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New Notice Identifies Vertebrate Listing Candidates Protection Recommended for Three Plants October 1985 Vol. X No. 10 Department of interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Technical Bulletin Endangered Species Program, Washington, D.C. 20240 New Notice Identifies Vertebrate Listing Candidates In the September 18, 1985, Federal Register, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a "Review of Vertebrate Wildlife," replacing and updating an ear- lier version that appeared in 1982. The main purpose of the new notice is to identify those native U.S. vertebrate taxa—fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals—that are considered candidates for possible addition to the Federal List of Endangered and Threa- tened Wildlife, and to request comments and information that may assist in deter- mining whether or not to actually pro- pose such addition. The identified animals are placed in one of three categories that reflect their biological status: m Category 1 comprises taxa for which g the FWS currently has substantial a information on hand to support the S biological appropriateness of prop- osing to list as Endangered or Threatened. The golden-cheei<ed warbler fDendroica chrysopariaj is one of the 515 vertebrate (continued on page 12) taxa identified as candidates for future listing. Protection Recommended for Three Plants The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) The plant is a low growing perennial on three sides and posted it as closed to proposed during September to list three with small, oval, greenish-white leaves motor vehicles, ORVs still enter through plants as Endangered. All are restricted that are densely arranged in tight the unfenced side. The Steamboat buck- in range, and are thought to be vulnera- rosettes. It frequently forms large mats. wheat, having adopted to its unusual ble to extinction from habitat loss and The small flowers are white, often with a habitat, is sensitive to variations in mois- other factors. If the listing propoals are pink midrib on each sepal, and are clus- ture, including the kinds of changesthat made final. Endangered Species Act tered at the ends of erect stems. can result from the ORV use and from protection will be extended to the fol- The plant has been collected only the refuse that has been dumped at lowing plants: from around Steamboat Hot Springs, some of the colonies. There also is the but it is thought to have been more potential threat that drilling of geother- widespread in the past. Development mal test wells may alter the habitat's Eriogonum ovalifolium var. activities in the area probably contrib- water regimes. Further causes for con- williamsiae uted to its decline. Due to its restricted cern are development of a park on BLM range, the buckwheat is vulnerable to land that is leasedtotheWashoeCounty Otherwise known as the Steamboat possible extinction from further habitat Parks and Recreation Department, the buckwheat, Eriogonum ovalifolium var. degradation. planned commercial development on williamsiae is known only from the vicin- Roads have been constructed through private land adjacent to one of the buck- ity of Steamboat Hot Springs in Washoe most of the Steamboat buckwheat colo- wheat colonies, and the possibility of County, Nevada. It grows there on a nies, and off-road vehicle (ORV) travel mining in the immediate area. loose, gravelly, sandy-clay soil derived has further disturbed the habitat and In light of these problems, theSteam- from a terrace of hot spring deposits. directly destroyed plants. The BLM gave boat buckwheat was proposed for listing Although the plant is locally common, some protection to a portion of the habi- as an Endangered species (F.R. with a total population of 10,000-15,000 tat by designating the main terrace, with 9/12/85). Since its habitat is so restricted Individuals, it is concentrated in several its active geothermal characteristics, as and accessible, the FWS decided that colonies on less than 100 acres (40.5 ha) an Area of Critical Environmental Con- pinpointing the colonies with a Critical of land. cern. Although the BLM fenced the area (continued on page 5) 1 ENDANGERED SPECIES TECHNICAL BULLETIN Vol. X No. 10 (1985) Coincidentally, the proposed ditch would have dissected one of only two known populations of Point Reyes bird's-beak (Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. palustris) in the San Francisco Bay area, a Category 2 listing candidate. However, the MAD agreed to reroutethe ditch to avoid the population and to pre- clude public access, which under cur- rent conditions was resulting in significant trampling of the plant. The SESO staff, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), participated in a site investigation of the Silver King Creek watershed in Alpine County, California. The purpose of the trip was to develop a grazing plan with Endangered Species Program regional recently conducted an on-site investiga- the grazing permittee that is compatible staffers have reported the following tion of a ditch proposed by the Masin- with recovery plan objectives for the activities for the month