LIFE HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF ENDANGERED, THREATENED, CANDIDATE, SENSITIVE, AND MANAGEMENT INDICATOR SPECIES OF THE DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST VERSION 4.0, REVISED February 2004 Formerly called: Life History of Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species of the Dixie National Forest. Compiled by: Ronald Rodriguez Contributors: Priscilla Summers, Jake Schoppe, Lisa Young, and Joanne Stenten GIS support: Matt Lee and Dustin Jensen __________________________________________ ________________________ Ronald L. Rodriguez. Wildlife, Fish and Rare Plant Date Manager, Dixie and Fishlake National Forests. TABLE OF CONTENTS Title _____ _ Page # Forest Plan Management Indicator Species Summary ............................................................................1 Forest Wide Vegetation Summary...........................................................................................................2 Population Estimates and Scale of Analysis............................................................................................3 Endangered Species .................................................................................................................................4 California Condor ........................................................................................................................4 Virgin River Chub........................................................................................................................5 Woundfin .....................................................................................................................................7 Threatened Species ..................................................................................................................................9 Mexican Spotted Owl ..................................................................................................................9 Bald Eagle....................................................................................................................................13 Utah Prairie Dog..........................................................................................................................17 Desert Tortoise.............................................................................................................................20 Last Chance Townsendia .............................................................................................................23 Candidate Species ....................................................................................................................................24 Yellow-billed Cuckoo..................................................................................................................24 Aquarius Paintbrush.....................................................................................................................27 Rabbit Valley Gilia ......................................................................................................................29 Sensitive Vertebrate Species....................................................................................................................30 Peregrine Falcon..........................................................................................................................30 Spotted Bat...................................................................................................................................32 Townsend’s Big-eared Bat...........................................................................................................33 Northern Goshawk.......................................................................................................................34 Flammulated Owl.........................................................................................................................37 Three-toed Woodpecker...............................................................................................................38 Bonneville Cutthroat Trout..........................................................................................................39 Colorado River Cutthroat Trout...................................................................................................42 Pygmy Rabbit...............................................................................................................................44 Sage Grouse.................................................................................................................................47 Sensitive Plant Species ............................................................................................................................50 Dana Milkvetch............................................................................................................................50 Navajo Lake Milkvetch................................................................................................................51 Table Cliff Milkvetch ..................................................................................................................52 Guard Milkvetch ..........................................................................................................................53 Paradox Moonwort.......................................................................................................................54 Tushar Paintbrush........................................................................................................................55 i Reveal Paintbrush........................................................................................................................56 Yellow-White Catseye.................................................................................................................57 Cedar Breaks Biscuitroot .............................................................................................................58 Creeping Draba............................................................................................................................59 Widtsoe Buckwheat.....................................................................................................................60 Pine Valley Goldenbush..............................................................................................................61 Jones Goldenaster........................................................................................................................62 Zion Jamesia ................................................................................................................................63 Neese’s Peppergrass.....................................................................................................................64 Paria Breadroot ............................................................................................................................65 Red Canyon Beardtongue ............................................................................................................66 Little Penstemon..........................................................................................................................67 Pinyon or Pine Valley Mountain Penstemon...............................................................................68 Angel Potentilla...........................................................................................................................69 Arizona Willow............................................................................................................................70 Podunk Groundsel........................................................................................................................71 Maguire Campion........................................................................................................................72 Pinnate spring-parsley..................................................................................................................73 Rock-Tansy..................................................................................................................................74 Bicknell Thelesperma ..................................................................................................................75 Management Indicator Species................................................................................................................76 Elk................................................................................................................................................76 Mule Deer....................................................................................................................................80 Northern Goshawk.......................................................................................................................85 Northern Flicker...........................................................................................................................89 Wild Turkey.................................................................................................................................93 Bonneville Cutthroat Trout..........................................................................................................96 Rainbow Trout.............................................................................................................................99 Cutthroat Trout.............................................................................................................................103