RECOVERY PLAN FOR - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

OBJECTIVE
II. RECOVERY
This plan provides a framework to establish, protect, and
manage populations of Lipochaeta venosa and Isodendrion hosakae
with the objective of downlisting them to threatened status. To
achieve this goal, identified threats must be controlled and both
species must be present at Sites #1-6 located on the Parker Ranch
and L. venosa must be present at Site #7. Each site must have
naturally-reproducing populations that include seedlings,
juveniles, and adults, with an age distribution allowing for a
stationary or growing population size. They should be maintained
for at least 10 years. Activities that must be completed toward
this end include: construction and maintenance of ungulate-proof
fences around each population; establishment of firebreaks and
development of a fire response and suppression plan for both
Parker Ranch and the area around Site #7; establishment of a germ
plasm reserve for both species; control of fountain grass and
restoration of native habitat; and successful expansion of each
species to Sites #1-6 (utilizing the results of research outlined
in the plan).
Delisting of these species cannot be foreseen at this time.
Continuation of ranching, cinder mining, and the nearly complete
destruction of the native vegetation have left only small remnants
of habitat for these plants. Even if vigorous populations of each
species can be successfully established at each of the proposed
sites, the entirety of each site is vulnerable to disaster from
fire or cattle.
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