CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT Volume Two: Appendices British Columbia Conservation Data Centre CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT • VOLUME 2 • APPENDICES i Citation: Rumsey, C., M. Wood, B. Butterfield, P. Comer, D. Hillary, M. Bryer, C. Carroll, G. Kittel, K.J. Torgerson, C. Jean, R. Mullen, P. Iachetti, and J. Lewis. 2003. Canadian Rocky Mountains Ecoregional Assessment, Volume Two: Appendices. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy and the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Cover page photo credits: Top, left to right: The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Mount Broadwood Conservation Area (Dave Hillary); Water howellia (howellia aquatilis); Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) (Dave Fraser); Northern Leopard Frog (rana pipiens), Columbia Valley Wildlife Management Area (Dave Hillary); Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park (Pierre Iachetti) Bottom, left to right: Mission Valley, Montana (Marilyn Wood); Palouse Prairie, Idaho (KJ Torgerson); Harlequin duck (histrionicus histrionicus) CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT • VOLUME 2 • APPENDICES ii TABLE OF CONTENTS APPENDIX 1.0 SPECIES CONSERVATION TARGETS...................................................... 1 APPENDIX 1.1 CONSERVATION TARGETS CHARACTERISTICS............................... 23 APPENDIX 1.2 HABITATS/ECOSYSTEMS CONSERVATION TARGETS .................... 24 APPENDIX 1.3 GOALS CAPTURED IN THE CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL PORTFOLIO ................................................................... 27 APPENDIX 2.0 ECOLOGICAL LAND UNITS .................................................................... 41 APPENDIX 3.0 TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS DESCRIPTIONS............................................ 47 APPENDIX 4.0 AQUATIC ANALYSES............................................................................... 68 APPENDIX 5.0 AQUATIC SYSTEMS DESCRIPTIONS .................................................... 83 APPENDIX 6.0 WIDE RANGING SPECIES - CARNIVORES ......................................... 101 APPENDIX 7.0 THE SITES ALGORITHM ........................................................................ 111 APPENDIX 8.0 CONSERVATION AREA SUMMARY RESULTS.................................. 114 APPENDIX 8.1 CONSERVATION AREA (CA) TARGETS ............................................. 115 APPENDIX 8.2 CONSERVATION AREA LAND OWNERSHIP ..................................... 198 APPENDIX 8.3 PORTFOLIO ACREAGE BY CONSERVATION AREA ........................ 212 APPENDIX 8.4 PROTECTED STATUS OF CONSERVATION AREAS......................... 214 APPENDIX 9.0 RESULTS OF THREATS ASSESSMENT ............................................... 219 APPENDIX 9.1 DEFINITIONS: SEVERITY AND URGENCY ........................................ 235 APPENDIX 10.0 EXPERT WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS................................................. 236 APPENDIX 11.0 CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGION TEAM................... 241 CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT • VOLUME 2 • APPENDICES iii APPENDIX 1.0 SPECIES CONSERVATION TARGETS CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT • VOLUME 2 • APPENDIX 1.0 1 Appendix 1.0 Species Conservation Targets SCIENTIFIC COMMON GLOBAL STATUS CRM ECOLOGICAL NAME NAME RANK BC AB MT ID WA ESA1 COSEWIC2 DISTRIBUTION∗ SCALE* GOALS MET? AMPHIBIANS Ambystoma Tiger G5 X X Endangered Widespread Local Yes tigrinum Salamander Rocky Ascaphus Mountain G4 X Endangered Widespread Local Yes montanus Tailed Frog Western Special Bufo boreas G4 X X X X Widespread Intermediate Yes Toad Concern Dicamptodon Idaho Giant G3 X Limited Intermediate No aterrimus Salamander Coeur Plethodon Special d’Alene G3 X X Limited Intermediate Yes idahoensis Concern Salamander Northern No Rana pipiens G5 X X X Endangered Widespread Local Yes Leopard Frog recent Spea Great Basin G5 X X Threatened Widespread Local No intermontana Spadefoot BIRDS Short-eared Asio flammeus G5 X Migrant Widespread Intermediate Yes Owl Ferruginous Special Buteo regalis G4 X Migrant Widespread Intermediate No Hawk Concern Cygnus Trumpeter Peripheral G4 X X Migrant Regional No buccinator Swan (breeding) Cypseloides Black Swift G4 X X X X Widespread Local No niger Common G5 X X X X Widespread Regional Yes Gavia immer Loon Haliaeetus Bald Eagle G4 X X X X Threatened Widespread Regional Yes leucocephalus nest site Bald Eagle Haliaeetus wintering G4 X Threatened Widespread Regional Yes leucocephalus area An “X” indicates the target occurs in the province or state ∗ * See Appendix 1.1 1 U.S. Endangered Species Act (http://endangered.fws.gov/esa.html) 2 Committee On the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada (http://www.cosewic.gc.ca/) CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT • VOLUME 2 • APPENDIX 