indiana corridors with well developed 

!2.<!Lra n g eJn riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraqinq) 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with .. · . ... ··· clover leptostachya qravellv soil 
... · . · . Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

· . fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

. •. ..· ·. 

Ringgold Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

I (hibernacula);small stream 

MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland . Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging). 

. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed_ orchid praeclara meadows 

I .. ·· Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Threatened Virgin prairies 

1 Sac ToQeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

I 

......... 

and 

MaQ of ToQeka Critical 

Shiner range in Habitat 

I Iowa (PDF) .. 

·.· . 

. 

I ···.· 

.... Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

I .. ·· clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

.... Western Qrait·ie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

.·•··. · ...... · •.. ·· ·.·•. ·.·.· .· .. ·.·· 

scott .. . Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging). 

. Higgins e)'e Lampsilis Endangered Mississippi River 

· . oearlvmussel higginsii .. SheeQnose Plethobasus Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers 

I mussel cyphyus and streams 

... SQectaclecase Cumberland/a Endangered Large rivers in areas 

rnusse! monodonta sheltered from the main 

force of the current 

I Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

1··.··· . clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

I . 

I · ... 

· . 

. · .

. 

w esJ:selJl.Qra i t·i e Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

frinoed orchid praeclara meadows 
shelby .. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

Western [!rairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

.. ··. fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

·. ;. · •... < ... 

1 Sioux . · .. · .·.·.··· Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

. Map of ToQeka 

Shiner range in . •. Iowa (PDF) ·.· 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

1••·.· ._·. clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western ru:_airie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

I .. fringed archie! praeclara meadows 

I•· < .. · .... · ... .·•·· ... 

Story •·.·• .. <. Indiana_ l)at Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines .. · .. 

( (hibernacula);small stream 

MaR of Indiana corridors with well developed 

.· ...... Bat range in riparian woods; upland . Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

• •• 

;· . · 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with ·· .. clover· leptostachya gravelly soil 

.... Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. ; . • < .. ·; • 

tama·-····. 

• •••••••••••• 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines ... (hibernacula);small stream < Map of Indiana corridors with well developed . 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

... • <.· 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

... ·. 

; 

• Pr·airie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

< clover /eptostachya gravelly soil ·.· .. ·•·. 

Western Rrait·ie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge · .... fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

. . ••••• .· .. ··.··· Taylor · .... ·. ·•····· Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

.·· MaQ of Indiana 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

·· .. Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraqinq). 

.. · Prairie busb Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

; clover /eptostachya gravelly soil 

. Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

frjJJ9.~d o rch i.e;[ praeclara meadows . . 

unilm . .. ·.· . Indlana....J:!£t Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

·. .··.· 

(hibernacula);small stream 

l~aR of Indiana corridors with well developed 

·• Bat ra 11QEO..lQ riparian woods; upland 

Iowa. (PDF) forests (foraging). 

I Prairie busb Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with . .· clover leptostachya gravelly soil 
...• ..· Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praec/ara meadows 

.. ··. 

Van Buren Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraainal 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

I · •. fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

· .. · .,··. .·· . .·· 

1 .. Wapello .· ... ·.· .. ,· India nQ.Jllit Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves1 mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

MaR of Indiana corridors with well developed 

Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

I . ·. Iowa (PDF) forests (foraainal 

I 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western prairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

· . fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

•• 

Warren ·· .. Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines .... (hibernacula);small stream 

·., ... · . MaQ of Indiana corridors with well developed 

······· 

·.·•· Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraaina)' 

••••• ·.·•·.· Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with ·. clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

... Western grairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows ·. 

.·. 

. ·.·. . .. Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Threatened Virgin prairies 

. ··.·Washington .. · Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

... · ... (hibernacula);small stream 

Mag of Indiana corridors with well developed 

• •••• ·.· Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

Iowa (PDF) forests (foraaina) · 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

.... 

•• 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

•· 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

..... . ... 

Wayne . Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

. l~aQ of Indiana corridors with well developed .. 

; Bat range in riparian woods; upland 

•• Iowa (PDF) forests (foraging) 

··. 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

.. clover /eptostachva aravelly soil 

Western grairie Platan thera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

.· .· ... .. . 
Webster To[leka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

and 

MaQ of ToQeka Critical 

Shiner range in Habitat 

.. Iowa (PDF) 

Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with . clover leotostachva qravellv soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

Winnebago Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

·_ clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. 

. Winnishiek .. Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with . clover leptostachya gravelly soil ·. 

. Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

·_.-_ frir&ed orchid praeclara meadows 

. Woodbury . Least tern Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged 

an til/arum spoil islands _ .. . ·. PiQing Qlover Charadrius Endangered -_-_.· melodus 

_-_--· Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers .· a/bus 

' ' .· Prairie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

' 

. clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

i Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

. . . 

Worth ,- Prairie b~h Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western Qrairie Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

.· 

Wright ToQeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

and 

MaQ of ToQeka Critical 

Shiner range in Habitat 

. Iowa (PDF) 

·. 

Pr-airie bush Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

clover leptostachya gravelly soil 

Western_Qra i rj_e_ Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

fringed orchid praeclara meadows 

.· 

Revised March 2012 

Illinois 

Federally Endangered, Threatened, and Candidate Species 

List Revised March 2012 

County Species Status Habitat 

Adams. . Incliana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

.Rock.lsland Illinois ·. Higgins e~e gearl)ltnussel Endangered Mississippi River; FieRfOffice 

lS1147thAvenue .· (Lampsilis higgins/) Rock River to Steel Dam 

Moline, Il.l.inois .61265 Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(309) 757-5800 (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

e:mail __ •...... ·· _ •. 

Rockisland@fws.gov 

FAX: 309c/57-5807 

Alexander ·. ·. Gray bat (Myotis grisescens) Endangered Caves and mines; rivers & reservoirs 

Field Office to adjacent to forests 

Cpnt<;~c~: u.s .. Fish and Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Wildlife·_servite stream corridors with well developed Marion IUihois Sub'· .·. riparian woods; upland forests Office·· (foraging) 8588 Route 148 .. · ·.· 

f"j.ario.n,JIIiDois 62<;)59 ·.· Least tern (Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged spoil 

f'hone: (618) 997- · · · an til/arum) islands 

3344,, ext, 340 . 

FAX: (6113) 9<:)7~8961 Pallid sturgeon Endangered Large rivers 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov I· ·. . .. · · ... · .. (Scaphirynchus a/bus) 

Rabbitsfoot ( Quadrula Candidate Ohio River 

cylindrica cylindrica) 

.. · ... _;;_beepnose mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and 

..... •.·: · .. . · ..........• (Piethobasus cyphyus) streams 

Elonil · • ·•.··· 

.······ 

:. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u.s .. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife s.ervlce. (foraging) 

Marion Illinois. Sub~ .· Piping plover Charadrius Endangered May be present in Bond County Office metod us during migration. 8588 Route 148 

Marion, Illinois 62959 Eastern massasauga Candidate Graminoid dominated plant 

Phone.: .(618) 997c (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, 

3344, ext. 340 peatlands, wet prairies, open 

FAX.: (618) 997-.~961 woodlands, and shrublands) 

e:mail Marioll@fws.go\1. 

Eastern grait·ie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

.· (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 
County Species Status Habitat 

Boone In d ian a bat ( Myotis so d I ) a is En d angered Caves, mines (h i b ernacu I a ; ) small 

Field Office t.o stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: .l.J.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rockislalld Illinoi.s .. · 

Field Office Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

.!~;t.i4-;'tliAvenuil._. (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

IV)qline,_.Jilinois.61265·····•·· 

(3()9) 757 .. ?800 ··. ··••·. e:mall ·. · 

kbcklsland~f\Ns.Qov · ..•. · •. 

FAX.: 309C757-5807 .· 

6foWn .. .. ·.·. 

·······.·.· Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office.to •. · .· stream corridors with well developed 

.Contact: l.J.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service • (foraging) 

Rock Is.land Illinois ·.· Decurrent false aster Threatened Fi€lid OffiC:e (Bolton/a decurrens) 1Sll47th Avenue .· 

Moline, Illinois . .612§5 Easter·n Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(p0~).75Zc.5800 (Pfatanthaera leucophaea) 

e:mail •.· · .. · .. ·· . · ·•· 

Ro~kisland~f\Ns.gov • .. 

FA)<:, 309~"7?7~5&07 ....•. 

surea\.1 • •••••• • • •• Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

field.Office ti> stream corridors with well developed 

cc>ntac::t:.l.J.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

VIJil.dlife ~ervice. • • (foraging) 

Rocklsl;md··IIIinols .. Decurrent false aster Threatened FJeld .Office . (Bolton/a decurrens) l5l.147th Avenue (Bolton/a decurrens) Moline, .Illinois 6l265 

.···· (3()9) 7!:(7~5800 ... Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

e:mail (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Rocklsland@fws.gov •.. 

F.AX: 309-757c5l307 < 

<:alholln .... Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

t=ield.Off.ice to . . .. •··· stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: l.J,s •. Fish <tnd riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Serv.ice . · (foraging) 

Marion Illinois· sub- Decurrent false aster Office (Bolton/a decurrens) Threatened 

8588 Route 148 

Marion, Illinois62959 Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

phone: (618) .997- (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

3~44, el<f?40 ·. 

FAX: C(;l.~) 9~7-8961 1 e:m<)il Marion@fws.!iiov 

1 ciirrbli ·· ·.· ' ... · .•.. . Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field OffiCe to stream corridors with well developed 

Contacl::.l.J;S; Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife. Service (foraging) 
County Species Status Habitat 

Rock Island Illinois Higgins ey_e gearlymussel Endangered Mississippi River; F.ield Office (Lampsilis higginsi) Rock River to Steel Dam 

1$1147th Avenue 

Moline, IUinois 61265 Eastern prairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(31J9) 757-5800 (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

e:mail 

R6ckisland@fws~gov .. 

FAX: 309.-757-5807 · ... ·· . 

Cass ·.· ... · . Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

C:ontiu::t: .u..s .. Fish .and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service·· (foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois Decurrent false aster Threatened Field Office (Bolton/a decurrens) 151147th AVenue 

Moline; Illinois 61265 . Eastern pr·airie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(309) 757-.5800 .. · (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

e :.ni.ail 

Rockisland@fws;gml Pr;Jirie bush clover Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly 

FAX: 309"')'576807 · (Lespedeza leptostachya) soil 

I i . i .•... · .. ·.·· .. ·. (Lespedeza /eptostachya) 

Champaign .· ·. 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field· Office to • stream corridors with well developed 

cont;ict: u.s, Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

V>Jilgljfe S.f;Jrvice (foraging) 

Mar.ioniii.Inols Sub, ·.·· 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies OffiGE; . .· . (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 8588 Route 148 

f\lladon,JUif!J')i~ 62~59 Prairie bush clover Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly 

Phqhe:(61S) 997• .. (Lespedeza leptostachya) soil 

3344,.ex~.340 

FAX:. (618)997c896l 

e:maiiMarion@fws;gov 

christian .· ... ··. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to •• stream corridors with well developed 

Contilct: y.~. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife service. .> 

(foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois Eastern prairie_.[rinqed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies FleW Office (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 15{147thAvenue 

Moline, IUinois 612l)5 

(309) 757"5800 ·•. 

e:niail 

Rockisland@fws.gov ·.·. 

FAX: 309-757"5807 

clark ·• .· lDdiao<J .. l:!il.t(Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S. Fish arid riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service. (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Subc :. 

Rabbitsfoot ( Quadrula Candidate Wabash River Office .. ·. .·.··· cylindrica cy/indrica) 
County Species Status Habitat 

a588 Rowte 148 Easter·n grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

Marion, Illinois 62959 •·. (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) Phone: (618) 997-

3344, ext. 340 

FAX: (6l8)997c8961 

e:rnail Marion@fws.gov 

Clay ·.... .·. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office tQ . stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: I.J,S.fisl1·i;Jnd riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Ser\lice (foraging) 

Marion .Illinois· sub~ Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Office (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 8588 Route 148 

Mari(ln1 IIIinois 62959 . 

Phone.: (618) 997c 

3344,ext, 340 . .. ·•· 

FAX: (618) 997-8961 ·· 

e:.rnail Marion@fwscgov 

Clinton ·.· . 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

C()ntil¢t:LLS. Fish· ana riparian woods; upland forests 

Wlldllfe Service (foraging) 

MarlonJIIInois ;a.ibc. ···· .. •. Piping plover Charadrius Endangered May be present in Clinton County Office 

8588 Route .148 me/odus during migration. 

Mari()ri,IIIinois;62959 •... · Eastern massasauga Candidate Graminoid dominated plant 

phone: {§la) 997- (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, 

33'14, el<t. 34o . . .. ·•· .• peatlands, wet prairies, open 

FAx: (6.18) 997•a961 ·.··• woodlands, and shrublands) 

e:.rnaiiMarion@fws.gov ·. . •.. Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(Piatanthaera Jeucophaea) 

.. 

.· ..• ··.•····· .· . 

Lakeside daisy (Hymenoxys Threatened Dry rocky prairies 

. ··.··. ; .... ·i acaulis var. g/abra) 

coles ••••••••• • •••• 

. ·. 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small •· .. 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contiu:t: I.JSs. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service ·• (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sub- Snuffbox (Epiob/asma Endangered Small to medium-sized creeks and Office triquetra) some larger rivers, in areas with a 

8588 Route 148 swift current Marion, Illinois 62959 

Phone: (618) 997- Eastern prairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

3344, ext. 340 (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

FAx: (618) 997-8961 .. ·•·· 

e:mail Marion@lfws;gov 

Cook ·• .. 

Piping plover Charadrius Endangered Lakeshore beaches 

Field Offi~:e to me/odus 

Conta~:t: USFWS Eastern massasauga Candidate Graminoid dominated plant Chicago Illinois FO (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, 1250 South (;rpve, peatlands, wet prairies, open Suite.103 ·. . . woodlands, and shrublands) 
County Species Status Habitat 

Barrington, Illinois . Hine's emerald dragonfly Endangered Spring fed wetlands, wet meadows 

60010 (Somatoch/ora hineana) and marshes 

(847) 381-2253 

e:mail Hine's emerald dragonfly Critical Go her·e for a maQ and written 

Chicago@fws.gov (Somatoch/ora hineana) Habitat descriQtion of the areas designated 

Cath\:' Pollack@lfws.gov Designated as cr·itical Habitat (PDF) 

. 

Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Moderate to high quality wetlands, 

. (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) sedge meadow, marsh, and mesic to 

Go here for specific guidance wet prairie .. on how to determine whether 

this sQecies is present on a 

site. 

I 

· . 

• Leafy-prairie clover (Da/ea Endangered Prairie remnants on thin soil over • foliosa) limestone 

I Mead's milkweed (Asclepias Threatened Late successional tallgrass prairie, . .. meadii) tallgrass prairie converted to hay . meadow, and glades or barrens with . . · thin soil 

i . Prairie bush clover Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly 

·... . . •.•.·· '·· . (Lespedeza /eptostachya) soil 

......... .... • ... · 

Crawford ]ndiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered 

. ····· 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

FieldC)ffice .to stream corridors with well developed 

Cohta,ct: u,s. Fish ahd riparian woods; upland forests 

Wi,ldlite Service (foraging) 

Marion 'Illinois S1,1b• Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula Candidate Wabash River ()ffi.i:e cy/indrica cy/indrica) 8588Route148 ... , ..... 

Marion, Illinois 629S\'l Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

Ph<me: (618) 997- (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

3344, ext. 340 ., 

FAX: (618)997-8961·. 

e :mail Marion@lfws.gov 

cumberlaHd ··· ... 

. .··• 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Offic¢ to stream corridors with well developed 

Contac.t: US. Fish ahd riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife. service .·. (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sub- •·· .. ·. Snuffbox (Epiob/asma Endangered Small to medium-sized creeks and Office triquetra) some larger rivers, in areas with a 1!588 Ro;)lite 148 

Mari6n, Illinois.62959 .· swift current 

PhorJe: '(618)997" .·· Eastern Qr·airie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

3344, ext, 340. (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

FAX((618) 997-8961 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov 

bel(alb .. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service • ·. (foraging) 
County Species Status Habitat 

Ror:kl~larid Illinois .... Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 151147thAvenue .·· 

Moline, Illinois 61265 · 

(309) 757-5809 

e:mail 

Rod<Islarid@fws. go \,I .. 

