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Special Status Species Lists
APPENDIX P: Special Status Species Lists
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Table P-1 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sensitive and Watch List Species Associated with the Mainline Facilities ...... P-1 Table P-2 Alaska Species of Greatest Conservation Need ...... P-11
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Habitat tundra,and grass
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eststundra dry preferring on grassy Nests on sedge meadows and coastal tundra. Staging nearshore in estuarines; and beache areas observed nesting on coastaltundra adjacent to Prudhoe Bay NeststundraSea Bering of on islands;coasts along winters rocky of Aleutian Islands Neststundra;mar tidal on uses during migration Moist ponds,commonly polygons, and foundformed in recently landscapes such lakes drainedas thaw and sedge Breeding habitat includesvegetated islands, shrub- meadows,sedge freshwater and marshes;migration during habitat is pelagic N upland areas;sparse lower in nest vegetationhigher on well rocky slopes; migratory habitat includes tidal flats and tundra Cool, boreal coniferous wet forest, primarily spruce; rivers, along streams, shrub near bogs or thickets Occupy habitat;frequently open near water; nestsother barns in or buildings, or bridges, under caves in crevices cliff Peninsula,
b and southeast Alaska concentration at Colville coastal Alaska Region
1 Yakutat,themostBay; Alaska and Glacier of populationconcentratedGulf is the in of Alaska Subregions coast Aleutian Islands,southeastern the to north toChukchi Alaska east the Sea and Breeds through north and central Alaska, including Peninsula,southSeward then along MigrantNortonto Sound Romanzof. Cape fromsoutheast InletAlaskaCook Basin to Subregion. CookSubregionBasin Inlet SeaBering and Islands BeaufortBrooks FoothillsPlain Coastal and Restricted to coastal throughoutareas the BeaufortBrooks FoothillsPlain Coastal and Subregions Breedssouth - in primarily withinBoreal CoastMountain Ecoregion BeringiaBoreal and Coast Boreal Mountains Ecoregions Most common between Point Barrow and commonMostPoint between Barrow Prudhoe Bay; fall high River Delta along Sea found and Beaufort spring,coast;thefound in along Sea Chukchi
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sized shorebirdsized a with - females look like males, Description
colored shorebird; longest sized tern;sized underparts are
- namon- hite,mantle and white, crown speckled head similarto ploverappearance; lek mating system w sides;and tail white with gray differentiated from similar species by secondariesdark on bar Stocky, medium white shortmales breeding bill; a have stripecrown the side of down extending theneck, underparts black, are upperpartsmottled are gold, white, and black; breeding but or paler are overall brown with whitish cheeks Sandpiper family; shorebird speckled camouflagedand well against gray boulders Smallshort sandpiper, bill and round Medium Sandpiper family;large,noisy, cin nonstop migration flight of shorebirdany species, covering over 7,000 miles Small songbird with a small head and Small songbirdsmall head a with tinyabove bill; a with brown are adults breastbrown swoosh white band and a on the neck Wood family; warbler and white black warbler molts intoyellow capand loses black Small sandpiper, breeding in plumage includes belly black and rufous back; nonbreeding plumage and is gray nondescript
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a,water near marine habitat Breedstundra and wetlands,in bogs, forest standing trees Wetincluding forests bogs, fens; wintersswamps, in woodlands, wet and pond edges Large, open areas little with vegetation including tundra, marshes, coast and Open to semi arctic tundrain and alpine especially mountainoushillyand or terrain; near timberlineabove coniferousTundra, open forest, mountainous regions, and rocky seacoasts;coastal generally in areas in winter Marshes,flooded beaches, fields, and tidal mudflats;grassy on nests tundr Boreal coniferous forests, primarily spruce; common in stream basins, and aspenwillow thickets; nests in cavities treesof land habitatsForest and wood includingtaiga,subalpine coniferous forest,forest ponds, of lakes, edges streams;sites nesting contain dead Breedtundrasuch in areas drier as sparsely vegetated hillsides; non- breedinginseason found can be intertidal,marine habitats near coastal estuaries, inlets, bays
