LIFE HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF ENDANGERED, THREATENED, CANDIDATE, SENSITIVE, AND MANAGEMENT INDICATOR SPECIES OF THE FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST VERSION 4.1 July, 2006 Formerly called: Life History Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species of Fishlake National Forest. Compiled by: Ronald L. Rodriguez Edited by: Jenna Jorgensen Contributors: Kreig Rasmussen, Mark Madsen, Jim Whelan, Steve Flinders, and David Tait GIS support: Wanda Bennett and Mathew Lee __________________________________________ ________________________ Ronald L. Rodriguez Wildlife and Fish Program Date Manager Fishlake National Forest. TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page # Forest Plan Management Indicator Species Summary ..............................................1 Forest Wide Vegetation Summary ...............................................................................3 Population Estimates and Scale of Analysis ................................................................4 Endangered Species .......................................................................................................5 San Rafael Cactus ............................................................................................................5 Threatened Species ........................................................................................................6 Mexican Spotted Owl ......................................................................................................6 Bald Eagle........................................................................................................................9 Utah Prairie Dog .............................................................................................................12 Maguire Daisy.................................................................................................................16 Last Chance Townsendia ................................................................................................17 Candidate Species .........................................................................................................18 Yellow-Billed Cuckoo ....................................................................................................18 Wonderland Alice-flower ...............................................................................................21 Sensitive Vertebrate Species ........................................................................................22 Peregrine Falcon .............................................................................................................22 Spotted Bat......................................................................................................................24 Townsend’s Big-eared Bat..............................................................................................26 Northern Goshawk..........................................................................................................28 Flammulated Owl............................................................................................................31 Three-Toed Woodpecker ................................................................................................32 Greater Sage grouse ........................................................................................................33 Pygmy Rabbit..................................................................................................................35 Bonneville Cutthroat Trout.............................................................................................39 Colorado Cutthroat Trout................................................................................................41 Sensitive Plant Species..................................................................................................43 Barneby Woody Aster.....................................................................................................43 Bicknell Milkvetch..........................................................................................................44 Tushar Paintbrush ...........................................................................................................45 Pinnate Spring-parsley....................................................................................................46 Creeping Draba ...............................................................................................................47 Nevada Willowherb ........................................................................................................48 Elsinore Buckwheat ........................................................................................................49 Fishlake Naiad ................................................................................................................50 Little Penstemon .............................................................................................................51 Ward Beardtongue ..........................................................................................................52 Arizona Willow...............................................................................................................53 Beaver Mountain Groundsel...........................................................................................54 i Maguire Campion ...........................................................................................................55 Bicknell Thelesperma .....................................................................................................56 Sevier Townsendia..........................................................................................................57 Management Indicator Species....................................................................................58 Rocky Mountain Elk.......................................................................................................58 Mule Deer .......................................................................................................................62 Northern Goshawk..........................................................................................................67 Sage Nesters...................................................................................................................70 Brewer’s Sparrow ...........................................................................................................70 Vesper Sparrow...............................................................................................................75 Sage Thrasher..................................................................................................................79 Cavity Nesters................................................................................................................82 Hairy Woodpecker..........................................................................................................82 Western Bluebird ............................................................................................................86 Mountain Bluebird..........................................................................................................90 Riparian Guild ...............................................................................................................94 Lincoln’s Sparrow............................................................................................................94 Song Sparrow...................................................................................................................98 Yellow Warbler...............................................................................................................102 MacGillivray’s Warbler..................................................................................................106 Plants..............................................................................................................................109 Rydberg’s milkvetch.......................................................................................................109 Fish .................................................................................................................................112 Bonneville Cutthroat Trout.............................................................................................112 Colorado River Cutthroat Trout......................................................................................115 Rainbow Trout ................................................................................................................117 Cutthroat Trout................................................................................................................121 Brown Trout....................................................................................................................123 Brook Trout.....................................................................................................................125 Lake Trout.......................................................................................................................128 Aquatic Macroinvertebrate BCI .................................................................................131 Literature Cited ...............................................................................................................139 ii Forest Plan Management Indicator Species Summary The Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) for the Fishlake National Forest, adopted in 1986, identified