U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceDefinition This indicator identifies the prevalence of species listed as threatened or endangered within the Midwest Landscape. It prioritizes areas based on the rarity-weighted richness of threatened or endangered species found within a 300m pixel. Pixels can take the following values: 1 - Low rarity-weighted richness, not a natural asset 2 - Low rarity-weighted richness, natural asset 3 - Medium rarity-weighted richness, not a natural asset 4 - Medium rarity-weighted richness, natural asset 5 - High rarity-weighted richness, not a natural asset 6 - High rarity-weighted richness, natural asset Selection This indicator was chosen as a targetable, important feature of the MLI goals that will be used to track conditions over time and prioritize areas for conservation. Indicators were defined through elicitation and prioritization exercises with federal and state participants. Criteria for the indicators includes 1) actionable, 2) measurable, 3) relevant to multiple groups across the region, and/or 4) representative of other social and/or environmental values. Input Data & Mapping Steps This indicator originates from the NatureServe Imperiled Species Range-size Rarity layer. To create this layer, MLI partners, members, and staff completed the following mapping steps: projected all input data to NAD83 (2011) UTM Zone 15N, resampled the raster to 30m pixels, reclassified the raster into three classes, and emphasized natural assets leading to the following categories: 1 - Low rarity-weighted richness, not a natural asset, 2 - Low rarity-weighted richness, natural asset, 3 - Medium rarity-weighted richness, not a natural asset, 4 - Medium rarity-weighted richness, natural asset, 5 - High rarity-weighted richness, not a natural asset, and 6 - High rarity-weighted richness, natural asset. Finally, we removed highly altered areas using our Highly Altered Areas mask. For full mapping details, please refer to the Midwest Conservation Blueprint Development Process . For a complete download of all Blueprint input and output data, visit the Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2026 Data Download.ArcGIS ImageMapLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/83c93d21c56740449c7fa7e0046ec314engU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open DataPublicImperiled Species - T&E (Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2026 Indicator) [United States]Web servicesUnited States2026