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Castilleja Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society December 2012, Volume 31(4) Posted at Castilleja Linariifolia
Castilleja Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society December 2012, Volume 31(4) Posted at www.wynps.org Castilleja linariifolia In this issue: Desert Yellowhead . 1 Botanists Bookshelf - Intermountain Flora 2A . 3 Growing Native Plants – Short Shrubs . 4 Pocket Guide to Native Plants of Teton County . 6 GLORIA in Wyoming: Beartooth Mtns. and Yellowstone National Park. 6 Halfway Down, Halfway to Go . 8 Desert Yellowhead - One Decade Later By Bonnie Heidel Every plant has a story and some have tomes, if only we could read them start-to-finish! The Desert yellowhead (Yermo xanthocephalus) is the only federally listed plant that is endemic to Wyoming. It was discovered and described by Robert Dorn (Dorn 1991, 2006). Desert yellowhead was listed as Threatened ten years ago (Fish & Wildlife Above: Desert yellowhead (Yermo xanthocephalus) by Jane Service 2002) and critical habitat was designated Dorn. From Dorn (1991). Reprinted with permission from at the one known site not long afterward (Fish & Madroño (California Botanical Society). Wildlife Service 2004). More recently, mining developments in the vicinity have lead to a 20- completed it two years later (Fish & Wildlife year mineral withdrawal and road closures by Service 2010). Subsequently, the Service began the land-managing agency, Bureau of Land to compile information since the time of listing, Management (BLM 2008). called a 5-year review. It was completed and In 2004, a nine-year monitoring saga to posted this fall (Fish & Wildlife Service 2012). annually census the entire population of Desert These reviews revived questions about yellowhead was completed by Richard and species’ habitat requirements and survey Beverly Scott (2009). -
Analysis of Prehistoric Land Use Patterns in the Tongue River Valley, North of Decker, Montana
University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 1997 Analysis of prehistoric land use patterns in the Tongue River Valley, north of Decker, Montana Glenn A. Walter The University of Montana Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Walter, Glenn A., "Analysis of prehistoric land use patterns in the Tongue River Valley, north of Decker, Montana" (1997). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 1540. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1540 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Maureen and Mike MANSFIELD LIBRARY The University of IVIONTANA Permission is granted by the author to reproduce this material in its entirety, provided that this material is used for scholarly purposes and is properly cited in published ^vorks and reports. ** Please check "Yes" or "No" and provide signature Yes, I grant permission No, I do not grant permission Author's Signature Date ie Çpl. im Any copying for commercial purposes or financial gain may be undertaken only with the author's explicit consent. AN ANALYSIS OF PREHISTORIC LAND USE PATTERNS IN THE TONGUE RIVER VALLEY. NORTH OF DECKER, MONTANA by Glenn A. Walter B.A. The University of Montana, 1992 presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts The University of Montana 1996 Appôved b y Chairperson Dean, Graduate School Date UMI Number: EP36188 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL U SERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. -
Yellowstone Center for Resources
YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES SPATIAL A naly sis es rc u o s RESOUR e CE R N L A T A U R R U A T L L U R e C s o u r r c c e s I nfo rmation R ES EA RCH Support ANNUAL2001 REPORT YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES 2001 ANNUAL REPORT Hand-painted Limoges bowl, Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, ca. 1910. Part of the Davis Collection acquired in 2001. Yellowstone Center for Resources National Park Service Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming YCR–AR–2001 2002 In memory of Donay Hanson 1960–2001 Suggested Citation: Yellowstone Center for Resources. 2002. Yellowstone Center for Resources Annual Report, 2001. National Park Service, Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, YCR–AR–2001. Photographs not otherwise marked are courtesy of the National Park Service. Front cover: clockwise from top right, Beatrice Miles of the Nez Perce Tribe; Yellowstone cutthroat trout; Golden Gate Bridge by W. Ingersoll, circa 1880s, from the Susan and Jack Davis Collection; low northern sedge (Carex concinna) by Jennifer Whipple; and center, Canada lynx. Back cover: mountain chickadee. ii Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................ iv Part I. Resource Highlights ............................................................................... 1 Part II. Cultural Resource Programs ............................................................... 7 Archeology ...................................................................................................... 8 Ethnography ................................................................................................. -