FAX: 309,757C5807 

DeWitt . . •• Indiana batJMyotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wild.life Service (foraging) 

Rock lsland Illinois Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 1511 47th AvenUe 

Mo_line, Illinois 61265 ... 

(309)75?·.5800 

•••••• e:ITiail 

Rockisland@fws.gov 

FA)(; 3q9cys7-5807 ..• ···. 

Oo!Jglas Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

c()rit~ct: U·?··· Fish • and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlif~Ser~,<lce (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sub- Snuffbox (Epioblasma Endangered Small to medium-sized creeks and Qffl<:e. · .·.·.·. 

triquetra) some larger rivers, in areas with a 

8588 Rout~ 148 . . ·· ... · swift current M<trion, Illinois 62959 

Phone: {6J8) 997- ·.· Eastern grairie fr·inged orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

33.44, ext. 340 . .. (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

FAX: (61,8) 997-8961 

e:maiiMarion@fws:gov 

()upage· .. .· 

Eastern massasauga Candidate Graminoid dominated plant .··· 

1

-·•·t;ield .. Ofticet~ (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, 

(:Qota.ct.:. UsFW,S peatlands, wet prairies, open 

Chicago }IHtJ9is FO woodlands, and shrublands) 

1250 South Grove, Hine's emerald dragonfl~ Endangered Spring fed wetlands, wet meadows suite 103 . (Somatochlora hineana) and marshes Bgrrington, Illinois 

6()010. .. · Hine's emerald dragonfly Critical Go here for a maQ and written 

(847) 381-2253 

• 

(Somatochlora hineana) Habitat descriQtion of the ar·eas designated 

e:mail Designated as Critical Habitat (PDF) 

Chicago(Qlfws:gov 

Cathy Pollack@fws.gov Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Moderate to high quality wetlands, 

(Piatanthaera leucophaea) sedge meadow, marsh, and mesic to 

Go here for SQecific guidance wet prairie 

on how to determine whether .. ·· this species is present on a 

site. 

. Leaf)'-prairie clover· (Dalea Endangered Prairie remnants on thin soil over 

. .. foliosa) limestone 
County Species Status Habitat 

~~ead's milkweed (Asclepias Threatened Late successional tallgrass prairie, 

meadii) tallgrass prairie converted to hay 

meadow, and glades or barrens with 

thin soil .. 

Prairie bush clover Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly · ... • . ... (Lespedeza /eptostachya) soil 

Edgar · .. · Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field ()fficla ~C) stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S. fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

M.arion Illinois Subc . Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Office (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 8,588 Route 148 

Marion, .IIIirmls 62959 

Phone: .(618) 997" 

3344, ext 340 

FAX: (618)997~89.61 

eimaiiMarioh@fws.gov 

Edwards < ··.·.·· .·.· 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

FieldOf.fic~·.to 

· ... · .. 

stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: y;s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

WHdljfe Service.· (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sub- ••••• 

Office .·. 

8588 ROUte 148 .· 

MC~rion, IIUnois 62959 

Phon~: (618) 997-

3:344, ext. 340 · .. 

FM<: (6l.8)997-8961. 

e: rna it Marion@fws,gov 

E:ffingham ....... Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Fielc:l Office to stream corridors with well developed 

corlt:act: U.s. Fish ahd riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Seryite (foraging) 

Marlon Illinois Sub- Easterru;Jrair·ie fringed orchiq Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Offi.ce (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 8588 Route 148 

Marion, Illinois 62959 

Phone: (618) 997-

3344, exk340 

FAX: (618} 997-8961 

e:mail Marion@fWs.gov 

Fayette •• ·.· !m:JtJ.fJiLbat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula}; small 

Field Office .to stream corridors with well developed 

Col1te~ct: U;S, Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service • · (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sub• Piping plover Charadrius Endangered May be present in Fayette County Office metod us during migration. 8588 ROUte 148 

Marion, IIUnois 62959 Eastern massasauga Candidate Graminoid dominated plant 

Phone: (618) 997- (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, 

3:344, ext. 340 peatlands, wet prairies, open 

FAX: (618) 997-8961 woodlands, and shrublands) 
Ford 

Field Office to . 

~on~<Jct: u.s. Fish and 

Wildlife ,Serllice 

Rock Island Illinois 

Field Office 

1511 47th Avenue 

61265 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid 

(Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Prairie bush clover 

(Lespedeza leptostachya) 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid 

(Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Mead's milkweed (Asclepias 

meadii) 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Threatened 

Endangered 

Threatened 

Threatened 

Endangered 

Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly 

soil 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Mesic to wet prairies 

Virgin prairies 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

1 OffiC:etc> . stream corridors with well developed 

C?,:~~;~~1~· .. s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

•

1 Service (foraging) 

,v,a,non Illinois SUb". 1------------+------+---,;_----------l 

RoUte.148 

Marion, .Illinois .62959 

Phone: (61$) 997-

3344, ext. 340 

FA)(: (61S) 99H961 

e:rnail Marion@fws.qov 

Fulton 

Piping plover Charadrius Endangered May be present in Franklin County 

melodus during migration. 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered 

Decurrent false aster Threatened 

(Bolton/a decurrens) 

Eastem prairie fringed orchid Threatened 

(Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered 

Fal.QQ.cketbook mussel Endangered 

(Potamilis capax) 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Disturbed alluvial soils 

Mesic to wet prairies 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Mississippi, Wabash, Little Wabash, 

Ohio Rivers 
County Species Status Habitat 

Gre.ene Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field· Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Marion Illinois $ubc . ·. 

Decurrent false aster Threatened 

Office (Bolton/a decurrens) 8588 Route 148 .· 

Marion, Illinois. 62959 .Ea,;_tero_Qrairie lUnged. orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

Phone:. (618) 997- (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

3344, ext. 340 

f'Ax:. (918) •. 997-8961 

e:mail• Marion(alfws.qov 

Grundy··.·.···.•· .·· Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to . ·.· stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife. service 

•••• 

(foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois Eastern Qrairie fringed orchic! Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Fi!MOffite · .... 

(Piatanthaera /eucophaea) l511 .. 47thAvenue .· 

Moline, Illinois 61265 ... (309) 757.-5800 

e:mail ·· .... ·· Rockisland@fws.gov ... ·. 

FJI.~:.}0.~;757"58Q7 .•. ·. · .. ··· 

Hiuni11:61l .·• .. · ·. · ···•· ·• · .· · ••••• Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

.field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

contact: U;S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife serv.ice (foraging) 

Marion lllinols Sub- • Office 

8588 Ro.ute .148 . 

Marion, Illinoi.s ()2959. 

Phone: (618) 997-

.3344, .ext .. · 340. 

Ffi:X= c<>i8) 997~89()1 .. 

e:m.aiJ·Marion@fws.gov 

Haf)C<i¢k .. . · .. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S .. fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife service (foraging) 

Ro.ckisland Illinois Higgins e)'e Qearlymussel Endangered Mississippi River; Field Office (Lam psi/is higgins/) Rock River to Steel Dam 151147th Avenue .·. 

Moline, Illinois 61265 Sheegnose mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and 

(309) 757-5800 (Piethobasus cyphyus) streams 

e;rnail ·. 

Rocklsland@fws.gov SQectaclecase mussel Endangered Shallow areas i~ larger rivers and 

FAX: 309C757-5807 (Cumberland/a monodonta) streams 

·.·• . Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

.. / ·· ...•.. ·· .. ... (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Hardin . . · ... ..·. Gray bat Myotis grisescens Endangered Caves and mines; rivers & reservoirs 

field Office to adjacent to forests 
County Species Status Habitat 

Colltact: u.s. Fish and Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Wildlife Service stream corridors with well developed Marion. Illinois Sub- riparian woods; upland forests 

Office (foraging) 8588 Route 148 · .. · 

Marion, Illinois 62959 Fat pocketbook Rearl~mussel Endangered Saline, Middle Fork Saline, and North 

Phone: (6~8)997c · .•... ·• (Potamilis capax) Fork Saline Rivers 

3 344, ext. 340 

FAX: (618) 997:13g61 .·. 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov 

Henderson . Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to • · .. stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u.s, Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois .. 

Field Office • 

Higgins e~e 12earlymussel Endangered Mississippi River; 

15l147th Avenue .··. (Lam psi/is higgins!) Rock River to Steel Dam 

Moline, Illinois 61265 . · ;i_gectaclecase mussel. Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and 

(309) 757-5800 (Cumberland/a monodonta) streams 

e:mail 

Rocklsland@fws.gov Eastern 12rairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

FAX: .309-.757c5807 . (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

HenrY·· ... · Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field ... Office •. to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact:U.?,Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rock Island Illin.ois Eastern Qrairie fringed orcl1id Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field office 

1.511 47th Avenue . .·· (Pfatanthaera leucophaea) 

f\191ine, Illinois6126.5 

(309) 7S7c5800 

e:mall 

Rockisland@lfws.gov 

fAX: 309-757C5807 

Iroquois ··. · .. · JndLilll£ bat fMyotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact:I.J,S;• Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife•Seniice (foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois Eastern Rt·airie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office . 

(P/atanthaera leucophaea) 151147th.Avenue 

Moline, Illinois 91265 

(309) 757-5800 

e:mail ... ·· .. · .. Rockisland@fWs.gov 

FA~: 399-757-sao? · ... 

Jackson .... . .. Gra~ bat Myotis grisescens Endangered Caves and mines; rivers & reservoirs 

Field Office to Myotis grisescens adjacent to forests 

Contact: u.s. Fish and Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small Wildlife Service stream corridors with well developed Marion Illinois Sub- riparian woods; upland forests Office (foraging) . 
County Species Status Habitat 

8E;88 Route .148 

Marion, Illinois 62959 

Phone: .(618) 997, 

3~44,.~xt. 34(1 

FAX: {$18) .997-8961 

e:mail Marion@fws;gov 

Least tern (Sterna 

antil/arum) 

Pallid sturgeon 

(Scaphirynchus a/bus) 

Jasper_·.·. • • Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Field OffiCe to . .·· 

Contact: U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service 

Marion Illinois Subc 

Office 

8588 Route 148 

Rabbitsfoot ( Quadrula 

cylindrica cylindrica) 

Marion,.Iilinois62959 · Eastern prairie fringed orchid 

Ph()ne: (618) 997• (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

3344, (JXt 340 .. . • 

fAX: ((;18) 997~896.1 

e:rh<~il Marion@fws.gov 

Jefferson· . .. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) ... Field Office to 

Conta_ct: u.s. Fish and 

Wildlife Service 

Marion Illinois Sub.' 

Office 

8?88 Routel48 

Marion, .Illinois 62959. · · 

PhonE'):{618} 997c 

334'1, ext. ~40 _.•. .._.,. 

fA)( A61f!)·.997-.896l_-,-· .. 

e:hlilil Marion@fws.gov 

. ·. .·. 

JerseY.. .._ 

Fi_eldOfficeto 

Contact: U;S,Fish and 

Wil(llite•_servjce 

.M<trioni.ilinois SUb" 

Offi(:E) . 

8588 Roqte 148 

Marion, Illinois 62959 

Phone: (618) 997-

3344, ext. 340 

FAX:(6l8)997-8961_- .•. 

e:maii·Marion©fws;gov 

Jo Diwiess 

Fi¢1d Office to 

Contact: -U.S. Fish and' 

Wildlife ServiCe 

Rock ISland Illinois 

Field Office 

1511.47th Avenue 

Moline, Illinois 61265 

(309) 75Hi800 

EJ.Q.j[lq plover Charadrius 

melodus 

Indiana b_i!l_(Myotis soda/is) 

Decurrent false aster 

(Bolton/a decurrens) 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid 

(Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

]:!iggins eye pearlymussel 

(Lam psi/is higgins/) 

Iowa !j_eistocene snail 

(Discus macclintocki) 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Candidate 

Threatened 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Threatened 

Thre<~tened 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Endangered 

e:m<!il 

Rocklsi<~nd@fws.gov 

..•. · .. ·. •· .. . .. ·.· 

East\'ITJ . .QIAlrie fringed orchid Threatened 

(Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

Bare alluvial and dredged spoil 

islands 

Large rivers 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Embarass River 

Mesic to wet prairies 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

May be present in Jefferson County 

during migration. 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Mesic to wet prairies 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Mississippi River; 

Rock River to Steel Dam 

North-facing algific talus slopes of 

the driftless area 

Mesic to wet prairies 
County Species Status Habitat 

FAX:.•3Q9-7S7cS807 Prairie bush clover Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly 

.· ·. . (Lespedeza leptostachya) soil 

Johnson (;; ra_y_Qgj; My otis grisescens Endangered Caves and mines; rivers & reservoirs 

Field Office to adjacent to forests· 

C.<:ln.tact:. u.s. Fish and Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small Wildlife Servl.ce . stream corridors with well developed Marion Illinois Sub- riparian woods; upland forests Office 

8588 Route 148 . (foraging) 

Marion, Illinois 62959 

Phone: (618) 997-

3344, ext. 340 . 

FAX: (618}997c8961 

e:rnail Marion<Olfws.gov 

Kime Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Moderate to high quality wetlands, 

Field Office to (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) sedge meadow, marsh, and mesic to 

Ccmtact: .USFW.S Go here for sQec[fj_c;_guidance wet prairie 

chic<~!JoiiUnois.•fo 

. 

on how to determine whether 

1250 South Grove, this sQecies is present on a 

Suiteto3 site. 

Barrington,. Illinois .. • 

60010 ·. 

{847) 38Jc2253 

••••• 

e:mail 

chicago@fws.gov ... Cathy Pollack<Olfws.gov 

Kankakee ·· ... •• 

.. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to .· stream corridors with well developed 

co.f1t;lct: u.s, Fish anq riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife service · .··. (foraging) 

B,C>c~<cWand.IIIinois SheeQnose mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and Field OffiCe .· .. · (Pfethobasus cyphyus) streams 151147th Avenue 

Moli!Je, Illin.ois 61265 ·· Snuffbox (Epioblasma Endangered Small to medium-sized creeks and 

(3()9). 757-5800 triquetra) some larger rivers, in areas with a 

e:mail . swift current 

Roi::klsland@fws.gov .·. FAX:. 3Q9C757-5807 Eastern_Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

.· .. .. · (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Kendall. . ·· .. • Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); Small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

C(lntact:. U.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wi.l.dlife Service (foraging) 

Rock.Isl<!ndiiiinois Eastern prairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office (Pfatanthaera leucophaea) 151147th Avenue 

Moline, Illinois 6126.5 

(309) 757-5800 

e:mail 

Rocklsland<Olfws:gov . 

FAX; 309-757·5807 · .. 

. 

Knox .. ... Indiana bat(Myotis soda/is) Endangered 
County Species Status Habitat 

Field 0 1c.e to Eastern massasauga Candidate Graminoid dominated plant Contact: U.S. Fish and (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, Wildlife ServiC:<;! .. 

peatlands, wet prairies, open Rock Isl.and Illinois woodlands, and shrublands) Field Office 

ff' 

151147th Avenue Eastern prairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

Moline,IIIinois 61265 (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

(309}757~5800 

e:mail . Roc:kisland @fws. gov. 

