REGION 2 SENSITIVE SPECIES EVALUATION FORM Species: Notropis dorsalis dorsalis (Arkansas drainage subspecies), N. d. piptolepis (Platte River subspecies in Wy and CO/ bigmouth shiner Criteria Rank Rationale Literature Citations • 5,10,12 1 B2 Widespread Distribution within R2 Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low • 5,10,12 2 C Widespread, common Distribution outside R2 Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low 3 B • Dispersal Capability Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low • 5 4 C Southern populations vulnerable, imperiled in Kansas only Abundance in R2 Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low 5 B • 5,12 Population Trend in R2 Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low 6 B • 12 Habitat Trend in R2 Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low • 5 7 B Channelized prairie streams may have improved habitat Habitat Vulnerability or Modification Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low Species: Notropis dorsalis dorsalis (Arkansas drainage subspecies), N. d. piptolepis (Platte River subspecies in Wy and CO/ bigmouth shiner Criteria Rank Rationale Literature Citations • 12 8 C Late spawning and preference for small streams makes it less vulnerable to habitat Life History and alterations and flow regime impacts Demographics Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low Evaluator(s): Date: 07/23/01 Teresa Wagner National Forests in the Rocky Mountain Region where species is KNOWN (K) or LIKELY (L)1 to occur: Colorado NF/NG Kansas NF/NG Nebraska NF/NG South Dakota Wyoming NF/NG NF/NG y y y y y Known Likel Known Likel Known Likel Known Likel Known Likel Arapaho-Roosevelt NF Cimmaron NG Samuel R.McKelvie NF x Black Hills NF x Shoshone NF x White River NF Halsey NF x Buffalo Gap NG x Bighorn NF x Routt NF x Nebraska NF x Ft. Pierre NG x Black Hills NF x Grand Mesa, Ogalala NG x Medicine Bow NF x Uncompahgre, Gunnison NF San Juan NF Thunder Basin NG x Rio Grande NF Pike-San Isabel NF Comanche NG 1 Likely is defined as more likely to occur than not occur on the National Forest or Grassland. This generally can be thought of as having a 50% chance or greater of appearing on NFS lands. References (1) Chris Mammolite, environmental Services, Kansas Dept of Wildlife. Personal communication. (2) Cross, F.B. and J.T. Collins. 1975. Fishes in Kansas. Univ. of Kansas Publications. Public Education Series No. 3. Lawrence. (3) Hargett, E.G, Eberle, M.E. and J. Chynoweth. 1999. An Assessment of Fish Communities in the Cimarron River in Morton County, Kansas, During Restored Streamflow. Trans. Kansas Ac. Of Sci. 102(3-4), pp. 100-106. (4) Johnson, S. and D. P. Philipp. 1996. Genetic Analysis of Arkansas Darters. Center for Aquatic Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. (5) Nature Serve: An online encyclopedia of life (web application). 2001. Version 1.4. Arlington, Virginia, USA: Association for Biodiversity Information. Available: http://www.natureserve.org/ (Accessed July 12, 2001). (6) Nesler, T.P., Bennett, C., Melby, J., Dowler, G. and M. Jones. 1999. Inventory and status of Arkansas River Native Fishes In Colorado. CDOW Final Report, Colorado Springs. (7) Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation. 1994. Status Survey of the Arkansas Darter in Eastern Oklahoma.Federal aid Project E-28. (8) Pflieger, W. L.,. Russell T.R and G. D. Novinger. 1992. Distribution and Status of the Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma cragini) in Missouri. Endangered Species Project SE-01-22. MO Dept. of Cons. (9) Pigg, J., Harrison w., and R. Gibbs. 1985. Records of the Arkansas Darter, Etheostoma cragini Gilbert, in Harper and Beaver Counties in Oklahoma. Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 65:61-63. (10) Sidle. Species Matrix (web application). http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/nebraska/gpng/matrix/fish.html/. (Accessed July 16, 2001). (11) USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Data Base (web application). Available: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/fishes/accounts/ (Accessed July 12, 2001). (12) Woodling, J. 1985. Colorado’s Little Fish, A Guide to the Minnows and Other Lesser-Known Fishes in the State of Colorado. CDOW, Project No. 1-161-R-1. Denver. .