Safe Harbor Agreement

Data Definitions

Title	Indiana Karner blue butterfly SHA
USFWS Region(s)	3
USFWS Field Office(s)	Bloomington Ecological Services Field Office
Permits	TE94221
Status	I
NEPA Process	categorical exclusion
Involved Agency	USFWS
Date Information
Date Noticed in Federal Register	09/20/2005
Date Permit Issued	07/19/2006
Date Application Withdrawn	---
Date Permit Expired	12/31/2021
Date Permit Denied	---
Date Permit Suspended	---
Date Permit Revoked	---
Area Description Information
Location	Lake and Porter Counties
Listed Species	Butterfly, Karner blue - (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) Entire E
Non-Listed Species	No non-listed species
Habitat	In Indiana, the Karner blue butterfly was originally distributed across the northern tier of counties on outwash and lake deposited sands. Extant populations in Indiana are limited to dune and lakeplain communities associated with Lake Michigan. Although these populations were originally continuously distributed along the Lakeshore, they now occur as two distinct clusters, separated by downtown Gary, Indiana, and its associated industrial and residential development The eastern population cluster of Kbb occur mostly within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, in the oak barrens communities found on the "high dunes" that characterize this portion of the Lakeshore.
States	Indiana
Size (Total Area Covered, by State)	2847 acres (Indiana) The project area encompasses approximately 2,847 acres of which approximately 650 acres comprise potentially suitable Kbb habitat.
Enrolled Size (Total Area Enrolled, by State)	Data not available The project area encompasses approximately 2,847 acres of which approximately 650 acres comprise potentially suitable Kbb habitat.
Other Information
Applicant Type	non-governmental organization
Land Use	other
Duration	15 years, 5 months
Plan/Agreement Documents	No info
Federal Register Documents	No info

Report generated on: June 18, 2013

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