FAX: 309-757-5807 

Lake ·.· ... · .·• PiPing plover Charadrius Endangered Wide, open, sandy beaches with very 

Fiel.d. bftice.·ta .. • me/odus little grass or other vegetation 

C~mtact: USFWS Piping plover Charadrius Critical Wide, open, sandy beaches with very C::blcpg() Illinois FO me/odus Habitat little grass or other vegetation 1.;2-~0 South G.r<JVe, 

.. ···.··· Suite 103 Eastew massasau_g.<; Candidate Graminoid dominated plant 

Barrington;. Illinois (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, 

60010 peatlands, wet prairies, open 

(847) 381-2253 woodlands, and shrublands) 

e: mail 

Chicago@lfws.gov . -.... ·. Karner blue butterfly Endangered Pine barrens and oak savannas on 

Cathy· Pollack@lfws.gov (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) sandy soils and containing wild 

i . . · .•.... ·· ••.• · .. · ... ···--· ..... lupines (LUpinus perennis), the only 

' known food plant of the larvae 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid Threatened Moderate to high quality wetlands, 

- (Piatanthaera leucophaea) sedge meadow, marstl, and mesic to 

Go here for specific guidance wet prairie 

• 

on how to determine whether· 

this species is present on a 

si~ 

•• ·.· Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium Threatened Lakeshore dunes 

··. ·C '. ,.·., ' ·.- pitcheri) 

La Salle .• .. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); Small 

Field Office to. stream corridors with well developed 

C:f)nta~t: U;S, Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wil.<;llifeService (foraging) 

Rock .Island Illinois Incliana bat (Myotis soda/is) Critical Blackball Mine Fi.eld Office .·. Habitat ~51l47th Avenue designated Moline, Illinois 61265 

( 309) 757-5800 Decurrent false aster Threatened 

e:.IJlail (Boltonia decurrens) 

Rockisland@fws.qov 

FAX: 309c757c5807 £92ts;m prairLe fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

.··· ·.· 

(Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

•• Leaf;,;-grairie clover (Dalea Endangered Prairie remnants on thin soil over 

'· · .. ·.· .. • ·. foliosa) limestone 

Lawrence . 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); Small 

Field. Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 
County Species Status Habitat 

Marion Illinois .Sub· Fat gocketbook mussel Endangered Mississippi, Wabash, Little Wabash, Office . (Potamilis capax) Ohio Rivers 

8588 Route 148 

Marion, Illinois 62959 Rabbitsfoot ( Quadru/a Candidate Wabash River 

Phone:.(6l8) 997· cy/indrica cy/indrica) 

3344, ext. 340 

FAX: {618) 997·8961 Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

Leil · Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); Small 

Fi_eld-Office to stream corridors with well developed 

contact: u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

wli!:iliiil silr\lice (foraging) 

Rocklslandljlinols 

.. _. 

Eastern Qrair·ie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office 

15l117th Ayenue 1

_ _ (P/atanthaera /eucophaea) 

Moline, Il.linois 61265 -· Prairie bush clover Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly (:309) 757~5800 . ·. (Lespedeza Jeptostachya) soil 

e:rriail . Rockisland@fWs.gov ·.-.· 

FAX: 309·757c5807 . •· -. 

Living$tori . . . _.. . . Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); Small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

c;:onta~t; U ·?·Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

\fl/lldlife ServiclJ __ (foraging) 

R(;kkisland Illinois_ _ .. Eastern Qrait'ie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office .. _._ . (Piatanthaera Jeucophaea) 1511 47th Avenue 

Moline,JIIinois_61465 

(309) 757·5800 

e:_rriail 

Roci<Islaiid@fws.gov . 

FA)$: 309·757·5807 

Logan -···_··. ·.· ·-_.· Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); Small 

Field Office to . ·. · stream corridors with well developed 

C::ontact;u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife service / (foraging) 

Rock .Island Illinois Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office 

_--··-

(Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 151147th Avenue 

Moline, Illinois_61265 

(309) }57C!;j8QO 

.e:mil_il. · . 

Rocklsland@fws.gov . 

FAX: 309~757·5807 _ •

Macon .. 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); Small 

Field Office to _ _ _ _·. stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u,s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service - . (foraging) 
County Species Status Habitat 

Roc )sand I lnois Eastern Qrairie fringed or·chid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field omc~ (P/atanthaera /eucophaea) 

1511 47tqAvehye . 

k II 

Moline, Illinois 61265 

(3Q9}]57c5800 ·. 

e:mail 

Rocklsland@fws.gov 

FAX;309·757·5807 ... 

Macoupin ... ·. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); Small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

co.ntact: u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

\f'lildlife Service (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Subc ·. 

Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Offic.e ·< . . . .··· (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 8588Rou.te 1~§. ·.·· . . .•. • 

Marioni Illinois 62959 

Phone: (()18)9.97· 

3344, ext. 340 

FAX:{618) 997·8961 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov . 

Madison ..... .. · 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

F.ield Office to. ·· .. stream corridors with well developed 

ContCict:u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlif~··sentii:e (foraging) 

fv!Cirion Illinois. sub" .·.·. 

Least tern (Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged spoil • .. 

Qffic~ .. anti/larum) islands 8588 Route :l48 

Mariof), Illinoi$ 62959 · Eastern massasauga Candidate Graminoid dominated plant 

Ph()ne: .(618) 997· (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, 

3~44; ex~. 340 .. ·.. . peatlands, wet prairies, open 

FAX: (618)997-8961•. woodlands, and shrublands) 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov 

.. ··· .. ·. Pallid sturgeon Endangered Large rivers 

i ·.·· (Scaphirynchus a/bus) 

SQectaclecase mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and 

I (Cumberland/a monodonta) streams 

. 

Decurrent false aster: Threatened 

I (Bolton/a decurrens) . Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

.. . · . . (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Mari6n ·. . .· 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

(:olltact: U.s. Fish .and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Marion Illinois .Sl1b· Eastern Qrairie fr·inged orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Office (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 8588 Rol1te 148 

M.arion, Illin()iS 62959 

Phone: (618} 997c ·. 

334'1'; ext;.340 

FAX: (618) 997,8961 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov 
County Species Status Habitat 

Marshall Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to . stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois Decurrent false aster Threatened Field Office (Boltonia decurrens) 1511 47th Avenue 

Moline; Illinois 61265 .. Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(309)757c5800 (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

e:rnail 

R<lckislalld@fws.gov · .· 

FAX: 309,757-5807 

Mason ·• . 

.. · Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

• Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S; Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois . 

Decurrent false aster Threatened Field Office • (Boltonia decurrens) 15l147th Avenue 

Moline1 lllihols (;1265 • Eastern Qrairie fringed o;·chid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(309}757"5l!OO (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

e:rnail 

Rocklslandliilfws.gov .. FAx: 369c757"5807 .. 

Massac Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field. Qffi.ce: to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: l.J;S. Fish .and riparian woods; upland forests 

lfli.ldl.if€S!'!rvice (foraging) 

Marion .I11i6ois.5.1.!b- Least tern (Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged spoil Office .· 

antillarum) islands 

8588 Route 148 . > 

Marion,IIIinois 62959 Fat QOcketbook mussel Endangered Mississippi, Wabash, Little Wabash, 

Phone: (618). 997" (Potamilis capax) Ohio Rivers 

3344; ext. 340 

FAX: (618).997"8961· Orange-footed gimQieback Endangered Ohio River below confluence with 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov pearlymussel (Piethobasis Cumberland River 

I .... . ·· .. cooperianus) 

(=P. striatus) 

Pink mucket pearl)'mussel Endangered Ohio River 

(Lampsilis orbiculata) 

( =Piethobasis abrupta) 

Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula Candidate Ohio River 

cy/indrica cy/indrica) 

SheeQnose mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and 

(Piethobasus cyphyus) streams . 

Spectaclecase mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and 

.· (Cumberlandia monodonta) streams 

McDonough Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

contact: U.S. Fish .and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 
County Species Status Habitat 

oc san lnOIS Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 151l.47th Avenue R kll dill 

Moline, Illinois('!l265 .· 

(309) 757"58.00 . 

e:mail ·· 

Rockisland@fw~.gov 

FAX:309"757"5807 .. 

McHenry . ·. Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Moderate to high quality wetlands, 

Fielc:l Qfficeto . (Piatanthaera leucophaea) sedge meadow, marsh, and mesic to 

Contact: USFWS ._. Go here for· SQecific guidance wet prairie 

on how to determine whether ChiCago Illinois FO 

this SQecies is Qresent on a !?§l) p()lith. Grove, 

Suite)Oj · ... ···. site. 

Barrington; rllinois Prairie bush clover Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly 60010 (Lespedeza leptostachya) soil (t:l47) 38F2253 .. 

e:mail 

Chicago@fws.gov 

Catlw Pollack@fwscgov 

I\1CLean > · .•··· · Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Fi¢1d QffiC:Eito _.,_ .·• .. ·· __ •· stream corridors with well developed 

Contact_: U.S, Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

P,OGk I~l<!r\d Illinois. Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Fi_e_!d Office _.·. (Piatanthaera leucophaea) l51147thAvenue 

Moline,,·IJtinois-.fi1.?65 

(309) 757C58QQ . ·_. 

e:rnall · •-

Rocklsland@fws.gov .· 

FAX: 309-757-5807 .. -•. 

• .·.······ ... · • Menard Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Fi~ld ()ffice to . stream corridors with well developed 

Cont!lct: u.s. Fish arid riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service . (foraging) 

ROG\< Island Illinois. Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 151147thAvenue 

Moline, Illinois 61265 

(309}757-5800 

e:mail 

Roci<Islancl@fws.gov ' FAX: 309"757"5807 . 

Mercer Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field office t:o stream corridors with well developed 

Contact; u,s .. F'ish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rock .Island Illinois Higgins e'{e gearl',lrnussel Endangered Mississippi River; Field- Office- .. . (Lampsi/is higginsi) Rock River to Steel Dam 
County Species Status Habitat 

151147th Avenue Easter·n prairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Moline, Illinois 61265 (P/atanthaera /eucophaea) (309) 757-5800 

e:mail 

Rocklsland@lfws.gov 

FAX: 309"757-5807 

Monroe -- Gray bat Myotis grisescens Endangered Caves and mines; rivers & reservoirs 

Fi~ld Office to adjacent to forests 

contact: I.J.S~ Fish and Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hlbernacula); small Wildlife. Service stream corridors with well developed Marion Illinois Sub- -_ 

riparian woods; upland forests Office - (foraging) 8588 Route 148 

Marion,.ll!inois62959 Least tern (Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged spoil 

Phone:· {618)9.97" - -· antillarum) islands 

3344, ext, 340 

FAX:_ (618) _997-8961 Pallid stur·geon Endangered Large rivers 

e:hlilli.Marion@lfws,gbv (Scaphirynchus a/bus) 

I Illinois cave amghigod Endangered Cave streams in Illinois sinkhole plain 

~- •. _.-_ 

-

···-- ; -_- _- __ - .. (Gammarus acherondytes) 

M()ntgohlery 

- ____ 

--- - -.--_ Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

CQI"'tact: v.s, .Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service -

(foraging) 

Marion Illinois sub- - Eastern grairie fringed or-chid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Office (Piatanthaera leucophaea) .8588 Route 148 

Marioll,Jilinois 62959 

Phone: ( 618) 997-

3344, ext. 340 

FAX: (618}99Hl96l --

e:milil Maridn@lfws.gov 

Morgan_---.-_--

··-···· 

- Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Officeto stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife _Service-- (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sub" Q_ecurrent false aster Threatened Disturbed alluvial soils Office (Boltonia decurrens) 8588 Route 148 

Mafioh, Illinois 62959 Eastern prairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

Phone: (618) 997" (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

3344, ext; 340 

FAX:_ (618)997-8961 

e:mail Marioli@lfws.gov 

Moultrie -. -_- Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to . -·-

stream corridors with well developed 

Contact:_ U;S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife serviCe (foraging) 

Marlon IllinoisSub- -----

Office Piping glover Charadrius Endangered May be present in Moultrie County 

-- metod us during migration. 
County Species Status Habitat 

ou e Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Marion, Illillols 62959 . • (Piatanthaera Jeucophaea) f'hone: (61a) 997-8588 R t 148 

3344, ext.3.40 

FAX: ((i18)997-~96l 

e:mal] Marion@fws.gov 

.. 

Ogle Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to ·. stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u:s, Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service . (foraging) 

R.oGk Island Illinois Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office (Piatanthaera Jeucophaea) 15l147th Av~nue .··· · 

Moline,IIIinois 612()5 Prairie bush clover· Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly 

(309)7!57-.5800 (Lespedeza Jeptostachya) soil 

e:m;3H . .·. ..• .· Rockisland@fws.gov 

FAX: 309"757-5807 ·. 

Peoria•··········· • Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field.office to stream corridors with well developed 

C9ntact: u.~. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Se.rvite.. · (foraging) 

Rock lsla.nd Illinois Decurrent false aster Threatened Disturbed alluvial soils Fte.ld ·OffiCe···. · .. 

(Bo/tonia decurrens) 151L47t]l.~ye.nue 

Moline, Illinois 61265 Eastern prairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(3on7s?"s8oo ·. (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

e:mail . . · ... · 

Rockisland@fws.gov 

~AX: 309-757~5807 · •. ·.•·. 

Perrv ) ···.·• Indian_g_ bat(Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Offic~ to . .... . .. ·. stream corridors with well developed 

contCict: U.S; Fish· and riparian woods; upland forests 

V>Jildlife ?ervice ·.. · (foraging) 

Marion Illinois SubOffice 

8588··.Rout~ •. ~4a 

Marlon,IIIinois 62959 

Phone: (618) 997- ·· 

9344, ext. 3.40 .. 

FAX: (()18) 997-8961 

e:m.ail Marioll@fws.gov 

Piatt · Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Cont<~.ct: U.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife ServJce (foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois Eastern massasauga Candidate Graminoid dominated plant Field Qffice .· (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, 15l147th Avellue peatlands, wet prairies, open Moline, Illinois 61:26.5 woodlands, and shrublands) (309)757-5800 

e:mail ·. 

Eastern Qrairie fringed or~hid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

Rockisland@fws.gov (Piatanthaera Jeucophaea) 

FAX: 309C757-5807 
County Species Status Habitat 

Pike . Gray bat Myotis grisescens Endangered Caves and mines; rivers & reservoirs 

Field Clftice to adjacent to forests 

Contact: u.s. Fish and Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small Wildlife Service •• 

Rock Island Illinois stream corridors with well developed 

Field -Office .. riparian woods; upland forests 

1511 47th Avenue (foraging) 

Moline,IIIinols61265 Higgins eye Qearlymussel Endangered Mississippi River; 

(309) 757CS800 _-... (Lampsilis higginsl) Rock River to Steel Dam 

e:mail 

Rockisland@fWs.gov _ .. _ Spectaclecase mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and 

FAX: 309-757~5807 

.· (Cumber/andia monodonta) streams 

-... Decurr-ent false aster· Threatened Disturbed alluvial soils 

. .· (Bo/tonia decurrens) 

.-_ Eastern Rrair·ie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

.. · .· ·. · .... . -_ ..... -· (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Pope·· ·._ 

Gray bat Myotis grisescens Endangered Caves and mines; rivers & reservoirs 

Fiel.d._()ffife.t<> adjacent to forests 

Contact: .LJ.S ... Fishand Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small Wildlife Service 

Marion ~llinois .Sub.c 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests Office -_._ (foraging) 8588 R.oute 148 

Marion1 Illinois 62959 . _ Least tern (Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged spoil 

Phone: (618) 997: -. anti/larum) islands 

3344;. ext. 340 · _ .. _ 

FAX: (618) 997-8961 Fat QDcketbook mussel Endangered Mississippi, Wabash, Little Wabash, 

e:mail Mai-ion(a)fws.gov (Potamilis capax) Ohio Rivers 

Pulaski Gray bat Myotis grisescens Endangered Caves and mines; rivers & reservoirs ' ''' " ' 

---·· 

adjacent to forests ~ield ()fficE! to 

contact: u.s. Fi_sh and Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small Wildlife S¢rvice ·_. 

stream corridors with well developed Marlon Illinois Sub- riparian woods; upland forests Office (foraging) 8588 Route 148 

Marion, Illinois 62959 Orange-footed gimQieback Endangered Ohio River below confluence with 

Phone: ( 618) 997- pearlyrnussel (Piethobasis Cumberland River 

3344, ext; 340 cooperianus) 

FAX: (618) 997:8961 (=P. striatus) 

e:mail Marion@fws.go\1 .. ·· Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula Candidate Ohio River 

1-·-.- cylindrica cylindrica) . 

.· SheeQnose mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and . _._.-·_ 

. .. · (Piethobasus cyphyus) streams 

Putnam - · .. · Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

contact: . .U.s. Fish alld riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife serviCe .. (foraging) 

p.ock Isli!nd Illinois Decurrent false aster Threatened Disturbed alluvial soils Field Office . 

. · . (Bo/tonia decurrens) 
County Species Status Habitat 

Moline, IIJirlols 61265 ·•·· 

Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(Piatanthaera Jeucophaea) (30Q}.7!i7c5$00 

1511 47th Avenue 

.e:mail .• 

Rockisland@lfws.gov 

FAX:. 30Q-7.57-5$07 . 