of September: Sonoma Mosquito Abatement District Threatened Paiute cutthroat trout (MAD) to improve drainage and elimi- (Salmo clarki seleniris). (See related Region 1—The Sacramento Endan- nate a potential mosquito breeding story in BULLETIN Vol. X No. 7.) A plan gered Species Office (SESO) staff source in a tidal marsh at Mill Valley. was developed that will remove cattle use from one tributuary, defer the sea- son of use in all other Paiute cutthroat trout habitats, reduce grazing intensity, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service James Johnson, Endangered Species Washington, D.C. 20240 Specialist. and fence off all degraded riparian corri- dors. There was a consensus within the F. Eugene Hester, Acting Director Region 3, Federal BIdg., Fort Snelling, Twin group that recovery plan objectives for (202-343-4717) Cities, MN 55111 (612-725-3500): Har- Rolf L. Wallenstrom fish numbers and habitat quality in the vey Nelson, Regional Director; John S. Silver King watershed will be met if the Associate Director and Popowski, Assistant Regional Director, recommended plan is implemented. Endangered Species Program Manager James M. Engel, Endangered Species (202)-343-4646) Specialist. John L. Spinks, Chief, Office of Endangered Species Region 4, Richard B. Russell Federal BIdg., (703-235-2771) 75 Spring St., S.W., Atlanta GA 30303 The status of the Endangered San Thomas J. Parisot, Chief, (404-221-3583): James W. Pulliam, Clemente loggerhead shrike (Lanius f^ederal Wildlife Permit Office Regional Director-, John I. Christian, ludovicianus mearnsi) has remained rel- (703-235-1937) Assistant Regional Director-, Marshall Clark R. Bavin, Chief, P. Jones, Endangered Species Spe- atively stable since 1984. There have Division of Law Enforcement cialist. been 18 breeding attempts by 14 pairs, (202-343-9242) and 18 young fledged. Seven of the 18 Region 5, One Gateway Center, Suite 700, breeding attempts failed, and, in six of TECHNICAL BULLETIN Staff Newton Corner, MA 02158 (617-965- these cases, predation is suspected. At Michael Bender, Editor 5100): Howard Larsen, Regional Direc- least 2 breeding adults and over 20 tor-, Stephen W. Parry, Assistant Re- Denise Henne, Assistant Editor young were lost to predators, which (703-235-2407) gional Director-, Paul Nickerson, En- dangered Species Specialist. include cats and ravens. The shrike population continues to be Regional Offices Region 6, P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal limited by predation and a lack of suita- Region 1, Lloyd 500 BIdg., Suite 1692, 500 Center, Denver, CO 80225 (303-236- ble nesting habitat. Feral goats have N.E. Multnomah St., Portland, OR 7920): Galen Buterbaugh, Regional Di- removed all suitable nesting habitat rector-. John D. Green, Assistant Re- 97232 (503-231-6118): Richard J. from about 50 percent of San Clemente gional Director-, Barry S. Mulder, En- Myshak, Regional Director; William F. Island and continue to degrade the Shake, Assistant Regional Director-, dangered Species Specialist. remaining shrike nesting locations. Wayne S. White, Endangered Species Region 7, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, Specialist AK 99503 (907-786-3542): Robert E. Region 2, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM Gilmore, Regional Director-, Jon Nel- 87103 (505-766-2321): Michael J. son, Assistant Regional Director-, Spear, Regional Director; Conrad A. Dennis Money, Endangered Species The SESO staff completed a survey of Fjetland, Assistant Regional Director; Specialist two plant species, Phacelia ramiosis- sima and Cuscuta californica, at the Los U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regions Angeles International Airport's El Region 1: California, Hawaii, Idaho. Nevada, Oregon. Washington, and Pacific Trust Territories, Region 2: Arizona, New Segundo Dunes area. A report on the Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Region 3: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Region 4: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, distribution of these plants on the dunes Tennessee, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, Region 5: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, is being drafted. P. ramiosissima is the New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, Region larval host plant for Henne's Eucosma 6: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Region 7: Alaska. moth (Eucosma hennei), and C. califor- nica is the larval host plant for Lora The ENDANGERED SPECIES TECHNICAL BULLETIN is published monthly by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Sen/ice, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. Aborn's moth (Lorita abornana), two (continued on page 9) 2 ENDANGERED SPECIES TECHNICAL BULLETIN Vol. X No. 10 (1985) Seven Species Receive Protection During September, three plants and serves Commission. The remaining four exotic fishes. Proposed by the FWS as four fishes were given final protection sites are located on private property. Endangered in May 1984 (see BUL- under the Endangered Species Act. All five populations of Short's golden- LETIN Vol.
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