Chapter 3 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 3 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT 3.0 INTRODUCTION This Chapter describes the affected environment, including the cultural, historical, social and economic conditions that could be affected by implementation of the alternatives described in Chapter 2. Aspects of the affected environments described in this chapter focus on the relevant major issues presented in Chapter 2. Certain critical environmental components require analysis under BLM policy. These items are presented below in Table 3.0-1. Table 3.0-1 Critical Elements Requiring Mandatory Evaluation No Potentially Mandatory Item Not Present Impact Impacted Threatened and Endangered Species X Floodplains X Wilderness Values X ACECs X Water Resources X Air Quality X Cultural or Historical Values X Prime or Unique Farmlands X Wild & Scenic Rivers X Wetland/Riparian X Native American Religious Concerns X Hazardous Wastes or Solids X Invasive, Nonnative Species X Environmental Justice X 3.1 AIR QUALITY The climate of the project area is classified as mid-latitude semi-arid steppe (Trewartha & Horn, 1980). Steppe climate is characterized by large seasonal variations in temperature (cold winters and warm summers) and by precipitation levels that are low, but still sufficient for grasses. For more information on climate, see the Air Quality Technical Report for the Badger Hills POD environmental assessment. Fidelity E&P 3-1 August 25, 2005 Deer Creek North and Pond Creek POD Environmental Assessment- MT-020-2005-0155 Table 3.1-1: Summary of Existing Air Quality and Climate in the CX Field Region -
ICBEMP Analysis of Vascular Plants
APPENDIX 1 Range Maps for Species of Concern APPENDIX 2 List of Species Conservation Reports APPENDIX 3 Rare Species Habitat Group Analysis APPENDIX 4 Rare Plant Communities APPENDIX 5 Plants of Cultural Importance APPENDIX 6 Research, Development, and Applications Database APPENDIX 7 Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the Interior Columbia River Basin 122 APPENDIX 1 Range Maps for Species of Conservation Concern These range maps were compiled from data from State Heritage Programs in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada. This information represents what was known at the end of the 1994 field season. These maps may not represent the most recent information on distribution and range for these taxa but it does illustrate geographic distribution across the assessment area. For many of these species, this is the first time information has been compiled on this scale. For the continued viability of many of these taxa, it is imperative that we begin to manage for them across their range and across administrative boundaries. Of the 173 taxa analyzed, there are maps for 153 taxa. For those taxa that were not tracked by heritage programs, we were not able to generate range maps. (Antmnnrin aromatica) ( ,a-’(,. .e-~pi~] i----j \ T--- d-,/‘-- L-J?.,: . ey SAP?E%. %!?:,KnC,$ESS -,,-a-c--- --y-- I -&zII~ County Boundaries w1. ~~~~ State Boundaries <ii&-----\ \m;qw,er Columbia River Basin .---__ ,$ 4 i- +--pa ‘,,, ;[- ;-J-k, Assessment Area 1 /./ .*#a , --% C-p ,, , Suecies Locations ‘V 7 ‘\ I, !. / :L __---_- r--j -.---.- Columbia River Basin s-5: ts I, ,e: I’ 7 j ;\ ‘-3 “. -
A Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society
A Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society www.uwyo.edu/wyndd/wnps_home.htm March 2001 Volume 20, No. 1 In this issue: WNPS News . 2 Letters . 2 Botany Briefs . 3 Macoun’s bindweed found in Wyoming, Life cycle of Puccinia similis, Update on Blowout penstemon, Are some weeds native? True Grit: The Dirt on Cryptogamic Crusts . 4 Plant Names, Part II . 5 In Quotes . 5 Conserving the Botanical Values of the Beartooth Plateau . 6 Out Where the West Begins . 8 Entire-leaved Pepperweed (Lepidium integrifolium) is a white- flowered, fleshy-rooted perennial in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) restricted to southwestern Wyoming and northern and central Utah. In Wyoming, this species is currently known only from alkaline wetlands in Fossil Butte National Monument, where it is often found with Greasewood on slightly raised clay mounds. Other historical populations near Carter and Cokeville, Wyoming have not been relocated in recent years, nor, have any populations been found recently in Utah, where this species may be extirpated. Despite its rarity, Entire-leaved pepperweed has no formal, legal protection, although it has recently been proposed for “Sensitive” status by the BLM Wyoming State Office. The colonies on Fossil Butte National Monument were only discovered in 1996 by Park naturalist Clay Kyte and are currently thriving under full protection. Illustration by Walter Fertig. WNPS NEWS Wyoming Native Plant Society PO Box 3452, Laramie, WY 82071 Y2K + 1 Student Scholarship: The WNPS Board is President: Amy Roderick Taylor (Broomfield, CO) Vice President: Joy Handley (Laramie) pleased to announce the winner of the 2001 student Secretary-Treasurer: Walter Fertig (Laramie) scholarship: Justen Bryant Whittall of the University of Board Members: Steve Laster (Pinedale) California at Santa Barbara. -
Checklist of Montana Vascular Plants