Randolph ··.· ...... Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Fi.eld 9ffic;e ~o stream corridors with well developed 

Cc:inta~t: U;S.Fish·and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildli.fe••Sentice (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sl.lb-' .·· .. Least tern (Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged spoil Office antillarum) islands 

8588 P,oul:el4S ...• ·.·.·• 

Marion, Illinois 62959 Pallid sturgeon Endangered Large rivers 

Phone: (618)997- (Scaphirynchus a/bus) 

3344, ext.340 .. · 

FAX: (Q18) 997-8Q61.·.··· Small whorled goqonia Threatened Dry woodlands 

e:mail. Marion@lfws.gov (Isotria medeoloides) 

· .. ·• Richland Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Fi~ld Office tc:i stream corridors with well developed 

contact; u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

wildlire,.s~rvice (foraging) 

Marion 111inois Sub" Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Office 

8588 Ratite 1.48 ... (Piatanthaera Jeucophaea) 

Marion, Illinois 62959 ·. 

Phone:. (618) 997-

3344, ext, 340 

FJ\X: (618)997~8961 

e: maii.Marion@lfws.gov 

Rock Island·· ·.· .. lndiaO_il_bat(Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Fiel(l Office to ····. stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u.s .. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service · · (foraging) 

p_ock Island Illinois · •·· Higgins eye Qearl',lrnussel Endangered Mississippi River; fjelcj ()ffice (Lampsilis higgins/) Rock River to Steel Dam 

l51147th Aven\.le . . .. · 

Moline, Illinois 61265 SheeQnose mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and 

(309}757-5800 (Piethobasus cyphyus) streams 

e:lllail 

Rockisland@fws.gov SQectaclecase mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and 

FAX: 309c757~5807 (Cumberland/a monodonta) streams 

):astern prairie fJinged orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

.. . . ·•.··· · . (Piatanthaera Jeucophaea) 

.sainU:I<~ir . . ·· 

Indiana bat(Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field. Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: U.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildllfe•Service (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sub~ Least tern (Sterna Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged spoil Office antillarum) islands 8588 Route 14$ 

Marion, Illinois 62959 Pallid sturgeon Endangered Large rivers 

Phone: (618) 997- (Scaphirynchus a/bus) 
County Species Status Habitat 

3344, ext •. 340 Illinois cave amQhigod Endangered Cave streams in Illinois sinkhole plain FAX: (()H!) 997.-8961 (Gammarus acherondytes) e:mail Marion@fws.gov 

Decurrent false aster Threatened Disturbed alluvial soils 

(Boltonia decurrens) 

I. Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

.. ··. . (P/atanthaera /eucophaea) 

Saline ... Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

cC!nta,ct: U.s .. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

MarionJIHnois sub" .·.•·· Mead's milkweed (Asclepias Threatened Virgin prairies Office . ..··· meadii) 8588. Route 148 ··' 

Marion, Illinols'62959' 

Phone: (618}997- · .. · 

3344, eJ<t. 340 . .. . · 

FAX:. (6Jl:l) 997-8961 

e!mail Marion©fws:gov .. 

Sangatnon .· ••...•. ·.· Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to . stream corridors with well developed 

ContaCt: U.s. Fish ahd riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife. Service (foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois Eastern prairie fringed or·chid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office 

151147th Avenue ·.· .. ·. (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

Moline,·.IIIinois6126S 

(309) 757-5800. 

e:.mail . ·. 

Rockisland@fiNs:gov. 

FAX.: 309~757"5807 .. · 

Schuyler .. ·. · .. · .. 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Corltac't: u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Serv.ice (foraging) 

R()ckislanp .Illinois . 

.. ·. Decurrent false aster Threatened Disturbed alluvial soils Field Office (Bo/tonia decurrens) 1511.4 7th J,l.venue 

Molinei Illinois 61265 Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

{309) 757"5800 ·•··.· (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

e:tnail .. 

Rockisland@fWs.gov 

FAX: 309-757"5807 .·· 

Scott· .·. ·•·· Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to . . stream corridors with well developed 

Conta.ct: U.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sub- Decurrent false aster Threatened Disturbed alluvial soils Office (Boltonia decurrens) 
County Species Status Habitat 

ou e .· Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Marion, Illinois 62959 .. · (Piatanthaera leucophaea) Phone: (()18) 997c 8588 R t 148 

3344, ext. 340 

FAX: (()18) 99H961 •... 

e:mail Marion©fws;gov 

Shelby Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Officeto · stream corridors with well developed 

Contact; U.S. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Marion Illinois SUb- Piping plovet· Charadrius Endangered May be present in Shelby County Office 

8588RoUte_14.8 me/odus during migration. 

M~rion,IUinols 629$9 •. Eastern prairie frinoed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

Phone: ((3~8) 997~ · 

·.··•· 

(Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

3344, e)(t. 340 

Ffi;X: {6l8) 99H9()1 ... 

. e:maii.Marion@fws.gov 

Stark •. · .. 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small " 

FiE!Id Office to •• stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u;s.Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rof)k.•Island Illinois .• · 

_Eastern Ql"airie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Fielcj Office" ·.· ... · (Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 1511 47th Avenue 

MolinE!, }llinois 61265 · . 

(3()9})57-?8.0..0. .. · 

E!:ll]ail . < ..... · .. ·.· 

Rockisland©fws;gov · · 

FAX: 3.0.9C757-5807 .. 

st;;Phen$on .. . . · 

. · ..... Indiana bat_(Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u,s, Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Ro(:k lsJand Illinois Eastern prairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field Office 

l5.il<Vth Avenue.. . •. (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Moline,. Illinois· 61;26!> 

(309) 757-5800 

e:mail 

Rockisland@fws.gov \. 

FAX: 309,757~5807 · • 

T~zewell •.. · .. .. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small ... Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

C.ontact: u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rock ISland Illinois Decurrent false aster Threatened Disturbed alluvial soils Field Office (Boltonia decurrens) 151147th Avenue 

.Moline, Illinois 61265 Eastern Qt·airie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(309)757-5800 (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