1.0 2 Appendix 1.0 Species Conservation Targets COMMON GLOBAL STATUS CRM ECOLOGICAL SCIENTIFIC NAME NAME RANK BC AB MT ID WA ESA3 COSEWIC4 DISTRIBUTION∗ SCALE* GOALS MET? BIRDS Histrionicus Harlequin G4 X X X Widespread Regional Yes histrionicus Duck White-tailed Lagopus leucurus G5 X X X Limited Coarse Yes Ptarmigan Lewis’ Special Melanerpes lewis G4 X X X Widespread Intermediate Yes Woodpecker Concern Flammulated Special Otus flammeolus G4 X X X Widespread Intermediate Yes Owl Concern AQUATIC White Acipenser Sturgeon – transmontanus Pop G4T1Q Limited Local Yes Kootenay X X 1 River White Acipenser Sturgeon – transmontanus Pop G4T?Q X X Limited Local Yes Columbia 2 River Shorthead Cottus confusus G5 ? X Threatened Widespread Linear Yes Sculpin Lota lota Burbot G5 X X X X Widespread Linear Yes Westslope Oncorhynchus Cutthroat G4T3 X X X Widespread Linear Yes clarki lewisi Trout Oncorhynchus Pink Salmon – G5 X Widespread Linear Yes gorbuscha Upper Fraser Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus – Upper G4 X Widespread Linear Yes kisutch Fraser Oncorhynchus Steelhead G5 X X Widespread Linear Yes mykiss An “X” indicates the target occurs in the province or state ∗ *See Appendix 1.1 3 U.S. Endangered Species Act (http://endangered.fws.gov/esa.html) 4 Committee On the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada (http://www.cosewic.gc.ca/) CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT • VOLUME 2 • APPENDIX 1.0 3 Appendix 1.0 Species Conservation Targets SCIENTIFIC COMMON GLOBAL STATUS CRM ECOLOGICAL NAME NAME RANK BC AB MT ID WA ESA5 COSEWIC6 DISTRIBUTION∗ SCALE* GOALS MET? AQUATIC Inland Oncorhynchus Redband G5T4 X X Widespread Linear Yes mykiss gairdneri Trout Sockeye Oncorhynchus Salmon – G5 X Widespread Linear Yes nerka Upper Fraser Chinook Oncorhynchus Salmon – G5 X Widespread Linear Yes tshawytscha Upper Fraser Rhinichthys Speckled Special G5 X X X X X Limited Local Yes osculus Dace Concern Rhinichthys Special Umatilla Dace G4 X Limited Local Yes umatilla Concern Salvelinus Bull Trout G3 X X X Widespread Linear Yes confluentus Rocky Acroloxus Mountain G1 X X X Endemic Local No coloradensis Capshell Enallagma G2 X Limited Local No optimolocus Meltwater Lednia tumana Lednian G1 X Endemic Local No Stonefly Physella Banff Springs G1 X Endemic Local Yes johnsoni Snail Rhyacophila G1 X Endemic Local No ebria Rhyacophila G1 X Endemic Local No glacieri An “X” indicates the target occurs in the province or state ∗ * See Appendix 1.1 5 U.S. Endangered Species Act (http://endangered.fws.gov/esa.html) 6 Committee On the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada (http://www.cosewic.gc.ca/) CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT • VOLUME 2 • APPENDIX 1.0 4 Appendix 1.0 Species Conservation Targets SCIENTIFIC COMMON GLOBAL STATUS CRM ECOLOGICAL NAME NAME RANK BC AB MT ID WA ESA7 COSEWIC8 DISTRIBUTION∗ SCALE* GOALS MET? AQUATIC Salmasellus G2G3 X X Limited Local No steganothrix Stagnicola Flathead G1 X Endemic Local No elrodi Pondsnail Stagnicola Longmouth G1 X Endemic Local No elrodiana Pondsnail Western Zapada glacier Glacier G2 X Limited Local No Stonefly MAMMALS Corynorhinus Townsend’s G4 X X X Widespread Local Yes townsendii Big-eared Bat Preble’s Sorex preblei G4 X Disjunct Local No Shrew Tamias Selkirk Least G5T1T3 X Endemic Local No minimus selkirki Chipmunk Taxidea taxus Badger G5 X X Endangered Widespread Local Yes Creston Thomomys Northern talpoides G5T1T3 X Endemic Local No Pocket segregatus Gopher WIDE RANGING SPECIES Listed Canis lupus Gray Wolf G4 X X X X Widespread Regional Yes Endangered North Special Gulo gulo American G4T4 X X X X Concern Widespread Regional Yes luscus Wolverine Lynx Listed Canada Lynx G5 X X X X Widespread Regional Yes canadensis Threatened Martes pennanti Fisher G5 X X X Widespread Regional Yes An “X” indicates the target occurs in the province or state ∗ *See Appendix 1.1 7 U.S. Endangered Species Act (http://endangered.fws.gov/esa.html) 8 Committee On the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada (http://www.cosewic.gc.ca/) CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT • VOLUME 2 • APPENDIX 1.0 5 Appendix 1.0 Species Conservation Targets SCIENTIFIC COMMON GLOBAL STATUS CRM ECOLOGICAL NAME NAME RANK BC AB MT ID WA ESA9 COSEWIC10 DISTRIBUTION∗ SCALE* GOALS MET? WIDE RANGING SPECIES Rangifer Woodland Listed G5T4 X X X X Threatened Widespread Regional No tarandus Caribou Endangered Ursus arctos Listed Special Grizzly Bear G4T4 X X X X Widespread Regional No horribilis Threatened Concern BUTTERFLY Euphydryas Gillette’s G3 X X X Limited Local No gellettii Checkerspot SNAILS AND SLUGS Lake Disc; Discus brunsoni Mission G1 X Endemic Local No Range Disc Magnipelta Spotted Slug G2G3 X Limited Local No mycophaga Alpine Oreohelix alpina G1 X Endemic Local No Mountainsnail Oreohelix Bitterroot G1 X Endemic Local No amariradix Mountainsnail Carinate Oreohelix elrodi G1 X Endemic Local No Mountainsnail