Checklist of Montana Vascular Plants June 1, 2011 By Scott Mincemoyer Montana Natural Heritage Program Helena, MT This checklist of Montana vascular plants is organized by Division, Class and Family. Species are listed alphabetically within this hierarchy. Synonyms, if any, are listed below each species and are slightly indented from the main species list. The list is generally composed of species which have been documented in the state and are vouchered by a specimen collection deposited at a recognized herbaria. Additionally, some species are included on the list based on their presence in the state being reported in published and unpublished botanical literature or through data submitted to MTNHP. The checklist is made possible by the contributions of numerous botanists, natural resource professionals and plant enthusiasts throughout Montana’s history. Recent work by Peter Lesica on a revised Flora of Montana (Lesica 2011) has been invaluable for compiling this checklist as has Lavin and Seibert’s “Grasses of Montana” (2011). Additionally, published volumes of the Flora of North America (FNA 1993+) have also proved very beneficial during this process. The taxonomy and nomenclature used in this checklist relies heavily on these previously mentioned resources, but does not strictly follow anyone of them. The Checklist of Montana Vascular Plants can be viewed or downloaded from the Montana Natural Heritage Program’s website at: http://mtnhp.org/plants/default.asp This publication will be updated periodically with more frequent revisions anticipated initially due to the need for further review of the taxonomy and nomenclature of particular taxonomic groups (e.g. Arabis s.l ., Crataegus , Physaria ) and the need to clarify the presence or absence in the state of some species. -
2005 MDU Resources Group, Inc. Annual Report
MDU Resources Group, Inc. Building a Strong America / A Legacy of Leadership 2005 Annual Report MDU Resources Group, Inc. MDU Resources Group, Inc., a member of the S&P MidCap 400 index, provides value-added natural resource products and related services that are essential to energy and transportation infrastructure. MDU Resources includes natural gas and oil production, construction materials and mining, domestic and international independent power production, natural gas pipelines and energy services, electric and natural gas utilities, and construction services. Forward-looking statements This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements should be read with the cautionary statements and important factors included in Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors of the company’s 2005 Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical fact, including without limitation those statements that are identified by the words anticipates, estimates, expects, intends, plans, predicts and similar expressions. Building a Strong America / A Legacy of Leadership On the cover Contents Employees are MDU Resources’ legacy Gatefold Behind Cover 16 Independent Power Production of leadership for the future. Representing Seeking more opportunities. 1 Highlights all business lines are, from left, 18 Pipeline and Energy Services Ray O’Donnell, Anna Marie Preston, Report to Stockholders 2 Maximizing vertical integration. Rick Wilmont, Mike Crone, David Barney 6 Corporate Governance and Gary Arneson. 20 Electric and Natural Gas 8 Board of Directors Distribution Supplying reliable energy. 9 Corporate Management 22 Construction Services 10 Community Leadership Meeting complex challenges. -
Classification of Subtribe Conyzinae (Asteraceae:Astereae)
8 LUNDELLIA DECEMBER, 2008 CLASSIFICATION OF SUBTRIBE CONYZINAE (ASTERACEAE:ASTEREAE) Guy L. Nesom 2925 Hartwood Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76109, USA Abstract: Subtribe Conyzinae includes Erigeron, New World Conyza, the North American genus Aphanostephus, and a small group of South American species segregated as the genera Apopyros, Darwiniothamnus, Hysterionica, Leptostelma, and Neja. Erigeron is the only genus with species native to regions outside of the New World. About 500 species are included in the subtribe. All North American, Central American, and South American species of Erigeron are included in the present treatment and assigned to one of the 35 sections recognized here. Ten new sections of Erigeron are recognized: sect. Disparipili, sect. Filifolii, sect. Gyrifolium, sect. Lonchophylli, sect. Meridionales, sect Microcephalum, sect. Quercifolium, sect. Radicati, sect. Rhizo- nexus, and sect. Terranea. Conyza is at least biphyletic; each of the groups is represented in the treatment but not all of the South American species are included. Molecular data have made it clear that traditional, North American species of Erigeron form the basal and terminal clades in the evolutionary topology of the subtribe, thus Conyza, Aphanostephus, and the other segregate genera have arisen from within the branches of Erigeron. Erigeron, as currently treated and tentatively maintained here, is paraphyletic. Broad taxonomic alternatives that include only monophyletic taxa are: (1) to treat the whole subtribe as Erigeron or, (2) to recognize Aphanostephus or Aphanostephus, Conyza, and the other South American segregates and at least an additional 5 to 10 new generic-level segregates from species groups traditionally treated as North American Erigeron. Keywords: Compositae, Conyza, Erigeron. -
Wyoming Plant and Animal Species of Concern November 2003