e:mail 

Rocklsland@fws.gov Lakeside cjaisy (Hymenopsis Threatened Dry rocky prairies 

FAX: 309"7S7c5807 herbacea) 
County Species Status Habitat 

Union Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

contact; u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service . (foraging) 

~~~i~n Illinois Subc . . 1--Le_a_s_t_t_e_rn-(S_t_e_m_a------+-E-n_d_a_n-ge_r_e_d-+B-a_r_e_a_ll_u_v_ia_l_a_n_d_d_r_e-dg_e_d_sp_o_i_l ----1 

8588 Route 148 1-a_n_tt_.ll_ar_u_m_J _______ +------+-is_la_n_d_s _________ .;._ _ _, 

Marion, Illinois 62959 

Phone:. (.618) 997.: 

3344, ext, 340 

FAX: (618} 997"8961··· 

e:mail Marion@fws,qov 

Pallid sturgeon 

(Scaphirynchus a/bus) 

Vermilion .·. · Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Field Office to . . ·· ·.· 

Contact; .U5 .. Fish and 

Wildlife Service 

Marl on Illinois Sub- Clubshell mussel Office 

8588 Route<148 

Marion{IIIinols . .62959 

Phone; (.618) 99h 

33441 ext, 340 

.· (P/eurobema clava) 

Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula 

cy/indrica cy/indrica) 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Candidate 

Large rivers 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Vermillion River: North Fork 

Vermilion River, Salt Fork Vermilion 

River, Middle Fork Vermilion river, 

North Fork Vermilion River, Middle 

fAX: ( 618)997~8961.· Branch North Fork Vermilion River 

e:maii··Marion@fws.gov 1-------------+-------11----------------1 

. ·. . . .· 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid 

(P/atanthaera /eucophaea) 

W~bash ·. ·· · .. ·· .. .· Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Field Office to .• 

Contact: U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife. Service 

Marion Illinois Sub~ · .··· Least tern (Sterna 

Threatened 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Mesic to wet prairies 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Wabash River, nests on sand bars 

Offtce t'lf ) 

8588. Route 148 1--a_n_t_a_r_u_m _______ _,l-------t---------------l 

Mariah, Illin9is 62959 · Fat pocketbook mussel Endangered Mississippi, Wabash, Uttle Wabash, 

Phone: (618) 997- · (Potami!is capax) Ohio Rivers 

.3344, ext. 340. 1------.;._-----+-----t---------------1 

fAX: (618) 997-896:1: Rabbitsfoot (Quadru/a Candidate Wabash River 

e:mall Marion@fws.gov cylindrica cylindrica) 

·.· ~----~----~----+----------11----------------------~ 

I .· ... ·· .· .. 

·.. Eastern prairie fringed orchid 

(Piatanthaera /eucophaea) 

Warren '· · 

Fiel!f Office to ... 

C!:mtilct: u.s. Fish and 

Wildlife service 

Rock Island Illinois 

Field Office 

1511 47th .A. venue . •·. 

Molino;,, Illinois .61265 ·· 

(309) 757-5800 

e:mail 

Rockisland@fws.gov 

F.A.X:. 309" 757"5807 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid 

(Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Threatened 

Endangered 

Threatened 

Mesic to wet prairies 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Mesic to wet prairies 
County Species Status Habitat 

Washington 

Field Pffice to 

Contact: u.s. Fish and 

Wildlife Service 

Marion.IIIinois subOffice · · 

8588 Ro.LJte 148 

f\llariqn, Illinois 62959. 

Ph~m~: (6,18)997c 

3344, ext. 340 

FAX: (618)997-8961 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov 

Wayne < ·· · .·.·.·•• .· 

Field Pffit:e to 

Cc)lltacf: U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service ·. 

M;Jrion Illinois. SubOffice 

85.88 Route 148 

f\llaoon,JIHn6is62959 ..• 

Phone:.·(618) 997-

3344, ext .. 340 

FAX:.(618) 997"6961 .· .•. · 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov 

w!itte .... Fie lei OUice.to 

Cont;ict: U.S; FiSh and 

Wildlife Service .. 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid 

(Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Marion Illinois Sub- Fanshell mussel (Cyprogenia 

Office · ···•. stegaria) 

Endangered 

Threatened 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Mesic to wet prairies 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

W<Jbash River 

8S88 Rout~•r4B · ... · (~c. irrorata) 

M<Jrion,.)lll~ois 629.59····· t-----------+-----+---------------1 

Phone:.(6.11;!)997" Fat pocketbook mussel Endangered Mississippi, Wab<Jsh, Little W<lb<Jsh, 

3344, ext. 340 . (Potamilis capax) Ohio Rivers 

FAX: (618)997-8961 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula 

. . > · .. · · cylindrica cy/indrica) 

WhiteSide · Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) 

Field Office to ·. 

C!)ntact:U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service 

Rock Island Ill.inols 

Field Office 

15H47th Avenue 

Moline, Illinois 61265 

(3.09) 75N800 

e:m<Jil 

Rocklsland@fws.gov 

FAX: 309c757-5807 . 

· Higgins eye pearlymussel 

. (Lampsi/is higgins/) 

Will ·.. . .. 

Field Office. to 

Sheepnose mussel 

(Piethobasus cyphyus) 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid 

(Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

Hine's ernerald dragonfly 

(Somatochlora hineana) 

C<Jndidate 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Endangered 

Threatened 

Endangered 

W<Jbash River 

Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

stream corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Mississippi River; 

Rock River to Steel Dam 

Shallow areas in larger rivers· and 

streams 

Mesic to wet prairies 

Spring fed wetlands, wet meadows 

and marshes 
County Species Status Habitat 

Co.nt<Jct: USFWS Hine's emerald dragonfly Critical Go here for a maQ and written 

Chicago> Illinois FO (Somatochlora hineana) Habitat descrigtion of the areas designated 125.0 S9uth (;rove, Designated as Critical Habitat (PDF) Suite 103 

Barrington, Illinois Eastern massasauga Candidate Graminoid dominated plant 

60010 (Sistrurus catenatus) communities (fens, sedge meadows, 

(847) 381-2253 peatlands, wet prairies, open 

e:mail woodlands, and shrublands) 

Chicago@fws.gov . · .. 

Cathy Pollack@fws;gov SheeQnose mussel Endangered Shallow areas in larger rivers and . · . (Piethobasus cyphyus) streams 

;;nldff!;>ox (Epioblasma Endangered Small to medium-sized creeks and 

triquetra) some larger rivers, in areas with a 

.. swift current 

. .. Eastern Qrairie fringed orchid Threatened Moderate to high quality wetlands, 

(Piatanthaera /eucophaea) sedge meadow, marsh, and mesic to 

Go here for sgecific quidance wet prairie 

on how to determine whether 

this sgecies is gresent on a 

site. 

.· Lakeside daisv (Hymenopsis Threatened Dry rocky prairies 

. herbacea) 

Leaf:£-prairie clover (Dalea Endangered Prairie remnants on thin soil over 

•••• •• ••••• foliosa) limestone 

•••• • •••• 

Mead's milkweed (Asclepias Threatened Late successional tallgrass prairie, 

meadii) tallgrass prairie converted to hay 

••··•·····••·····•· < .·.· 

meadow, and glades or barrens with 

. ·.··· thin soil 

Williionnson ···. .·· . Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Fielc! Office to .. stream corridors with well developed 

.Cont.act: .u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife SerVice (foraging) 

Marion Illinois Sub- .· 

Office • 

8588. Route 148 

Marion, IIIJriols 62959 · 

Phone: {61,8)997" · · ... 

3344, ext .• 340 .•.. 

FAX: {618)997-8961 . ·. 

e:mail Marion@fws.gov 

Winnebago··. · .. Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to . stream corridors with well developed 

Contac.t: U.s .. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois ... ·· 

Eastern [1rairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies Field. Office .· (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 1511 47th Avenue 

Moline, Illinois 61265 Pr·airie bush clover Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly 

(309)757C5800 . (Lespedeza leptostachya) soil 

e:mail 

Rocklsland@f\Ns.gov 

FAX: 309-757C5807 
County Species Status Habitat 

Woodford Indiana bat (Myotis soda/is) Endangered Caves, mines (hibernacula); small 

Field Office to stream corridors with well developed 

Contact: u.s. Fish and riparian woods; upland forests 

Wildlife Service (foraging) 

Rock Island Illinois Decurrent false aster Threatened Disturbed alluvial soils Field Office . (Boltonia decurrens) 1511 47th Avenue 

Moline, Illinois 61265 Eastern grairie fringed orchid Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

(309) 757-5800 (Piatanthaera leucophaea) 

e:mail 

Rockisland@fws.gov 

FAX: 309-757-5807 
j 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Natural Resources of Concern 

This resource list is to be used for planning purposes only- it is not an official species-list. 

Endangered Species Act species-Jist information for your project is available online and listed below for 

the following FWS Field Offices: 

NEBRASKA ECOLOGICAL SERVICES FIELD OFFICE 

FEDERAL BUILDING 

203 WEST SECOND STREET 

GRAND ISLAND, NE 68801 

(308) 382-6468 

http://www.fws.gov//nebraskaes 

Project Counties: 

Douglas, NE 

Project Type: 

Transportation 

Endangered Species Act Species-list 

There arc a total of 5 species in your species-list 

Species that may be affected by your project: 

Birds 

Least tern (Sterna antillarum) 

Population: interior pop. 

Piping Plover ( Charadrius me!odus) 

Population: except Great Lakes 

watershed 

Endangered 

Threatened 

.B.ll§.cie~ info 

species info 

04/04/2012 Information,, Planning, and Conservation System (IPAC) 

Version 1.4 

Nebraska Ecological Services 

Field Office 

Nebraska Ecological Services 

Field Office 

Page 1 of2 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Natural Resources of Concern 

Whooping crane ( Grus americana) Endangered species info Nebraska Ecological Services 

Population: except where EXPN Field Office 

Fishes 

Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus a/bus) Endangered species info Nebraska Ecological Services 

Field Office 

Flowering Plants 

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Threatened species info Nebraska Ecological Services 

(Platanthera praeclara) Field Office 

FWS National Wildlife Refuges 

There are no refuges found within the vicinity of your project. 

FWS Migratory Birds 

Not yet available through IPaC. 

FWS Delineated Wetlands 

Not yet available tln·ough IPaC. 

04/04/2012 Information, Planning, and Conservation System (IPAC) Page 2 of2 

Version 1.4 
Iowa List of Federally Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and 

Candidate Species - by County 

If you have questions about this list, please contact our Illinois Field Office at: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1511 47th Avenue, Moline, Illinois 61265 

Phone: (309) 757-5800 

Revised September 2007 

County Common Name Scientific Name Status 

Adair Indiana bat Myofis soda/is Endangered 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened 

Jepfosfachya 

Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Threatened 

Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened 

orchid oraeclara 

Adams Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered 

Western prairie fringed Plafanthera Threatened 

orchid oraeclara 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened 

Jeotostachva 

Allamakee Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened 

orchid praeclara . 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened 

leptostachya 

Northern monkshood Aconitum Threatened 

novaboracense 

Higgins eye pearlymussel Lampsilis higginsii Endangered 

Sheepnose mussel Plefhobasus cyphyus Candidate 

Appanoose Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened 

orchid praeclara 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened 

leptosfachya 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered 

Audubon Western prairie fringed Platanfhera Threatened 

orchid praeclara 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened 

leptosfachya 

Benton Western prairie fringed Plafanfhera Threatened 

orchid praeclara 

Habitat 

Caves, mines 

{hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

VirQin prairies 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

(foraging) 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

I qravellv soil 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

I gravelly soil 

Mississippi River 

Rivers 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

I gravelly soil 

Caves, mines 

{hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

I lforaqinq )' 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 

Dry to mesic prairies with 

gravelly soil 

Wet prairies and sedge 

meadows 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva gravelly soil 

Black Hawk Western prairie fringed Plata nth era Threatened · 

orchid praeclara 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

feptostachva Qravellv soil 

Boone Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravellv soil 

Bremer Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Buchanan Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva Qravelly soil 

Buena Vista Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravellv soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endanr:~ered Prairie streams and rivers 

Butler Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesi~ prairies with 

/eptostachva gravelly soil 

Calhoun Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge . 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Carroll Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endanr:~ered Prairie streams and rivers 

Cass Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to rnesic prairies with 

/eptostachva I gravellv soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

llforaging) 

Cedar Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to rnesic prairies with 

/eptostachya lgravellv soil 

Cerro Gordo Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leotostachva qravellv soil 

Cherokee Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil 

Chickasaw Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid . praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil 

Clarke Western prairie fringed · Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leotostachva qravellv soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

. (hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraqinq) 

Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Threatened 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate 

Clay Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows . 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva i>Jravellv soil 

Clayton Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leotostachya I gravelly soil 

Northern monkshood · Aconitum Threatened 

novaboracense 

Higgins eye pearlymussel Lampsilis higginsii Endangered Mississippi River 

Iowa Pleistocene snail Discus macclintocki Endangered North-facing algific talus 

slopes of the driftless area 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers 

Spectaclecase mussel Cumberland/a Candidate Rivers 

monodonta 

Clinton Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil . 

Higgins eye pearlymussel Lampsilis higginsii Endangered Mississippi River 

Iowa Pleistocene snail Discus macclintocki Endangered North-facing algific talus 

slopes of the driftless area 

Crawford Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Dallas Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva I Qravelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Davis Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva jQravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Cavesl mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

lrforaging) 

Decatur Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva i Qravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraQing) . 

Eastern prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

orchid leucophaea 

Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Threatened Virgin prairies 

Delaware Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid . praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva Qravelly soil 

Northern monkshood Aconitum Threatened 

novaboracense 

Des Moines Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraQinQ) 

Higgins eye pearlymussel Lampsilis higginsii Endangered Mississippi River 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers 

Spectaclecase mussel Cumberlandia Candidate Rivers 

monodonta 

Dickinson Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva Qravelly soil 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Dakota skipper Hesperia dacotae Candidate Prairies 

Dubuque Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya !gravelly soil 

Northern monkshood Aconitum Threatened 

novaboracense 

Higgins eye pearlymussel Lamps11is higginsii Endangered Mississippi River 

Iowa Pleistocene snail Discus macclintocki Endangered North-facing algific talus 

slopes of the driftless area 

Spectaclecase mussel Cumberlandia Candidate Rivers 

monodonta 

Emmet Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva I qravellv soil 

Fayette Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya I gravelly soil 

Iowa Pleistocene snail Discus macclintocki Endangered North-facing algific talus 

slopes of the driftless area 

Floyd Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva fqravelly soil 

Franklin Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva qravellv soil 

Fremont Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraging) 

pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers 

a/bus· 

Greene Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva qravelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Grundy Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva qravelly soil 

Guthrie Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

Jeptostachya gravelly soil 

Hamilton Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachva gravelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notroois topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Hancock Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Hardin Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva !]ravelly soil 

Northern monkshood Aconitum Threatened 

riovaboracense 

Harrison Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to.mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers 

a/bus ' 

Henry Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

Jeptostachva I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

I !foraging) 

Howard Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva I qravelly soil 

Humboldt Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya I gravelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endanqered Prairie streams and rivers 

Ida Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leotostachva !qravellv soil 

Iowa Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya I gravelly soil 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraqino) 

Jackson Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya I gravelly soil . 

Eastern prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

orchid leucophaea 

Northern monkshood Aconitum Threatened 

novaboracense 

Higgins eye pearlymussel Lampsilis higginsii Endangered Mississippi River 

. 

Iowa Pleistocene snail Discus macclintocki Endangered North-facing algific talus 

slopes of the driftless area 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers 

Jasper Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

llforagi[lg) 

Jefferson Western prairie fringed. Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachva gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

1foraging) 

Johnson Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva gravelly soil 

Eastern prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

orchid leucoohaea 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraqinq) 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate. Rivers 

Eastern massasauga Sistrurus c. Candidate 

catena/us 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Jones Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachva qravellv soil 

Eastern prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Mesic to wet prairies 

orchid leucophaea 

Keokuk Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraging) 

Kossuth Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva wavelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Lee Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

!(foraging) 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers 

Spectaclecase mussel Cumberlandia Candidate Rivers 

monodonta 

Linn Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge · 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eotostachva qravellv soil 

Louisa Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

· Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

llforaging) 

Higgins eye pearly mussel Lampsilis higginsii Endangered Mississippi River 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers 

Spectaclecase mussel Cumber/andia Candidate Rivers 

monodonta 
County Common Name Scienti.fic Name Status Habitat 

Eastern massasauga Sistrurus c. Candidate 

catena/us . 

Lucas Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eplostachva lwavelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

I 'foraging) 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers . 

Lyon Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eplostachva l!1ravellv soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Madison Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva Qravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myolis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

'foraging) 

Mahaska Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eplostachva gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraQinQ) 

Marion Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya· gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed . riparian woods; upland forests 

I lforaQinQ) 

Marshall Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya I gravelly soil 

Mills Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eplostachva I Qravelly soil 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraging) 

Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers 

a/bus 

Eastern massasauga Sistrurus c. Candidate 

catenatus 

Mitchell Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eplostachva gravelly soil 

Monona Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil 

Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers 

a/bus 

Monroe Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eplostachva I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

I (foraging} 

Montgomery Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

llforaging} 

Muscatine Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests . I I foraging} 

Higgins eye pearlymussel Lampsilis higginsii Endangered Mississippi River 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers 

Spectaclecase mussel Cumberlandia Candidate Rivers 

monodonta 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Eastern massasauga Sistrurus c. Candidate 

catenatus 

O'Brien Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Osceola Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Page Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

llforaging) 

Palo Alto Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya I gravelly soil 

Plymouth Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva lqravellv soil 

Pocahontas Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya I gravelly soil 

Polk Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

''foraging) 

Least tern Sterna antillarum Endangered . Bare alluvial and dredged 

spoil islands 

Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers 

Pottawattamie Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

{hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

ltforaging) 

Least tern Sterna antillarum Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged 

spoil islands 

Piping plover Charadrius melodus Endangered 

Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers 

a/bus 

Eastern massasauga Sistrurus c. Candidate 

catenatus 

Poweshiek Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva gravelly soil . 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed · 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraging) 

Ringgold Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

{hibernacula};small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraging) 

Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Threatened Virgin prairies 