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artstheSubregion; Alaska Range of Beaufort inand rare Subregion Plain Coastal Brooks Foothills Subregion Widespread throughout Alaska Most common north theof Brooks Range, in p distributed throughout tundra locations Kobuk Valleys, Range, Alaska and Ridges and Cook Inlet Basin Subregions Widespread throughoutAlaska except Widespread throughoutAlaska exceptin rare Kodiak southand - Alaska BeaufortPlain, Brooks Foothills, Coastal BrooksInletAlaska Cook Range, Range, and BasinSubregions; coastal ecoregions western Westerncentral Alaska, east and Widespread throughoutAlaska exceptin rare Arctic Tundra Ecoregion BeaufortPlain, Brooks Foothills, Coastal and Cook Inlet Basin Subregions; Seward Peninsula, Kenai Peninsula, and Aleutian Islands Alaska Tanana upper and Yukon between WhiteRivers the Mountainsto from the border Canada (cont’d)
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Description wings with dark brown darkwings with brown length tail; plumage winter
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rimmed yellow eyes and pale eyesrimmed and pale yellow - and medium males rusty feather have pale edges, eye, femalesyellow gray are Black facialsmoothly disk, wings broad with tips,rounded short spottedtail, brown buffwith upperparts on and white patches wings tail of and in base at falcon;Large adults’ underparts generally horizontally posteriorly barred and spotted anteriorly;yellow; parts bare no seasonal variationin plumage shorebirdLarge with upturned bill tip and reddish dark with base;longstripe legs, in white wings rumpand white Medium breedingmale glossydark are s black Large, broad back that the body sheen golden on has of white have head and neck; young Smallestloons thin with thatthe of bill turnsslightly dark w upward, gray throatred and during breeding, pale gray inwhite winter; on water sits low Small songbird gray with cheeks,white bib; upperparts and black grayishare - whitish Large, stockyflycatcher head large with and shortcentertail;in breast white of contrast to sidesgray Large,sandpiper bulky relatively with short, straight billto tapering tip, shortthick, and breast reddish and head non during- breeding when and gray breeding
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Tundra lakes in summer, feeding on Tundra lakes summer, feeding in rivers and coastalcoastal lagoons; watersin winter Nests sedge in meadow, non- bogs; and habitattidal includes beaches, mudflats,marshes, estuaries,tidal creeks, shores, sandy rocky or flooded fields, and pastures Dense mixed deciduous or coniferousmay forests; rocky use alpine areas; large, trees old Nests in grassy or mossy Neststundra grassy or and in meadows;wet salt shallow prefer water softmuddywith bottom, but will visit various wetlands during migration Coniferous forests Wide of range including habitats human- and maternity sites; caves trees hollow temperate inforests Shallow, undisturbedfreshwater with abundant aquaticplants; at need leastyards100 (91 forwater take - Forest northerntreethe edge of- boreal Breeding habitat includesdry, grassy, and hummockytun damp dra; alpine arctic or in wet tundra or meadows forested in areas,usually inlandcoast fromthe kokwim kokwim Kus
