Wisconsin is hoppin’! We have two jumping mice in Wisconsin – the Meadow Jumping Mouse and the Woodland Jumping Mouse. The Woodland Jumping Mouse is currently listed as a special concern species in Wisconsin and DNR Conservation biologists are targeting surveys to find them. The Meadow Jumping Mouse, which is not listed as a special concern species, is often found in open grasslands, wet meadows, wet bogs, and stream corridors. Using their back legs for power and their tail for balance, jumping

A look back at the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse. A Front Range species pushed into decline by habitat loss and fragmentation. Over the years, Rocky Mountain Wild has worked to uphold Endangered Species Act protections, including overturning a 2008 decision to split protections by state lines and filing a 2017 petition to keep science at the center. | Rocky Mountain Wild

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