Sac Western prairie fringed Plata nth era Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva gravelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Scott Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

'foraging) 

Higgins eye pearlymussel Lampsilis higginsii Endangered Mississippi River 

Sheepnose mussel · Plethobasus cyphyus Candidate Rivers 

Spectaclecase mussel Cumberlandia Candidate Rivers 

monodonta 

Shelby Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya I gravelly soil 

Sioux Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

. /eplostachva l~ravelly soil 

Story Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva Qravellv soil c 

Tama Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya I gravelly soil 

Taylor Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachva I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

llforaging) 

Union Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eplostachva IQravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is · Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

!'foraging) 

Van Buren Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praec/ara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eplostachva Qravellv soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

' (hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

'lforaQinQ) 

Wapello Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid . praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

· leptostachya gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

foraQinQ) 

Warren Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya lwavelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

lttoraging) 

Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Threatened Viroin prairies 

Washington Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya I gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves·~ mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

ltforaging) 

Wayne Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Indiana bat Myotis soda/is Endangered Caves, mines 

(hibernacula);small stream 

corridors with well developed 

riparian woods; upland forests 

'foraging) 

Webster Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Winnebago Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened · Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachya gravelly soil 

Winnishiek Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva gravelly soil 

Woodbury Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

leptostachya gravelly soil 

Least tern Sterna antillarum Endangered Bare alluvial and dredged 

spoil islands 

Piping plover Charadrius melodus Endarioered 

Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Endangered Large rivers 

a/bus 

Worth Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

Jeptostachya I gravelly soil . 
County Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Wright Western prairie fringed Platanthera Threatened Wet prairies and sedge 

orchid praeclara meadows 

Prairie bush clover Lespedeza Threatened Dry to mesic prairies with 

/eptostachva I qravellv soil 

Topeka shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Prairie streams and rivers 

Revised September 2007 

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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

REGION 7 

Ms. Andrea Martin 

Environmental Protection Specialist 

Federal Railroad Administration 

1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, 

(Mail Stop 20), 

Washington, DC 20590, 

Ms. Tamara Nicholson, Director 

Office of Rail Transportation, 

Iowa Department of Transportation, 

800 Lincoln Way, 

Ames, Iowa 50010 

901 NORTH 5TH STREET 

KANSAS CITY, KANSAS 66101 

APR 1 6 2012 

Subject: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Scoping comments for Chicago to Omaha High 

Speed Rail Proposal 

Regions 5 (Chicago), and 7 (Kansas City) ofthe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have 

reviewed the pre-scoping materials and have participated in the agency scoping meetings conducted on 

21 and 22 February, 2012. The EPA will serve as a cooperating agency in this "Tier 1" NEP A process. 

Region 7 will be the lead region. The following comments have been prepared to assist in focusing the 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on issues of importance, to identify known environmental 

constraints, and to promote effective coordination. 

The Purpose and Need statement indicates that the study will evaluate "alternatives for the 

reestablishment of intercity passenger rail service from Chicago, Illinois, through Iowa, to Omaha, 

Nebraska". Since intercity rail passenger service currently exists between Chicago and Omaha, the term 

"re-established" is inappropriate. The EPA's current understanding ofthe NEPA analysis objective is 

that the FRA will evaluate alternative routes for establishing high-speed passenger rail service between 

the termini. 

The Proposed Action seeks to "create a competitive rail transportation alternative to the available 

automobile, bus, and air service and would meet needs for more efficient travel". The EPA recommends 

that a clarifying statement be made to ensure that the intended rail service is for passenger 

transportation, (exclusive of transporting freight and other commerce) to allow for comparability among 

the different transportation modes. 

The EPA observes that existing track and current railroad operations represent a baseline condition. New 

track, track that connects between existing routes, and new track geometries for safety and facilitation of 
higher speed trains should receive focused analysis above the existing condition. Likewise, the EIS 

should examine the environmental impacts ofthe stations and support facilities (e.g., storage and 

maintenance operations) associated with each of the route alternatives. 

The Tier 1 process would be expected to eliminate some of the alternatives from further consideration 

based upon specific criteria. Such criteria might include: higher operating expenditures due to terrain, 

higher maintenance due to snow/ice frequency and duration, reconstruction costs, safety issues, ridership 

projections, planned coordination with related transportation services for passengers, and other 

operational factors (e.g., refueling and crew changes). The Tier I EIS should evaluate how the proposed 

high-speed service from Chicago to Omaha will interface with existing service through Omaha to San 

Francisco. Tier 1 considerations should include: 1) selection of the alternative corridors most likely to 

achieve the lowest environmentally damaging practical alternative under Clean Water Act Section 

(CWA) 404; 2) growth-related development impacts, 3) potential for community and wildlife impacts, 

such as noise/vibration and safety and 4) cumulative impacts to resources of concern. 

Future "Tier 2" or project-level analyses will address site-specific environmental impacts of the high 

speed train system. Integrating the requirements ofNEPA and CWA Section 404 in Tier 1 should serve 

to expedite the environmental review and permitting process in Tier 2. 

Mr. Norm West will be the contact in Chicago at (312) 353-5692 or west.nom1an@epa.gov, and I can be 

reached at (913) 551-7148 or cothem.joe@epa.gov. As a cooperating agency, we look forward to 

working with you on this project. 

cc. Brian Goss, HDR 

Sincerely, 

aeph tfo<-;•'l E. Cothern 

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NEPA Team Leader 

Environmental Services Division 
U.S. Department 

Of Transportation 

 Central Region 

Federal Aviation Iowa, Kansas 901 Locust

Administration Missouri, Nebraska Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2325

February 21, 2012 

Ms. Janet Vine 

Iowa Department of Transportation 

NEPA Document Manager 

800 Lincoln Way 

Ames, IA 50010 

Re: Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail Planning Study 

Dear Ms. Vine: 

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reviews other federal agency environmental documents from 

the perspective of the FAA’s area of responsibility; that is, whether the proposal will have negative 

effects on aviation. We generally do not provide comments from an environmental standpoint. 

Therefore, we have reviewed the material furnished with your e-mail dated 2/15/12 and have no 

comments regarding environmental matters. 

Airspace Considerations

The project may require formal notice and review for airspace review under Federal Aviation Regulation 

(FAR) Part 77, Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace. To determine if you need to file with FAA, go to 

http://oeaaa.faa.gov and click on the “Notice Criteria Tool” found at the left-hand side of the page. 

Multiple locations will need to be checked because of the length of the route. You should check portions 

of the route within 5 miles of a public-use or military airport. Airport locations can be found using the 

“Circle Search for Airports” tab on the left side of the previously mentioned webpage. Other web-based 

programs may also be useful to locate airports. 

If you determine that filing with FAA is required, I recommend a 120-day notification to accommodate 

the review process and issue our determination letter. Proposals may be filed at http://oeaaa.faa.gov. 

More information on this process may be found at: 

http://www.faa.gov/airports/central/engineering/part77/

If you have questions, please contact me at glenn.helm@faa.gov or 816-329-2617. 

Sincerely, 

Glenn Helm, P.E. 

Environmental Specialist 

NOTE: This letter was e-mailed to email@chicagotoomaha.com with cc to 

amanda.martin@dot.iowa.gov and janet.vine@dot.iowa.gov. No hard copy will follow.
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Goss, Brian 

From: Ward, Julie uulie.Lward@nebraska.gov] 

Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:25PM 

To: Goss, Brian 

Subject: NEPA REVIEW: Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail 

Good afternoon, Brian. Below are our comments on this project. 

RE: NEPA Review- Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail 

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) has reviewed the above-mentioned project. As with any 

facility, permits may be required prior to beginning construction or operation. At a minimum, you should be aware of 

the possible requirements for the following permits: 

• A Construction Storm Water Permit will be required if there is greater than one acre of disturbance of land, 

which is likely with this project. Highly chlorinated water for main disinfection will require de-chlorination prior 

to discharge. Please contact Blayne Renner at the number provided below if you have additional questions 

regarding the NDEQ Construction Storm Water Permit. 

• Wastes generated from construction and/or demolition during this project must be properly disposed at a 

permitted landfill or recycled. If you have questions related to the Waste Program, please contact Jeff Edwards 

at the number provided below. 

• Check with USACE for Section 404 needs. 

• Depending on the final route and location in Douglas County as well as installation of stationary equipment 

NDEQ Title 129 (outside of city limits) and/or Omaha Air Quality Control regulations (inside of city limits) would 

apply to the following: 

1. Land clearing and construction-disposal of waste materials by open burning must be permitted by NDEQ and/or 

City of Omaha. 

2. Asbestos assessment and abatement is needed prior to any structure demolition. Prior notification to NDEQ and 

City of Omaha required. 

3. Fugitive dust control during all land clearing and construction activities is required by NDEQ and City of Omaha. 

Any contamination of city 

roadways will require prevention and/or clean-up per the City of Omaha specifications. 

4. Construction and/or Operating permits for stationary engines, boilers, emergency generation equipment and 

other equipment may 

be required by the City of Omaha Air Quality Control and/or NDEQ. 

Construction Storm Water Program- Blayne Renner, 402-471-8330 

Waste Compliance- Jeff Edwards, 402-471-8309 

Air Quality Program- Yvonne Austin, 402-471-3305 

Until further along in the planning process, it is unknown whether there may be additional regulatory requirements. We 

strongly urge the project sponsors to make contact with the Department; contact numbers are provided above. It has 

been our experience that early and open communication helps facilitate the permitting process. 

If you have questions about the permitting process, or any other questions, feel free to contact me at (402) 471-

6974. For more information, please visit our website at www.deq.state.ne.us. Good luck with your project! 

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Julie L. Ward 

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Coordinator 

NE Department of Environmental Quality 

1200 "N" Street, The Atrium, Suite 400 

P.O. Box 98922, Lincoln, NE 68sog-8g22 

Phone: 402.471.6974! E-mail: julie.l.ward@nebraska.gov 

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From: Zheng, Shuhai [mailto:shuhai.zheng@nebraska.gov] 

Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:10 PM 

To: Martin, Amanda [DOT] 

Cc: Dunnigan, Brian 

Subject: Tier 1 EIS for the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System 

Dear Amanda, 

Our agency Director Brian Dunnigan received an e-mail from Tammy Nicholson (Director if 

Iowa’s Office of Rail Transportation) on May 31, 2021, seeking our comments on issues which 

should be addressed in your Tier EIS for the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System. 

Mr. Dunnigan forwarded the e-mail message to me and asked me to respond. Brian and I really 

appreciate the opportunity. 

Our agency’s statutory responsibilities includes surface water right administration, groundwater 

well registration and floodplain management programs. Based on my initial review of the 5 

proposed routes of the Rail System, I don’t believe they will have significant impact on 

Nebraska’s surface and ground water resources. Should the segment of any proposed routes 

requiring new infrastructures in a floodplain/floodway in Nebraska, its impact on floodplain shall 

be assessed and addressed. When your project moves into its Tier 2 Phase (design and 

construction), a floodplain development permit is required from City of Omaha and/or Douglas 

County before any construction can begin in a floodplain within their jurisdiction. 

Please keep us informed about your project progress and the availability of the Tier 1 EIS. If you 

need additional information from our agency, please feel free to contact me. 

Sincerely, 

Shuhai 

__________________________________________ 

Shuhai Zheng, Ph.D., P.E., CFM 

Head, Floodplain/Dam Safety/Survey Division

Department of Natural Resources 

P.O. Box 94676 

Lincoln, NE 68509 

Phone: 402-471-3936

Fax: 402-471-2900

Web: www.dnr.ne.gov
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David Valenstcin, Division Chief 

Environment and Systems Planning 

Federal railroad Administration 

1200 New Jersey A venue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

In reply refer to: 

R&C#: 120500095 

RE: FRA - ST A TEWJDE- CHICAGO TO OMAHA REGIONAL PASSENGER 

RAIL SYSTEM - PROPOSED TlER 1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 

STATEMENT (EIS) PROJECT - INVlTA TION TO BECOME A 

COOPERATING AGENCY 

Dear Mr. Valenstein, 

Thank you for notifying our office about the above referenced proposed project. Tha11k 

you for inviting our agency to become a Cooperating Agency as part of the 

enviromnental review process. We accept your invitation. 

We understand that the intent of the Federal Railroad Administration is to initiate and 

conduct a tiered environmental assessment process. Tt appears that the Tier 1 EJS project 

will be exploring and cons.idcring a number of alternatives for passenger rai l routes 

between Chicago, 1llinois and Omaha, Nebraska. We understand that the purpose of the 

Tier I does not involve consultation regarding specific constTuction activities or about the 

potential historic properties that may be affected by specific construction activities. We 

understand that those consultations will occur as part of the Tier 2 NEPA documents and 

perhaps in separate Section l 06 consultation documents. 

Based on the information provided regarding the undertaking, it is unclear at this time 

whether any historic properties would be affected by use of any of these possible routes. 

However, our office is aware that the rail segment from Davenport to Iowa City (which 

would be part of Route 4) was one of the earliest railroad lines constructed in the stale of 

Iowa. It appears that the location of this rail line has not changed very much since its 

original construction in 1855. We are also aware that two significant historic events 

occurred on U1is rail line segment. On March 1 0, 1859, John Brown and his contingent of 

men and freedom seekers boarded a boxcar on an eastbound train at West Liberty and left 

the state of Iowa for the last time at Davenport on their way to Chicago and eventually 

Canada. This was John Brown's last trip through Iowa prior to the raid at Harpers Perry. 

Also, this line was used by the Mormons during their exodus from the state of lllinois to 

transport many people to Iowa City. Upon reaching Iowa City (which was then the end 

of the rail line during that time period), the Mormon families began on the Mormon 

Handcart Expedition which headed westward eventually leading to their new home in 

Utah. 
Please reference the Review and Compliance Number provided above in all future 

submitted correspondence to our office for this project. We look forward to further 

consulting with your agency and the Iowa Department ofTranspotiation on thjs project. 

Should you have any questions please contact me at the number below. 

Sincerely, 

T~1ip Douglas W. Jones, Archaeologist and Review and Compliance Program Manager 

and Interim Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer 

State Historic Preservation Office 

State Historical Society of lowa 

(5 t 5) 281-4358 

doug.jones@iowa.gov 

cc: Ralph Christian, Historian, State Historical Society oriowa 

Daniel Higginbottom, Archaeologist, State Historical Society of Iowa 

Andrea Martin, Federal Railroad Administration 

Amanda Martin, lDOT, Ames 

Jerome Thompson, Interim Iowa State Historic Preservation Officer 
From: Phan, Dee (FTA) 

Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:53 PM 

To: Martin, Andrea (FRA) 

Subject: Re: Tier 1 EIS for Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System 

Andrea, 

Thank you for your letter dated May 17, 2012, whereby you invited FTA to become a Cooperating 

Agency on the proposed subject project. We decline to be a Cooperating Agency because we have no 

jurisdiction or authority pertaining to the project at this time. 

Thank you, 

Dee Phan 

Environmental Protection Specialist 

FTA Region VII 

901 Locust St., Suite 404 

Kansas City, MO 64106

Phone: 816-329-3934

Fax: 816-329-3921

Email: Dee.Phan@dot.gov
July 3, 2012 

Tammy Nicholson, Director 

Office of Rail Transportation 

Iowa Department of Transportation 

800 Lincoln Way 

Ames, IA 50010 

RE: Tier 1 EIS for the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System 

Dear Ms. Nicholson: 

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) staff members have reviewed the information 

for the proposal identified above. This review was requested pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is the state 

agency responsible for managing the fish, wildlife, and parkland resources in Nebraska. Our 

comments are for your consideration and are offered to reduce impacts to natural resources in the 

portion of the project area that is in Nebraska. 

As we understand, the majority of the project lies outside the boundaries of the state of Nebraska. 

Only a very small portion of the project will involve a crossing of the Missouri River, and rail to 

an endpoint station/terminal in or near downtown Omaha. 

As mentioned above, the project would involve a crossing of the Missouri River. In general, 

NGPC has concerns for impacts to wetlands, streams and riparian habitats. We encourage that 

impacts to wetlands, streams, and associated riparian corridors be avoided and minimized, and 

that any unavoidable impacts to these habitats be mitigated. If any fill materials will be placed 

into any wetlands or streams as a result of the proposed project, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers should be contacted to determine if a 404 permit is needed. 

Several state-listed threatened and endangered species are known to occur in the Missouri River, 

including the state-listed endangered pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhyncus albus), the state-listed 

threatened lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), and the state-listed endangered sturgeon chub 

(Macrhybopsis gelida). 

The pallid sturgeon feeds on small fish and invertebrates and is known to use sites with sharp 

slopes associated with downstream edges of submerged riverine sandbars. Most occurrence 

records are near confluences, islands, and at the downstream margins of sandbars. The primary 

migration and spawning periods for pallid sturgeon in the Missouri River bordering Nebraska are 

from March 1 to June 30. 
 

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The lake sturgeon is believed to occupy similar habitats as the pallid sturgeon (see above), but 

spends a greater proportion of its time in the Missouri than the Platte River. Lake sturgeon feed 

on invertebrates and small fish and can be found at the downstream margins of island and river 

confluences. This fish spawns between February 1 and July 31, depending on river conditions. 

The sturgeon chub is associated with fast flowing, turbid water and gravel substrate. This 

species has been collected in side chutes and backwaters, as it is thought that these kinds of areas 

provide spawning habitat for the fish. Sturgeon chub feed on invertebrates. This fish spawns 

between February 1 and July 31, depending on river conditions. 

If the rail line would cross the Missouri River on an existing bridge structure, then adverse 

impacts to the above-mentioned fish species are not likely to occur. However, if the rail line 

would cross the Missouri River on a new alignment or would cross on an existing structure that 

would be upgraded, and involve bridge construction activities taking place in the water, then 

there is potential for impacts to these fish species. If construction work would need to take place 

in the water, we would recommend that construction activities be avoided in the Missouri River 

during the primary migration and spawning periods for the listed fish species mentioned above. 

Avoiding work in the river during these timeframes will help prevent material, including 

riverbed and riverbank sediment stirred up during construction activities, from covering eggs and 

altering spawning habitat. Also, construction/repair activities in the river can alter fish 

movements by creating sound barriers and/or altering flow patterns, which can adversely affect 

migration patterns. 

Migratory Bird Treaty Act 

Under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703-712: Ch. 128 as amended) 

construction activities in grassland, wetland, stream, woodland, and river bank habitats that 

would otherwise result in the taking of migratory birds, eggs, young, and/or active nests should 

be avoided. Although the provisions of MBTA are applicable year-round, most migratory bird 

nesting activity in Nebraska occurs during the period of April 1 to July 15. However, some 

migratory birds are known to nest outside of the aforementioned primary nesting season period. 

For example, raptors can be expected to nest in woodland habitats during February 1 through 

July 15, whereas sedge wrens, which occur in some wetland habitats, normally nest from July 15 

to September 10. 

If development of the project is planned to occur during the primary nesting season or at any 

other time which may result in the “take” of nesting migratory birds, we would request that the 

project proponent arrange to have a qualified biologist conduct a field survey of the affected 

habitats to determine the absence or presence of nesting migratory birds. If a field survey 

identifies the existence of one or more active bird nests that cannot be avoided by the planned 