Wyoming Plant and Animal Species of Concern November 2003 CONTENTS Introduction ................................. 1 Changes from Previous Lists ......... 1 Codes and Definitions ................... 2 Plants Lists ...............................P-1 Species of Concern (P-1); Potential Concern (P-30); Dropped (P-33); Uncertain (P-33) Animal Lists...............................A-1 Birds (A-1); Fish (A-6); Amphibians (A-8); Reptiles (A-9); Mammals (A- 10); Potential Concern (A-13); Dropped (A-20) Douglas Keinath, Zoologist Survey Forms ............. Inside Covers Bonnie Heidel, Botanist Gary Beauvais, Director Wyoming Natural Diversity Database (WYNDD) University of Wyoming Department 3381 // 1000 E. University Avenue Laramie, Wyoming 82071 PHONE: 307 766-3023 FAX: 307 766-3026 EMAIL: [email protected] HOMEPAGE: www.uwyo.edu/WYNDD INTRODUCTION similar ranking procedure was employed in the 2002 Interest in rare species has increased substantially plant list (Fertig and Heidel 2002) with minor revisions in over the past 40 years, and currently there is broad this 2003 application. support for the conservation of rare plants and animals The enclosed animal and plant lists introduce the in North America. Natural resource managers, policy Wyoming Contribution Rank, which provides more makers, and the public require an understanding precise information on how Wyoming populations of a of the identity, distribution, and abundance of rare given taxon contribute to the rangewide persistence of species in order to develop effective conservation that taxon. Details of this ranking system are in strategies. Such information is especially vital to Keinath and Beauvais (2003) and Fertig and Heidel management plans that strive to integrate the (2003). conservation of rare species with development of natural The list format has been changed to provide readers resources. -
Improving Access to Onshore Oil & Gas Resources on Federal Lands
Improving Access to Onshore Oil & Gas Resources on Federal Lands Project Funding: U.S. DOE-NETL Prepared for: Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission Prepared by: ALL Consulting March 2007 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Project Researchers & Cooperating Agencies IMPROVING ACCESS TO ONSHORE OIL & GAS RESOURCES ON FEDERAL LANDS Improving Access to Onshore Oil & Gas Resources on Federal Lands ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project was funded by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program “Focused Research in Federal Lands Access and Produced Water Management in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production”. The project was developed under the Area of Interest 1: Improving Access to Onshore Oil and Gas Resources on Federal Lands, and Topic 3: Data Management. The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) and ALL Consulting (ALL) conducted this study as co-researchers in cooperation with the oil and gas agencies of Alaska (Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission), Montana (Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation), and Wyoming (Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission), as well as the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The effort was overseen by NETL’s, National Petroleum Technology Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The National Petroleum Technology Office project manager for this effort was Mr. John Ford. The research team also extends its appreciation to those companies operating in the Powder River, Big Horn, Williston, North Central Montana, Anadarko, Arkoma, Alaska North Slope, Cook Inlet, Permian and Fort Worth Basins, and the staffs of the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, and the various state agencies who provided the technical input and assistance that enabled DOE to improve the scope and quality of the analysis. -
Plant Species of Concern a Program of the Natural Resource Information System, April 2003 Montana State Library
Plant Species of Concern A program of the Natural Resource Information System, April 2003 Montana State Library Introduction The Montana Natural Heritage Program (MTNHP) serves as the state’s clearinghouse and principle information source on Species of Concern — plants and animals that are at risk or potentially at risk in Montana. This report, which updates and replaces our 2001 publication, identifies 330 vascular plant Species of Concern, and 220 vascular plants of Potential Concern in the state, based on information gathered from field inventories, publications and reports, herbarium specimens, and the knowledge of Montana botanists. Also included are the preliminary status ranks for 111 bryophyte species and 114 lichen species currently considered rare or potentially rare in Montana, based on recent work by experts studying these groups; that listing remains unchanged from the 2001 publication. This update includes one new Species of Concern. Seven have been downgraded to Potential Concern (see page 2); two other species were added as Potential Concern, bringing the total additions to nine. Also, as of this update, state ranks are now consistent with the lists; all Species of Concern have ranks of S1 through S2S3 or SH (historical records only), whereas the Potential Concern list includes those ranked as S3 or lower or of uncertain status. The Montana Natural Heritage Program continuously reviews and updates status ranks as new information and insights are generated by field surveys, research, and observations. Proposed rank or rank changes, and information supporting them, are informally reviewed by botanists and resource specialists throughout the state, who provide their perspectives and any additional information to guide the biological assessment process.