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delta during migration Widely distributed during summer with northernmost recordFairbanks; near uncommon ininterior Alaska CookAlaskaBasin Range Inlet and Subregions Widespread it throughoutAlaska is where Inletcommon Yukon and in - Cook Cook Inlet Basin Subregion; restricted to Kenai Peninsula and adjacent regions Breeds south in Inlet Basin Subregions; WilliamPrince Sound, Yakutat Ba Kodiaky, Gulf archipelago; use and WilliamofPrince during Alaska Sound and migration BeaufortPlain, Brooks Foothills, Coastal and Brooks SubregionsRange CookAlaskaBasin Range Inlet and Subregions, portionsBeringia Boreal of Ecoregion and Brooks Subregion Range Brooks Range Subregion and in the northern SubregionBrooksthe in and Range foothillssoutheastern uplands of central and Alaska Common migrant (cont’d)
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Unknown Tundra; subalpinemeadows; brushy roadsides; riverbanks; in not permafrost areas Forests and wetlands mixed and Hardwood forests,conifer mixed woodlands,and fens and bogs Grassland, shrubland, and forests coniferMixed forests, barrens, bogs, and sandy coasts Adults associatedrock, bare with talus, Breedscree in and tundra. or grassywet tundra Bogs, meadows,wet moist mixed itboreal forests occupies where foot systemsdeep; burrow 1 up to cliffsfoundcan rocky near also be Freshwater habitats, typically includingflowing waters (e.g., lakes, ponds,streams, wetlands, and rivers) Grassland and shrubland Grassland
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ities Grassland Shrubland and grassland Creeksmedium riffles, with rivers; benthic Freshwater streams rivers; and marine waters;migrate juveniles through shallow Rivers bars, floodplains, sand active dunes Forest,grassland, an Freshwater habitats includingflowing waters (e.g., lakes, ponds,streams, wetlands, and rivers) Forest,shrublandgrassland, and Grassland and shrubland shorelines Forest,shrublandgrassland, and
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found in the Aleutian Islands Archipelago ArcticEcoregion,Beaufort Tundra and Coastal Plain and Brooks Subregions Range OnlyYukon Slope inNorth and regions Alaska of Southern Alaska Throughoutnorthern Alaska, for the except coasts Tanana and Cook Inlet Basin Subregions Freshwat and Tanana Rivers);marine Cook waters of CookInletthe Alaska Inlet Gulfof within and BasinSubregion Unknown Widespread northern Palearcticspecies that is also Coastal mountain ranges Southeastern Alaska (cont’d)
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green on the on green back Bombustalis occiden Ephemeroptera Description
alist forager. Importantpollinator Perennial grass, loosely tufted Mayflies (order oforder insects larval an immature with stagethat is entirely aquatic Nest of parasite Gener species Nonparasitic; freshwater lamprey grows long inches adult as toto 7 be 5 Anadromousfish; largest Pacific all of salmon;irregular black have adults spottingthe and dorsal fins back on and fin;on bothtail black the lobes of pigment the line; ocean along gum Nest other of bees; bumble parasite specificspecies hostis a not uses but varietyof host plants adults bluish are - which fades silverycolor the to a on thesides belly on and white complex bumble bees Only known to occur in Alaska toOnlyin known occur Generalist forager Generalist forager
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Habitat haparral
montanealpine to areas
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ArcticEcoregion Beaufort Tundra Coastal and Plain Subregion Arctic Tundra Ecoregion; Beaufort Coastal Plain,BrooksNulato and Foothills Hills Subregions BeringiaBoreal Coast and Boreal Mountains Ecoregions; Yukon- Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon- Alaska SubregionsRange Arctic Tundra Ecoregion; Brooks Range, Yukon- CoastBoreal Mountains Ecoregion; Alaska InletCookand Subregions Range Basin Beringia Coast and Boreal Mo Ecoregions;Valleys,Kobuk Ridges and Alaska InletCookand Range Subregions Tanana- BeringiaBoreal Coast and Boreal Mountains Ecoregions;Alaska Range Mountains and Ray Subregions ArcticEcoregion; Tundra KobukRidges and Valleys, Brooks Range, Brooks Foothills and BeaufortSubregionsPlain Coastal CoastBoreal Mountains Ecoregion; Alaska Inletand CookSubregions Range Basin ArcticEcoregion;Beaufort Tundra and Coastal Plain, BrooksFoothills, Brooks and Range Subregions Mountains Subregions BrooksFoothills, Yukon- Alaska SubregionsRange 1 (cont’d)