construction activities, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should be contacted immediately. For 

more information about the MBTA and avoiding impacts to migratory birds, or to report active 

bird nests that cannot be avoided by planned construction activities, please contact the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Nebraska Field Office in Grand Island, NE. Adherence to these guidelines 

will help avoid the unnecessary take of migratory birds. 
 

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Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act 

The federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Act) provides for the protection of the 

bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Bald eagles utilize 

mature, forested riparian areas near rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands and occur along all the 

major river systems in Nebraska, including the Missouri River. The bald eagle southward 

migration begins as early as October and the wintering period extends from December-March. 

The golden eagle is found in arid open country with grassland for foraging in western Nebraska 

and usually near buttes or canyons which serve as nesting sites. Golden eagles are often a 

permanent resident in the Pine Ridge area of Nebraska. Additionally, many bald and golden 

eagles nest in Nebraska from mid-February through mid-July. Disturbances within 0.5-mile of 

an active nest or within line-of-sight of the nest could cause adult eagles to discontinue nest 

building or to abandon eggs. Both bald and golden eagles frequent river systems in Nebraska 

during the winter where open water and forested corridors provide feeding, perching, and 

roosting habitats, respectively. The frequency and duration of eagle use of these habitats in the 

winter depends upon ice and weather conditions. Human disturbances and loss of wintering 

habitat can cause undue stress leading to cessation of feeding and failure to meet winter 

thermoregulatory requirements. These affects can reduce the carrying capacity of preferred 

wintering habitat and reproductive success for the species. 

To comply with the Eagle Act, it is recommended that the project proponent determine whether 

the proposed project would impact bald or golden eagles. If it is determined that either species 

could be affected by the proposed project, we recommend that the project proponent notify this 

office as well as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Grand Island for recommendations 

to avoid adverse impacts to bald and golden eagles. 

Thank you for the opportunity to review this proposal. We look forward to receiving a copy of 

the draft EIS when it becomes available. If you have any questions regarding these comments, 

please feel free to contact me at (402) 471-5423 or carey.grell@nebraska.gov. 

Sincerely, 

Carey Grell 

Environmental Analyst 

Environmental Services Division 

 
U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security 

United States 

Coast Guard 

Mr. David Valenstein, Division Chief 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Environment and Systems Planning 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Commander 

Eighth Coast Guard District 

1222 Spruce Street 

St. LOUIS, MO 63103-2832 

Staff Symbol: dwb 

Phone: (314)269-2379 

Fax: (314)269-2737 

Email: rodney.Lwurg!er@uscg,mil 

www.uscg.mil/d8/westerrlversbridges 

16591.1/0maha 

June 25, 2012 

Subj: CHICAGO TO OMAHA REGIONAL PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEM, TIER I 

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) 

Dear Mr. Valenstein: 

This is in reply to your letter of May 17, 2012, concerning the proposed Chicago to Omaha 

Regional Passenger Rail System. 

The General Bridge Act of 1946 requires that the location and plans for bridges over navigable 

waters of the United States be approved by the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard prior to 

commencing construction. The rivers within the subject project may be considered navigable 

waterways of the United States for bridge administration purposes. 

Applications for bridge permits should be addressed to Commander ( dwb ), Eighth Coast Guard 

District, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103-2832, Attn: Bridge Branch. The 

application must be supported by sufficient infonnation to pennit a thorough assessment of the 

impact of the bridge and its immediate approaches on the environment. We recmmnend that the 

impacts of procedures for constructing cofferdams, sand islands, and falsework bents, etc., that 

will be employed to build the bridge and demolish the old bridge be discussed. The 

Enviromnental Assessment (EA) should also contain data on the number, size and types of 

vessels currently using the waterway. This infonnation should be compared with past and 

projected future trends on the use of the waterway. 

We agree to serve as a Cooperating Agency for the project from a navigation standpoint. We 

should be given the opportunity to review the EA and be consulted before a decision is made to 

prepare a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in lieu of an EIS. Our review and 

recommendations on the vertical and. horizontal clearance requirements for river traffic will be 

coordinated with the Iowa Department of Transportation Bridge and Structure Division office. 
Subj: CHICAGO TO OMAHA REGIONAL PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEM, 

TIER 1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) 

16591.1/0maha 

June 25,2012 

We appreciate the opportunity to comment on the project in this early stage. You can contact 

Mr. Rodney Wurgler at the above telephone number if you have questions regarding our 

comments or requirements. 

Sincerely, . , 

ttl01~a:,,~.. ·+ r~~J;..J ~ERIC A. W ASHB~l~ Bridge Administrator, Western Rivers 

By direction of the District Commander 

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From: andrea.martin@dot.gov

To: anne.haaker@illinois.gov; jerome.thompson@iowa.gov; jill.dolberg@nebraska.gov

Cc: Amanda.Martin@dot.iowa.gov; brad.koldehoff@illinois.gov; Goss, Brian

Subject: RE: Chicago, IL to Omaha, NE, Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study

Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 7:52:28 AM

Good morning; two weeks ago I sent an email to you about the Chicago, IL to Omaha, NE, Regional

Passenger Rail System Planning Study APE.

I wanted to clarify information in the correspondence; the proposed APE would extend 250 feet on

either side of the rail centerline similar to other Midwest passenger rail corridors, for an estimated

total of 500 feet. Additionally, Route Alternative 4-A is being evaluated as the Build Alternative and

includes a portion of the California Zephyr route from Chicago Union Station to Wyanet, IL along

the former Burlington line (currently the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)). The

California Zephyr route continues from Wyanet to Omaha along BNSF rail whereas the Build

Alternative includes the former Rock Island line (now Iowa Interstate Railroad) between Wyanet

and Omaha, NE.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you again for your

assistance, and I look forward to working with you as our project moves forward.

Andrea

From: Martin, Andrea (FRA) 

Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:29 AM

To: anne.haaker@illinois.gov; 'jerome.thompson@iowa.gov'; 'jill.dolberg@nebraska.gov'

Cc: Martin, Amanda [DOT] (Amanda.Martin@dot.iowa.gov); brad.koldehoff@illinois.gov; Martin, Andrea

(FRA)

Subject: RE: Chicago, IL to Omaha, NE, Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study

RE: Chicago, IL to Omaha, NE, Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study

Dear SHPO:

On March 15, 2012, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a Notice of Intent (NOI)

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-15/pdf/2012-6304.pdf to prepare a Tier 1

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate potential passenger rail improvements for the

Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System in compliance with the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA). The NOI identified FRA as lead federal agency for purposes of Section 106 of the

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 USC 470(f)), and determined, pursuant to 36 CFR

Section 800.3(a), that the proposed project qualified as an undertaking subject to Section 106

review. FRA will coordinate public involvement for purposes of Section 106 with the NEPA public

scoping process for the preparation of the Tier 1 Service Level EIS.

As part of the effort to identify historic properties for purposes of Section 106, FRA proposes an

Area of Potential Effects (APE) that would include 500 feet from the rail centerline of Route

Alternative 4-A (see attachment). Route Alternative 4-A is the current California Zephyr route
between Chicago, IL and Omaha, NE and occurs entirely on the former Burlington line, now

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). Route Alternative 4-A extends along the BNSF

between Chicago Union Station and Wyanet, Illinois and then along the former Rock Island line,

now Iowa Interstate Railroad, between Wyanet and Omaha. This alternative will be carried

forward for detailed evaluation under the Tier 1 EIS after the alternatives screening:

http://www.iowadot.gov/chicagotoomaha/pdfs/DraftAlternativeAnalysisReport.pdf.

The APE will constitute the area within which detailed review of existing information on historic

properties will proceed, including examination of records maintained by your office and others. .

The Tier 1 analysis would be performed without any field work for environmental resources;

specific effect determinations would not be conducted during Tier 1. Iowa Department of

Transportation will be contacting the SHPO offices for more information

After the Tier 1 Record of Decision is signed by FRA, future design is planned to be performed to

identify a preferred footprint, and any necessary field studies for cultural resources would be

conducted during Tier 2 Project Level NEPA evaluations. Effect determinations on historic

properties would be proposed to State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs) and Tribal Historic

Preservation Offices (THPOs), as appropriate. If any adverse effects are identified during the Tier 2

Project Level NEPA process, they would be addressed through consultation and in compliance with

36 CFR 800.5 and 800.6. Please respond to this determination of the APE with your concurrence. If

we do not receive your response within 30 days of receipt, FRA will assume your concurrence in

accordance with 36 CFR Section 800.3(c)(4). 

Thank you for your consideration of this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please

contact me at 202-493-6201, or by email Andrea.Martin@dot.gov.

Sincerely,

Andréa Martin

Environmental Protection Specialist

Federal Railroad Administration

Attachment: Map of Route Alternative 4-A

cc: Amanda Martin, Project Manager, Iowa DOT

Brad Koldehoff, Illinois DOT
United States Department of the Interior 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance 

Denver Federal Center, Building 67, Room 118 

Post Office Box 25007 (D-108) 

Denver, Colorado 80225-0007 IN REPLY REFER TO

December 17, 2012 

9043.1 

ER 12/816 

Joseph C. Szabo, Administrator 

Federal Railroad Administration 

1200 New Jersey Avenue S.E, Mail Stop 20 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

Dear Mr. Szabo: 

The Department of the Interior has reviewed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for Chicago to 

Council Bluffs - Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study Tier 1 Service Level, from 

Chicago, Illinois through Iowa and Omaha, NE, and offers the following comments provided by the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

General Comments 

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service, has primary 

responsibility for the management of the nation’s fish and wildlife resources. The Fish and 

Wildlife Act of 1956, as amended, requires the Secretary to determine the policies and 

procedures necessary to implement fish and wildlife laws efficiently and in the national public 

interest. 16 U.S.C. § 742f(a). The Secretary has additional responsibilities to protect and 

manage the nation’s fish and wildlife resources under other statutory authorities, namely: the 

Bald and Golden Eagle Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 668-669(d); the Endangered Species Act, as amended, 

16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1543; and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 703-711. 

To ensure the adequate and equitable protection, mitigation of damage to, and enhancement of 

fish and wildlife resources, Federal Railroad Administration/U.S.DOT, Iowa DOT should 

consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and State natural resource agencies to 

identify necessary studies. FWS has participated in scoping meetings for this Project and is 

aware that required studies will be addressed during the Tier 2 phase of this project. Most 

mitigation measures represent commitments for further coordination with this agency during Tier 

2 studies as more detailed information on the design of the Project is developed. 

Fish and Wildlife Trust Resources 

There are significant public resources that must be protected or enhanced in some areas affected 

by the proposed project. In this regard, FWS concerns with the proposed Regional Passenger 
Mr. Joseph C. Szabo 2 

Rail System from Chicago to Omaha and associated supporting development include potential 

adverse impacts to federal trust fish and wildlife resources and their supporting riparian, wetland, 

and terrestrial habitats. Particularly important are potential effects of project operation on the 

terrestrial environment, wetlands habitat, and migration pathways. In addition, lands managed as 

part of the National Wildlife Refuge System are located near the project and may be affected by 

project impacts to rivers (Mississippi River and Missouri River) and surrounding landscapes. 

Threatened & Endangered Species 

Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 requires that actions authorized, funded, or 

carried out by Federal agencies not jeopardize federally threatened or endangered species or 

adversely modify designated critical habitat. Listed species for counties in Illinois and Iowa 

(Region 3), and Nebraska (Region 6), may be viewed at 

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered for Region 3 and http://www.fws.gov/mountainprairie/endspp/ for Region 6. At a minimum, project evaluations should contain delineations of 

whether or not habitat for these species occurs within project boundaries, or will be affected by 

project construction and subsequent operation. In cases where these species are known to occur 

or potential habitat is rated moderate to high, surveys may be necessary. Please contact this 

office for further information should these species or their habitats be identified in the project 

area, or be affected by project activities. 

As of August 9, 2007, the bald eagle is no longer included on the list of threatened and 

endangered species, but it remains protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act 

and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The bald eagle is a potential resident in parts of the project 

area and nests have been historically documented in the project area. Project evaluations should 

include potential impacts to the bald eagle and its habitat. For more information concerning the 

bald eagle protection, or if impacts to this species are expected, the USFWS should be contacted. 

Migratory Birds 

We recommend that the project be evaluated for potential impacts to wildlife, particularly 

migratory birds, from increased noise and vibration resulting from increases in train frequency 

and speed for the alternatives considered. 

If you have questions regarding these comments, please contact Heidi Woeber, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 1511 47th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265, (309) 757-5800, ext. 209. 

 Sincerely, 

 

 Robert F. Stewart 

 Regional Environmental Officer 

cc: Andrea Martin, FRA 

 Tammy Nicholson, IA DOT 

 Miriam Gutierrez, IL DOT




547 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60661 (312) 322~6900 TTY# 1-312-322-6774 

The way to really fly 

January 30, 2013 

Ms. Amanda Martin 

Iowa Department of Transportation 

800 Lincoln Way 

Ames, Iowa 500 J 0 

Dear Ms. Martin: 

Metra offers the following comments regarding the Chicago to Council Bluffs - Omaha Tier I 

Service Level Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

The document states that Alternative 4, which utilizes Metra Rock [sland District (RID) track 

between Chicago and Joliet, is "neither reasonable or feasible" because it lacks a connection to 

Chicago Union Station (CUS). However, the Chicago - 51. Louis High Speed Rail Final E15, 

released in late October, identified the RID as the preferred route between Joliet and Chicago. A 

connection would be added between the RID and Norfolk Southern/SouthWest Service track at 40th 

Street, allowing trains to enter CUS. Chicago - Omaha service utilizing the RID could also usc this 

connection, and utilize additional track and signals along the corridor added to accommodate the St. 

Louis service. 

Metra understands that capacity modeling will take place during the Tier 2 study. Thorough analysis 

is critical in order to fully identify the track and signal improvements and additional right~of~way 

needed to support the new service in addition to existing and proposed freight, commuter, and 

intercity passenger trains on the route, especially in the congested Chicago - Aurora segment. Here, 

capacity is particularly constrained during peak commuter traffic periods in the morning and 

afternoon. Metra wants to ensure that capacity is preserved for future expansion of Metra service in 

this successful and growing commuter corridor. Metra strongly recommends that the project team 

work closely with the BNSF and other railroad owners in the study area, so that the next phase of 

analysis accurately reflects current and future demands on the rail network. 

As noted in the Tier 1 EIS document, Preliminary Engineering and an Environmental Assessment of 

a proposed extension of commuter service on the BNSF to Oswego are currently underway. The 

potential addition of Metra traffic on this segment of the line needs to be considered during Tier 2 

when detennining infrastructure improvements and right-of-way costs for the Chicago - Omaha service. 

Currently, the south side ofCUS is at capacity during much of the day, with a limited ability to 

accommodate additional trains. Recommendations to address this issue were developed as part of the 

CUS Master Plan study, and also include the relocation of Metra's SouthWest Service from CUS to 

LaSalle Street Station, as proposed in the CREATE Program. These recommendations, their timeline 

for implementation, and previous proposals for new train service that would utilize the south 

platfonns of CUS, should be considered during the Tier 2 analysis. 
Ms. Amanda Martin 

Iowa Department of Transportation 

January 30, 2013 

Metra requests that additional efforts should be made to include all stakeholders in the process early 

and often during subsequent portions of this study. If you have any questions, or would like to 

arrange a meeting or conference call, don't hesitate to contact me directly or Lynnette Ciavarella at 

(312) 322-8022 or Iciavarc@metrarr.com to facilitate this conversation. 

Sincerely. 

~ ffi rd:--------------- Executive rector/CEO 

cc: D. Orseno. S. Smith, L. Ciavarella 

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Chicago to Omaha

Agency Comments on the Draft EIS

#5599 Web Comment from D Cavin (City of Durant, IA)    12/12/2012

Website Comment

Summary: As a small city, our biggiest concerns are the speed the trains will travel through our city,

and the maintenance of the crossings, as well as the # of trains. Our city is split by the Rock Isalnd Line

tracks. Existing trains travel 45 mph through town or faster. There have been numerous times in the last

6 months where all our crossings were blocked by a train. THis severely impedes our emergency vehicles

from getting from side of the city to the other or even out into the rural areas they cover. We also do

not want the responsibility of maintaining the crossings or upgrading the existing. We had hoped the

passenger rail would actually by pass the City of Durant since we would not any depot for passengers to

load or unload. What are the plans for small towns affected by passenger rail? We certainly do not want

an increase in the number of trains passing through. Personally, I feel it is unfair that larger metropilis

cities are favored and will benefit the most. THe smaller cities, once again, will just be run over, and we

are struggling to survive now with DNR compliance for waste water and storm water requirements.

THen the cutting of commercial property taxes.....when do little cities get a chance to be heard? We

have to rtavel miles and miles to even get to a public hearing. Some may view this as exciting news,

however, small city governments, view it as another hammer coming down on them with little choice to

oppose.

Deana Cavin  

City of Durant

#5771 Comment Letter from R Stewart (DOI)    12/17/2012

Comment

Summary: Dear Mr. Szabo: The Department of the Interior has reviewed the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for

Chicago to Council Bluffs ‐ Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study Tier 1 Service Level,

from Chicago, Illinois through Iowa and Omaha, NE, and offers the following comments provided by the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. General Comments The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Fish

and Wildlife Service, has primary responsibility for the management of the nation’s fish and wildlife

resources. The Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, as amended, requires the Secretary to determine the

policies and procedures necessary to implement fish and wildlife laws efficiently and in the national

public interest. 16 U.S.C. § 742f(a). The Secretary has additional responsibilities to protect and manage

the nation’s fish and wildlife resources under other statutory authorities, namely: the Bald and Golden

Eagle Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 668‐669(d); the Endangered Species Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531‐1543;

and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 703‐711. To ensure the adequate and equitable

protection, mitigation of damage to, and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources, Federal Railroad
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Administration/U.S.DOT, Iowa DOT should consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and

State natural resource agencies to identify necessary studies. FWS has participated in scoping meetings

for this Project and is aware that required studies will be addressed during the Tier 2 phase of this

project. Most mitigation measures represent commitments for further coordination with this agency

during Tier 2 studies as more detailed information on the design of the Project is developed. Fish and

Wildlife Trust Resources There are significant public resources that must be protected or enhanced in

some areas affected by the proposed project. In this regard, FWS concerns with the proposed Regional

Passenger Mr. Joseph C. Szabo 2 Rail System from Chicago to Omaha and associated supporting

development include potential adverse impacts to federal trust fish and wildlife resources and their

supporting riparian, wetland, and terrestrial habitats. Particularly important are potential effects of

project operation on the terrestrial environment, wetlands habitat, and migration pathways. In addition,

lands managed as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System are located near the project and may be

affected by project impacts to rivers (Mississippi River and Missouri River) and surrounding landscapes.

Threatened & Endangered Species Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 requires that actions

