Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement Appendix 6 Terrestrial and Aquatic Species Contents Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 6-2 Table 1. Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, or Candidate Species ................................................ 6-3 Table 2. Sensitive Vertebrate and Plant Species ................................................................................ 6-4 Table 3. Terrestrial Vertebrate Species of Focus Used in the Evaluation of Alternatives ............ 6-20 Table 4. Plants with a Natural Heritage Rank G1-G3 Included in Evaluation of Alternatives .... 6-24 Table 5. Vertebrates Not Used in the Evaluation of Alternatives .................................................. 6-31 Table 6. Effects of Road-associated Factors on Habitats and Populations of Broad-scale Species ... 6-39 Table 7. Broadly Distributed Plants.................................................................................................... 6-44 Table 8. Vascular Plants (G1-G3) and Nonvascular Plants (S1-S3) ................................................. 6-47 ICBEMP Supplemental Draft EIS/Appendix 6/Page 6-1 Appendix 6: Terrestrial and Aquatic Species Table 5 lists the vertebrates that were not used in the Introduction evaluation of the alternatives because they are more appropriate to evaluate at a finer scale than the ICBEMP EIS, or no analysis done, and not recom- This appendix provides several lists of species re- mended for fine-scale analysis. ferred to in this EIS. These lists include: threatened, endangered, proposed, and candidate species; sensi- Table 6 lists the broad-scale species of focus and the tive vertebrates and plants; vascular plants used to effects of road-related factors on them and their evaluate the alternatives; terrestrial vertebrates used habitats. The factors and effects listed here were to evaluate the alternatives; broadly distributed documented from empirical literature and literature plants; vertebrates not analyzed; vascular plants with summaries, with each number listed below denoting a a Natural Heritage rank of G1-G3 and non-vascular footnoted study (Wisdom et al. in press). Presumed plants with a rank of S1-S3; and vertebrates affected effects are denoted by a letter corresponding to a by roads. Unless otherwise noted, the lists in this footnote that describes each presumed effect and cites appendix were updated in July 1999 to make changes the supporting literature related to other species. that have occurred since the Draft EISs were pub- Blank cells indicate no research results were found on lished. the factor in relation to the species, and should not be interpreted to indicate no effects occur from the Table 1 lists the federally listed threatened, endan- factor. gered, proposed, and candidate species within the project area. Table 7 is a list of plant species of concern that are Table 2 lists the sensitive vertebrate and plant species considered to be broadly distributed because they designated by the BLM and Forest Service within the occur in two or more administrative units. These project area. plants are referenced in Objective B-O46. Table 3 lists the terrestrial vertebrate species used in Table 8 is a list of vascular plants that are ranked by the evaluation of alternatives. the Natural Heritage Projects as G1-G3 and non- vascular plants ranked as S1- S3 (see Standard B-S47). Table 4 is a list of the plants in the project area used in Table 4 in this appendix explains the ranking system. the evaluation of alternatives and their Natural Heritage Ranking of G1 - G3 and/or T1 - T3. Page 6-2/ICBEMP Supplemental Draft EIS/Volume 2 Table 1 Table 1. Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, or Candidate Species. Approved Designated Recovery Plan Critical Habitat Threatened (16 spp.) Bald eagle Yes No Warner sucker No Yes Hutton Spring tui chub No No Lahontan cutthroat trout Yes No Foskett speckled dace No No Snake River chinook salmon (spring/summer) No Yes Snake River chinook salmon (fall) No Yes Grizzly bear Yes No Water howellia No No MacFarlane's four o'clock Yes Yes Bliss Rapids snail Yes No Ute's lady tresses No No Howell's spectacular thelypody No No Bull trout (Columbia River) No No Snake River steelhead No No Mid-Columbia steelhead No No Endangered (19 spp.) Shortnose sucker No No Lost River sucker No No Borax Lake chub Yes Yes Snake River sockeye salmon No No Woodland caribou Yes No Gray wolf Yes No Applegate's milk-vetch No No Malheur wire-lettuce No No Kootenai River white sturgeon No No Idaho springsnail Yes No Utah valvata snail Yes No Snake River physa snail Yes No Banbury springs lanx Yes No Bruneau hot springsnail No No Whooping crane Yes Yes Bull trout (Klamath River) No No Upper Columbia steelhead No No Upper Columbia chinook salmon No No Wenatchee Mountains (Oregon) Checkermallow No No Proposed (3 spp.) Spalding’s catchfly (PE) No No Canada lynx (PT) No No Northern Idaho ground squirrel (PT) No No Candidate (10 spp.) Oregon spotted frog No No Columbia spotted frog No No Basalt daisy No No Christ's paintbrush No No Northern Wormwood No No Umtanum desert-buckwheat No No Showy stickseed No No Slick spot peppergrass No No White Bluffs bladderpod No No Washington Ground Squirrel No No note: this table is current as of November 1999 ICBEMP Supplemental Draft EIS/Appendix 6/Page 6-3 Appendix 6: Terrestrial and Aquatic Species Table 2. Sensitive Vertebrate and Plant Species BLM Forest Service Region Common Name Scientific Name OR/WA MT ID R 1 R 4 R 6 Mammals spotted bat Euderma maculatum xx Townsend's (Pacific, western) Corynorhinus (Plecotus) xxx xxx big-eared bat townsendii townsendii western small-footed myotis Myotis ciliolabrum xx long-eared myotis Myotis evotis xx fringed myotis Myotis thysanodes x long-legged myotis Myotis volans xx Yuma myotis Myotis yumaensis xx dark kangaroo mouse Microdipodops megacephalus x Preble's shrew Sorex preblei x rock squirrel Spermophilus variegatus x northern bog lemming Synaptomys borealis xx pygmy rabbit Brachylagus idahoensis xxxx wolverine Gulo gulo xxx xx California wolverine Gulo gulo luteus x fisher Martes pennanti xxx xx kit fox Vulpes velox macrotis xx California bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis californiana xx western gray squirrel Sciurus griseus x Washington ground squirrel Spermophilus washingtoni x Birds common loon Gavia immer x xxx red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena x trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator xxx black tern Chlidonias niger x harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus xx xx yellow rail Coturnicops noveboracensis x greater sandhill crane Grus canadensis tabida xx long-billed curlew Numenius americanus xx x upland sandpiper Bartramia longicauda xx x snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus x flammulated owl Otus flammeolus xxx xx great gray owl Strix nebulosa x boreal owl Aegolius funereus xx x burrowing/western burrowing owl Speotyto (Athene) cunicularia xxx hypugea northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis xxx xx prairie falcon Falco mexicanus x ferruginous hawk Buteo regalia xx x Swainson's hawk Buteo swainsoni x northern harrier Circus cyaneus x white-headed woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus xxxx three-toed woodpecker Picoides tridactylus xxx x black-backed woodpecker Picoides arcticus xxx x hairy woodpecker Picoides villosus x Lewis' woodpecker Melanerpes lewis xx pileated woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus x red-naped woodpecker Sphyrapicus nuchalis x Williamson's sapsucker Sphyrapicus throideus x mountain quail Oerortyx pictus xxx Columbian sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus xxx xx columbianus western sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus xxxx tricolored blackbird Agelaius tricolor x Page 6-4/ICBEMP Supplemental Draft EIS/Volume 2 Table 2 Table 2. Sensitive Vertebrate and Plant Species. (continued) BLM Forest Service Region Common Name Scientific Name OR/WA MT ID R 1 R 4 R 6 (Birds continued) yellow-headed blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus x black rosy finch Leucosticte arctoa atrata x yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus xx black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus x pygmy nuthatch Sitta pygmaea xx loggerhead shrike Lanus ludovicianus x Vaux's swift Chaetura vauxi x black swift Cypseloides niger x olive-sided flycatcher Contopus boralis x dusky flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri x northern pygmy owl Glaucidium gnoms x arctic peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus tandrius x American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos x Cordilleran flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis x Hammond's flycatcher Empidonax hammondii x gray flycatcher Empidonax wrightii x willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii x black-throated gray wrbler Dendroica nigrescens x Townsend's warbler Dendroica townsendii x yellow warbler Dendroica petechia x MacGillivray's warbler Oporonis tolmiei x Virginia's warbler Vermivora virginiae x Wilson's warbler Wilsonia pusilla x purple martin Progne subis x solitary vireo Vireo solitarius x bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus x Scott's oriole Icterus pusilla x veery Catharus fuscescens x Swainson's thrush Catharus ustulatus x Calliope hummingbird Stellula caliope x rufous hummingbird Selaphorus rufus x grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum x Brewer's sparrow Spizella breweri x sage sparrow Amphispiza belli xx green-tailed towhee ipilo chlorurus x Reptiles and Amphibians northern red-legged frog Rana auroa auroa xx northern leopard frog Rana pipiens x x tailed frog Ascaphus truei x wood frog Rana sylvaica x western toad Bufo boreas xx Coeur