Six federally listed species may range near Lansing Loamy Plain

October 15, 2026

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Six federally listed species have ranges overlapping the Lansing Loamy Plain: the Indiana bat and Northern Long-Eared Bat (both endangered), Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake and (both threatened), Monarch butterfly (proposed threatened), and an experimental population of Whooping crane.¹ IPaC identifies these species as potentially present in the area, not as observed or harmed.¹

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