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Comprehensive P l a n z o z z <br /> (DRAFT 03/18/22) <br /> Species of Concern <br /> The Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP) Office lists species that are scarce in <br /> Massachusetts and considered to be endangered, threatened, or of special concern. This list includes <br /> several animals and plant species in Mashpee, which cover 3,992-75 acres of land within the town <br /> (MassGIS, 2021). The Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA) and its regulations protect rare <br /> species and their habitats (MassWildlife's Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program). NHESP <br /> Priority Habitat areas determine whether or not a proposed project or activity must be reviewed by the <br /> NHESP for compliance with the(MESA)and its implementing regulations(MassGIS, 2021). Documented <br /> MESA-listed species observations are summarized in Table 4-2 below. <br /> MESA Status Most <br /> Common Name Taxonomic Group Recent <br /> Observation <br /> American bittern Bird Endangered 2006 <br /> American brook lamprey Fish Threatened 2014 <br /> Barn owl Bird Special Concern 1991 <br /> Buck moth Butterfly/Moth Special Concern 2013 <br /> Coastal heathland cutworm Butterfly/Moth Special Concern 2019 <br /> Common tern Bird Special Concern 2008 <br /> Commons' rosette-grass Vascular Plant Special Concern 1968 <br /> Dune sympistis Butterfly/Moth Special Concern 2019 <br /> Dwarf bulrush Vascular Plant Threatened 1990 <br /> Eastern box turtle Reptile Special Concern 2019 <br /> Eastern meadowlark Bird Special Concern 2019 <br /> Eastern pondmussel Mussel Special Concern 2014 <br /> Eastern whip-poor-will Bird Special Concern 2013 <br /> Grasshopper sparrow Bird Threatened 2017 <br /> Inundated beaksedge Vascular Plant Threatened 1926 <br /> Least tern Bird Special Concern 2017 <br /> Little brown bat Mammal Endangered 2018 <br /> Mattamuskeet rosette-grass Vascular Plant Endangered 2007 <br /> Northern diamond-backed terrapin Reptile Threatened 1971 <br /> Northern harrier Bird Threatened 2003 <br /> Northern long-eared bat Mammal Endangered 2016 <br /> Northern parula Bird Threatened 2011 <br /> Pine barrens bluet Dragonfly/Damselfly Threatened 1996 <br /> Piping plover Bird Threatened 2019 <br /> Pondshore smartweed Vascular Plant Special Concern 2003 <br /> Redroot Vascular Plant Special Concern 2021 <br /> Roseate tern Bird Endangered 2005 <br /> Scarlet bluet Dragonfly/Damselfly Threatened 1999 <br /> Slender bladderwort Vascular Plant Special Concern 1931 <br /> Terete arrowhead Vascular Plant Special Concern 1997 <br /> Tidewater mucket Mussel Special Concern 2015 <br /> Upland sandpiper Bird Endangered 2019 <br /> Vesper sparrow Bird Threatened 2018 <br /> Water-willow borer moth Butterfly/Moth Threatened 2015 <br /> westonandsampson.com 6 Weston <br />