NR 27.01(6)
(6) “Propagation for preservation purposes", as used in s.
29.604, Stats., means the care, nurturing and breeding of endangered or threatened taxa of wild plants or wild animals for the enhancement of existing naturally occurring populations of endangered or threatened plants or animals, or for the development of new populations in areas where they are likely to be protected and have sufficient habitat that they can increase in abundance and contribute to the survival of the species' gene pool over time.
NR 27.01(7)
(7) “Scientific purposes", as used in s.
29.604, Stats., means the use of endangered or threatened plants or animals for scientific research or inventories leading to increased scientific knowledge contributing to the well-being of those wild plant or wild animal species and their habitats.
NR 27.01(8)
(8) “Take" means shooting, shooting at, pursuing, hunting, catching or killing any wild animal; or the cutting, rooting up, severing, injuring, destroying, removing, or carrying away any wild plant.
NR 27.01(9)
(9) “Wild plant", as used in s.
29.604, Stats., and in this chapter, means any plant or plant part of any undomesticated taxa of the plant kingdom which is native to a natural ecosystem in Wisconsin, including individuals of these species when located outside of their natural environment.
NR 27.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1979, No. 285, eff. 10-1-79; renum. (3) and (4) to be (4) and (8), cr. (3), (5) to (7) and (9),
Register, April, 1993, No. 448, eff. 5-1-93; corrections in (3), (5), (6), (7) and (9) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, September, 1999, No. 525.
NR 27.02
NR 27.02 Scope and applicability. This chapter contains rules necessary to implement s.
29.604, Stats., and operate in conjunction with that statute to govern the taking, transportation, possession, processing or sale of any wild animal or wild plant specified by the department's lists of endangered and threatened wild animals and wild plants.
NR 27.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1979, No. 285, eff. 10-1-79; correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, September, 1999, No. 525.
NR 27.03(1)
(1) U.S. foreign and native endangered and threatened species list as published in 50 eCFR 17.11 and 17.12.
NR 27.03 Note
Note: The latest publication of threatened and endangered U.S. foreign and native species as published in the government printing office's endangered and threatened wildlife and plants 50 eCFR 17.11 and 17.12 is updated daily and can found on the U.S. fish and wildlife services' endangered species web page (
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/).
NR 27.03(2)(g)7.
7. Higgins Eye Pearly Mussel —
Lampsilis higginsi (also U.S. Endangered).
NR 27.03(2)(i)1g.1g. Agalinis skinneriana — Pale False Foxglove (Scrophulariaceae: Figwort Family).
NR 27.03(2)(i)1r.
1r. Anemone caroliniana — Carolina Anemone (Ranunculaceae: Crowfoot Family).
NR 27.03(2)(i)2.
2. Anemone multifida var.
multifida — Early Anemone (Ranunculaceae: Crowfoot Family).
NR 27.03(2)(i)3.
3. Arenaria macrophylla — Large-leaved Sandwort (Caryophyllaceae: Pink Family).
NR 27.03(2)(i)4.
4. Armoracia lacustris — Lake Cress (Brassicaceae: Mustard Family).
NR 27.03(2)(i)4m.
4m. Asclepias purpurascens — Purple Milkweed (Asclepiadaceae: Milkweed Family).
NR 27.03(2)(i)5m.
5m. Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum — Green Spleenwort (Aspleniaceae: Spleenwort Family).
NR 27.03(2)(i)6.
6. Astragalus alpinus — Alpine Milk Vetch (Fabaceae: Bean Family).