authorized, funded, or carried out by Federal agencies not jeopardize federally threatened or

endangered species or adversely modify designated critical habitat. Listed species for counties in Illinois

and Iowa (Region 3), and Nebraska (Region 6), may be viewed at

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered for Region 3 and http://www.fws.gov/mountainprairie/

endspp/ for Region 6. At a minimum, project evaluations should contain delineations of whether or not

habitat for these species occurs within project boundaries, or will be affected by project construction

and subsequent operation. In cases where these species are known to occur or potential habitat is rated

moderate to high, surveys may be necessary. Please contact this office for further information should

these species or their habitats be identified in the project area, or be affected by project activities. As of

August 9, 2007, the bald eagle is no longer included on the list of threatened and endangered species,

but it remains protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty

Act. The bald eagle is a potential resident in parts of the project area and nests have been historically

documented in the project area. Project evaluations should include potential impacts to the bald eagle

and its habitat. For more information concerning the bald eagle protection, or if impacts to this species

are expected, the USFWS should be contacted. Migratory Birds We recommend that the project be

evaluated for potential impacts to wildlife, particularly migratory birds, from increased noise and

vibration resulting from increases in train frequency and speed for the alternatives considered. If you

have questions regarding these comments, please contact Heidi Woeber, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

1511 47th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265, (309) 757‐5800, ext. 209.

Robert Stewart  

US Department of Interior

#6046 Comment Letter from USEPA    12/21/2012

Comment

Summary: In accordance with our responsibilities under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act and the

National Environmental Policy Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regions 5 and 7, have

reviewed the Federal Railroad Administration's Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Planning

Study for the Regional Passenger Rail System. This DEIS was assigned a Council on Environmental Quality
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identification number of20120354. Our review has concluded that adequate analysis of environmental

issues relevant to the selection of the preferred alternative was performed. Therefore, EPA has assigned

a rating of Lack of Objections to the DEIS. A copy of EPA's rating system is enclosed for your information.

To assist the FRA in enhancing the Final EIS, and to focus Tier II analysis, EPA provides the following

comments: 1. Coarse and Fine level screening occurred within corridors that were 500 foot wide and

100 foot wide (plus a buffer of 25‐50 feet), respectively (ES. 3 .2.1, ES. 3 .2.2.2). However the table of

impact (ES‐1) does not clearly indicate at what scale the potential impacts are accounted. EPA

recommends that the FEIS more clearly describe the study envelopes of: existing Right of Way, Right of

Way (plus any additional included study area) for the fine screening, and the 500 foot study area in the

coarse screening. 2. ES. 4.22 (Energy Use and Climate Change) predicts considerable decreases in

automobile and bus passenger‐miles per year and resultant decreases in greenhouse gasses. This

section also predicts an automobile fuel decrease of approximately 12 million gallons. Does these

predictions account for the increased diesel fuel usage for the rail system? 3. Section 2.2.2.2 (Station

Stops). Vitally important to air quality analysis in Tier II studies, will be the amount of time spent by the

train at these stations, the emission factors of the locomotives while idling, the land‐use/human

population at that location, and the baseline air quality condition (attainment/non‐

attainment/maintenance) at those stops. EPA invites FRA to use of spatial data tools such as NEPAssist

(http: //nepassisttool.epa.gov/nepassist/entry.aspx) to help convey the potential impact of rail system

pollutant sources upon receptors near these stops. 4. Section 3.1 0.2 provides some general information

on three Superfund sites. For additional information on these sites, and most recent points‐of‐contact

please refer to the following fact sheets: http:/ /www.epa.gov/region07 /cleanup/npl files/iad98068793

3 .pdf, http://www .epa.gov/region07 /cleanup/npl files/iaOOO 1610963 .pdf and, http://www

.epa.gov/region07 /cleanup/npl files/iaOOO 161 0963 .pdf. 5. The Draft EIS states that there will be a

connection built for the BNSF and Amtrak lines and ancillary facilities built around Wyanet, Illinois.

Currently, there are no existing facilities, nor a connection between BNSF and Amtrak lines. Further

examination and information related to environmental and public health impacts should be included in

the Tier II documents. This analysis should include noise, air emission (especially diesel), storm water

run‐off, implications to local traffic and any impacts to sensitive populations. Thank you for the

opportunity to review and provide comments on the DEIS. If you have questions or require additional

clarification, please contact Shanna Horvatin at 312‐886‐7887, or myself at 913‐551‐7148.

Joe Cothern  

US Environmental Protection Agency

#5769 Email Comment from K Andersen (Metra)    12/21/2012

Comment

Summary: Metra is still preparing comments to the Draft EIS, and unfortunately our response will

not be ready by the end of the comment period on 12/26/12. We will submit our comments in January.

Kristen Andersen  

Metra Commuter Rail
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#5845 Comment Letter from IA SHPO    12/5/2012

Comment

Summary: We have received and reviewed the above referenced document. We understand that

the intent of the Federal Railroad Administration is to initiate and conduct a tiered environmental

assessment process. We understand that the purpose of the Tier 1 does not involve consultation

regarding specific construction activities or about the potential historic properties that may be affected

by specific construction activities. We understand that those consultations will occur as part of the Tier 2

NEPA documents and perhaps in separate Section 106 consultation documents. We do not have any

comments on this draft document. We look forward to further consulting with your agency and the Iowa

Department of Transportation on this project. Please reference the Review and Compliance Number

provided above in all future submitted correspondence to our office for this project. Should you have

any questions please contact me at the number below.

Douglas Jones  

State Historical Society of Iowa

  

#5495 Letter from F. Martin Fee    11/21/2012

Comment

Summary: To Whom It May Concern: Thank you for your correspondence dated November 10,

2012 concerning the subject project The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska shares the same concerns

as the Winnebago and Yankton Sioux Tribes. Like the Yankton Sioux it is highly probable that the

proposed routes and construction will fall within our ancestral lands, therefore, we are requesting to be

included in any traditional cultural property (TCP) study and project coordination.

F. Martin Fee  

Iowa Tribe of KS and NE

#5408 Email Comment from R Wurgler (US Coast Guard)    11/26/2012

Comment

Summary: Ms. Amanda Martin, My office is trying to determine if any new bridge will be built for

this proposed project or are you planning to rehabilitate any bridges for this project?

Rodney Wurgler  

US Coast Guard
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#5410 Support Letter from City of Mount Vernon    11/26/2012

Comment

Summary: The City of Mount Vernon would like to take this opportunity to send a letter of support

for the continuation and advancement of the development of a high speed, regional intercity passenger

rail system serving Iowa and the Midwest. At Mount Vernon City Council meeting earlier this week, the

draft environmental impact statement was discussed. The Council went on record in unanimous support

of this endeavor and wish to convey this to you and the Office of Rail Transportation. The potential of

this initiative in the longer term with respect to both positive economic and environmental impact

should not be underestimated. If you have any furthe1 questions or are in need of clarification of our

position and interest, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Scott Peterson  

City of Mount Vernon

#5429 Web Comment from J Howe    11/28/2012

Website Comment

Summary: I (and family) in SW Iowa utilize the Chicago‐CA Amtrak system at every opportunity

available. A Chicago‐Omaha route through central Iowa would be a big boost to Iowa. It is a sensible

response to challenges of environmental degradation, urban development/redevelopment/growth

management, and energy conservation. Iowans want transportation diversity and choice. Intermediate

distance travel is best served by fast and reliable train service, in contrast with air and auto modes. I

serve as governor‐appointed At‐Large member of Iowa's 5‐member City Development Board. We deal

with annexation/territorial expansion of cities. Many of the causes of poor urban development (sprawl

upon the countryside and infrastructure inefficiencies) are directly relate to over‐dependence on

automobile transportation. Substantial expansion of passenger rail cannot help but relieve these

underlying causes. By far, it is the least disruptive of good urban design efforts and quality of life

outcomes.

Jay Howe  

City Development Board (State of Iowa)

#5648 Email Comment from J Howe (City Development Board)    12/14/2012

Comment

Summary: I am not available to appear personally at the Council Bluffs, IA hearing. I fully support

the passenger rail program for the Chicago‐Omaha/CB route as proposed. It would be a significant step

towards as well as a model for: 1. relief from growing auto and airplane congestion, 2. relief from urban

sprawl development when highway capacities and extensions occur, and 3. relief from huge amounts of

energy consumed (and pollution emitted) in transporting people in much less efficient ways than

otherwise possible, i.e., train travel.
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Jay Howe  

City Development Board (State of Iowa)

#5441 Web Comment from S Maurice   11/29/2012

Website Comment

Summary: Our family lives just 20 minutes from Iowa City, IA. This is a very acceptable distance for

us to drive and park to go to Omaha to the zoo with our kids or to go to the Chicago area to visit family.

Either choice of build or no‐build is better than driving. 79 mph is certainly faster than I would ever want

to drive on an interstate to get to the same place as by train. I would welcome passenger train service

this convenient to where I live. Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this comment forum.

Respectfully, Steven Maurice

Steven Maurice  

City of Mount Vernon, IA

#5476 Email Comment from B Taylor‐McLaren    11/30/2012

Comment

Summary: As a long‐time resident of Atlantic, IA, I would like to offer this letter in support of

Passenger Rail trains coming through our town. I am still a relatively young adult at 39 years old, and it

pains me sorely to see the small towns in our area losing revenue and population to the nearby cities of

Omaha and Des Moines. I feel strongly that having Atlantic as a potential connection in the proposed

passenger rail line will build and buffer the economy locally and provide the potential for greater

security and higher quality of life for future generations residing in our area.

Billie Taylor‐McLaren  

Cass County

#5505 Web Comment from G Fruin    12/4/2012

Website Comment

Summary: The City of Iowa City would like to thank the Department of Transportation staff and

their consultant team. Throughout the entire EIS study they have done an excellent job of keeping

interested parties informed. From email updates to in‐person meetings and online open houses, there

has been a consistent flow of information that has been greatly appreciated. The City of Iowa City

continues to be a strong advocate for an expanded regional passenger rail network throughout the

State. As our surrounding states develop a robust regional rail network, Iowa must also proceed or risk

placing itself in a competitive economic disadvantage for decades to come. We encourage the State to

proceed with phase one of the regional line, which will connect Iowa City to Chicago. As demand for

passenger rail grows and as funding opportunities become available, the service should be expanded to

other population centers throughout Iowa. Passenger rail statistics reveal a rapidly increasing public
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demand for service. Amtrak ridership throughout the country has experienced record ridership in nine

of the last ten years. Ridership on midwestern rail routes utilizing Chicago as a hub have similiarly

experienced tremendous growth in recent years. Iowa City believes the timing is right to begin to

develop this important piece of the State's future transportation network. We stand ready to work with

the Department of Transportation and again express our appreciation for their efforts to date.

Geoff Fruin  

City of Iowa City, Iowa

  

#5535 Web Comment from J Cory (City of West Des Moines)    12/6/2012

Website Comment

Summary: Under Appendix B ‐ Chapter 3 Figures ‐ Part 3 Figure 117, The map shows several pink

dots representing Historic Sites and I'm just curious if there is more explanation of these? Phone is 515‐

222‐3492 or email is fine. Thanks!! Joe

Joe Cory  

City of West Des Moines

#5721 Web Comment from S Prior (IA Dept of Health)   12/19/2012

Website Comment

Summary: I have eagerly awaited progress with this project for years and plan on using this

regularly once it is up and running. I think the route from the quad cities to omaha through des moines

is a logical course to take. i understand that other routes will be available connecting more communities

to the railroad. it makes a lot of sense and i would happily pay more taxes to support this project.

Sieglinde Prior  

IA Dept. of Public Health

#5772 Web Comment from J Bohac    12/26/2012

Website Comment

Summary: Passenger Rail from Omaha to Chicago is a great way to meet the travel demands of our

future. I am excited to have Des Moines considered as one of the main stops. I think its important to

limit the number of stops to more major cities along the route to keep the travel time in line with travel

by car so the attractiveness of this new mode of transportation is kept high. I oversee the Traffic and

Transportation Division for the City of Des Moines and would welcome involvement in determination of

development of the rail station in the city. We can also work together on parking related needs

associated with the new station if it ends up in downtown.
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Jennifer Bohac  

City of Des Moines

  

#5777 Email Comment from M Hayes (USACE)   12/19/2012

Comment

Summary: Andrea: In giving this a quick read, I'm very surprised that this project appears to be

already down to one 'build' alternative (Alternative 4/4‐A) after the Tier I analysis . Could that be true, or

am I misunderstanding something? Also, I noted on Figure ES‐3 that evidently there is a city called

Galesburg in central Iowa along Alternative Route 4/4‐A about where Des Moines used to be. I'm

familiar with Galesburg, Illinois, but in over 25 years of working in the 404 Regulatory arena in Iowa, I

never realized there was a Galesburg in that state! Considering mitigation for unavoidable impacts to

wetlands and waters, they need to realize there are very few wetland mitigation banks in Iowa. There

are no stream mitigation banks in the state and there are no "in‐lieu‐fee" programs in effect.

Mike Hayes  

USACE

#5780 Email Comment from Senator Hogg    12/18/2012

Comment

Summary: Dear Ms. Nicholson: I am writing to express my support for the Chicago to Omaha rail

improvements assessed in the Tier I Service Level Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS). I

believe the build alternative through Iowa City, Grinnell, and Des Moines is the best alternative and is a

win‐win‐win‐win project for Iowa: 1. Economic Benefits – The Draft EIS identifies “economic benefits

provided through job creation, joint development, improved accessibility, and increased economic

activity.” 2. Reduced Highway Congestion – The build alternative will reduce automobile traffic by

“approximately 434.9 million passenger‐miles per year.” Without the project, “nearly 75 percent of I‐80

in Iowa would be bordering on unstable traffic flow.” 3. Reduced Oil Use – The build alternative will

reduce gasoline consumption by 12 million gallons each year, reducing security risks associated with our

dependence on oil. 4. Reduced Carbon Pollution – The build alternative will reduce carbon pollution that

forces more climate change by more than 15,000 tons per year. To the extent that the Draft EIS has

identified some minor adverse impacts, I know the Iowa DOT and its federal partners can minimize

those impacts. In any event, the large benefits for jobs, our economy, mobility, reduced congestion,

reduced oil use, and reduced carbon pollution are worth the costs associated with the build alternative.

Thank you in advance for your consideration of my comments.

Rob Hogg  

Iowa Senate
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#6012 Comment Letter from Johnson County MPO    1/17/2013

Comment

Summary: In 2009, the Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County (MPOJC) supported

a proposed passenger rail service from Chicago to Iowa City; a service that would provide an

environmentally friendly, convenient, and inexpensive travel option for the residents of metropolitan

Iowa City and the neighboring communities, as well as the many college students in the Iowa City‐Cedar

Rapids corridor. After years of working with the Iowa Department of Transportation (lOOT), the Federal

Rail Administration (FRA), and the Illinois Department of Transportation, MPOJC continues to support

the proposed passenger rail service from Chicago to Iowa City and we also enthusiastically support

passenger rail service to Des Moines and Council Bluffs/Omaha. Our board met on December 12, and

reaffirmed its support, and requested that I send you this letter, asking you to accept the associated

federal funding. I'm sure that you are aware of the many benefits of passenger rail service and we also

understand that some Iowans question the investment in passenger rail service. The representatives of

the MPOJC see passenger rail service as an opportunity to provide Iowa with a necessary and convenient

travel option for business and pleasure travelers, seniors, students, and others in nearby communities.

We understand that for every $1 invested in passenger rail service in Iowa, we can expect an estimated

$1.70 in return. This kind of Investment would allow for needed economic growth opportunities as

experienced in many other parts of the country and would benefit not only those communities with a

station stop but Iowa as a whole, similar to the interstate system and airports. New commercial and

residential developments are likely to spring up near passenger rail depots, helping to reinvigorate an

area or community. It is estimated that 600 new and permanent jobs will be created as part of the

Chicago to Iowa City passenger rail route alone with business activity increasing by $25 million per year,

which increase various tax bases. Improving the regional rail infrastructure will benefit freight rail

service as well, which is important to Iowa's economy, including agriculture. Investment in passenger rail

service is a bold move for Iowa but it also prepares us for the growing challenge of moving people

efficiently and conveniently in the future. This is an opportunity that may not be available to Iowa for

quite some time if we don't proceed now and will put Iowa at a disadvantage when it comes to keeping

Iowans in Iowa and providing the economic growth opportunities that will separate Iowa from other

states without rail service. MPOJC and the Iowa City metropolitan area have committed to providing and

maintaining a passenger rail station, have committed to using local funds to support the ongoing

operating subsidy (in conjunction with other communities on the proposed passenger rail route and the

lOOT), and have continued to plan for and promote this extremely important project for Iowa's future.

Again, the MPOJC strongly supports the passenger rail project from Chicago to Iowa City, and we

encourage you to accept the federal rail funding to complete the proposed project. We also strongly

support your consideration of future passenger rail service from Iowa City to Des Moines and Council

Bluffs/Omaha as well as other passenger rail routes proposed in Iowa. All routes are an important part

of Iowa's future.

Gerald Kuhl  

Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County
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#6090 Comment Letter from Metra    1/30/2013

Comment

Summary: Dear Ms. Martin: Metra offers the following comments regarding the Chicago to Council

Bluffs ‐ Omaha Tier I Service Level Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The document states

that Alternative 4, which utilizes Metra Rock Island District (RID) track between Chicago and Joliet, is

"neither reasonable or feasible" because it lacks a connection to Chicago Union Station (CUS). However,

the Chicago ‐ 51. Louis High Speed Rail Final E15, released in late October, identified the RID as the

preferred route between Joliet and Chicago. A connection would be added between the RID and Norfolk

Southern/SouthWest Service track at 40th Street, allowing trains to enter CUS. Chicago ‐ Omaha service

utilizing the RID could also use this connection, and utilize additional track and signals along the corridor

added to accommodate the St. Louis service. Metra understands that capacity modeling will take place

during the Tier 2 study. Thorough analysis is critical in order to fully identify the track and signal

improvements and additional right~of~way needed to support the new service in addition to existing

and proposed freight, commuter, and intercity passenger trains on the route, especially in the congested

Chicago ‐ Aurora segment. Here, capacity is particularly constrained during peak commuter traffic

periods in the morning and afternoon. Metra wants to ensure that capacity is preserved for future

expansion of Metra service in this successful and growing commuter corridor. Metra strongly

recommends that the project team work closely with the BNSF and other railroad owners in the study

area, so that the next phase of analysis accurately reflects current and future demands on the rail

network. As noted in the Tier 1 EIS document, Preliminary Engineering and an Environmental

Assessment of a proposed extension of commuter service on the BNSF to Oswego are currently

underway. The potential addition of Metra traffic on this segment of the line needs to be considered

during Tier 2 when determining infrastructure improvements and right‐of‐way costs for the Chicago ‐ 

Omaha service. Currently, the south side of CUS is at capacity during much of the day, with a limited

ability to accommodate additional trains. Recommendations to address this issue were developed as

part of the CUS Master Plan study, and also include the relocation of Metra's SouthWest Service from

CUS to LaSalle Street Station, as proposed in the CREATE Program. These recommendations, their

timeline for implementation, and previous proposals for new train service that would utilize the south

platforms of CUS, should be considered during the Tier 2 analysis. Metra requsts that additional efforts

should be made to include all stakeholders in the process early and often during subsequent portions of

this study. If you have any questions, or would like to arrange a meeting or conference call, don't

hesitate to contact me directly or Lynnette Ciavarella at (312) 322‐8022 or Iciavarc@metrarr.com to

facilitate th is conversation.

Alexander Clifford  

Metra