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Description
grass, tufted, from short to
Perennial long rhizomes Perennial from herb t simple and taproot caudex Perennialslender from herb rhizomes and coarse, fibrous roots Perennial herb Perennialcaudex from herb rhizomes Perennial herb, single- Perennial herb Perennial grass,cespitose densely Perennialfrom grass rhizomes Perennial herb, tufted Perennialstolons, from herb rhizomes or rooting at nodes d Management withWatchSensitiveSpeciesMainline the d Facilities List and (BLM) Associated
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Habitat
drained grassy areas, drained grassyareas, - Streams, meadows, scrub, forests Rockoutcrops, slopes, alpine alpine ridges, seepage slopes, frost boils, stream banks Alpine alpine ridges, valleys Cliffs talusand slopes, shale dominant grassy gravel, ravines, dry tundra Disturbed soils, roadsides, meadows, springs and ditches Alpine slopes, seepage slopes, rock outcrops, ridges,fans,beach alluvial meadows,wet frostboils subalpinemeadows, and alpine open woodlands Well Sandygravelly or sites on ridge crests, floodplains, river terraces Beach terraces, tundra floodplains, slopes,dry soilopen
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Tanana Uplands and Alaska Range Tanana Uplands and
ic Tundra and Beringia Boreal Ecoregions; d) Beringiantains Coast and Boreal Mou Boreal Ecoregions; Tanana- Yukon- Subregions Arctic Tundr Mountains Ecoregions; Boreal Brooks Foothills,YukonBrooks Range, - Uplands, Tanana- Alaska EcoregionsRange Arct Brooks Range, Kotzebue Sound Lowlands, Peninsula,Seward Mountains and Yukon Ray - Tanana Uplands Subregions Arctic MountainsBoreal Tundraand Coast Ecoregions; Brooks Foothills, Brooks Range, Peninsula,Seward Ahklun and Mountains, Alaska SubregionsRange ArcticTundra, Bering Tundra, Subarctic Tundra, and Beringia Ecoregions; Boreal and Brooks Range, K Beringia Bor Subregion Kotzebue River Sound Yukon Lowlands, Lowlands, NulatoHills, Mountains Ray Subregions Coast, Chugach - BristolBay Lowlands Subregions HypermaritimeEcoregion; Coastal Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Is ArcticEcoregion Beaufort Tundra Coastal and Plain Subregion CoastBoreal Mountains Ecoregion; Inlet Cook BasinSubregion 1 (cont’
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Annual biennialor herb Perennial from herb rhizomes resembling taproots Perennial herb from short caudex Perennial from herb thick,stout, vertical caudex Perennial herb, tufted, from branched coveredcaudex Perennialfrom grass tufted rhizomes, Annual herb from taprootAnnual fromherb Perennialtaproot from herb branched Perennialerect with herb ascending or base woody stem from a
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eams and in meadows in eams and
Alpine slope bowls, glacial rock outwash, outcrops,river bluff and coniferousMixed woodlands, talusslopes, ridges, outcrops, rock burns, clearings, fields, banks, snowbeds Along str Alkaline meadows, lake margins, roadsides, ditches River bars,mountain river banks, slopes, ledges rock Gravel, moist places in mountains Rockoutcrops, talus, tundra Alpineslopes, rock ridges, outcrops, river bluffs, terraces, pingos; scree, gravel rock; bankssnow dry, Alpineslopes, ridges, alpine subalpineslopes, outcrops,rock bluffs, cliffs
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melting snowbeds pine meadows Streamterraces, banks, stream subalpine slopes, seepage s late- Alpine slopes, alpine ridges, frost boils, high - beaches,stream fens, pond edges, banks in dune areas Arctic shrub, non Dry to mesicslopes, toDry or deciduous deciduousmixed woods, basesslopes, of exposed outcrops Alpineslopes, ridges, alpine subalpine slopes, seepage slopes, rock outcrops Rockoutcrops, slopes, alpine alpine ridges, seeps, stream rocky banks Frost River terraces, river banks, dunes, pingos Cliff ledges, screes, talus slopes, gravelly stream banks, gravelly al Arctic mesic tundra, tops and sides of semi
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