Wildlife Specialist report

4. Gila National Forest Management Indicator Species (MIS) as listed by The Gila
National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment #10.
5. Species identified through scoping, and species or species groups that occur on the
Gila National Forest that have the potential to be impacted by the implementation of
an alternative but not covered by the species listed above.
Threatened, Endangered and Proposed Species, and Designated Critical Habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service County List of Endangered, Threatened, and
Proposed Species, and Species of Concern were reviewed to determine the federally
listed species that would need to be considered in this evaluation.
The following table identifies the federally listed species, and respective designated
critical habitat considered in this evaluation, and the species dropped from additional
evaluation.
Table 3: Federally listed species (endangered, threatened, proposed and experimental) for Catron,
Grant, Hidalgo, and Sierra County, New Mexico (accessed February 2010).
Scientific Name Common Name Status County Sp. Dropped from
Additional Analysis
and Rational
Strix occidentalis lucida Mexican Spotted Owl Threatened &
Catron, Grant,
Sterna antillarum Least Tern (interior
population
Critical Habitat
Hidalgo, Sierra
Endangered Catron No habitat on the Gila.
No Effect
Empidonax traillii extimus Southwestern willow Endangered & Catron, Grant,
flycatcher
Critical Habitat Hidalgo, Sierra
Charadrius montanus Mountain plover Proposed Catron, Hidalgo,
Sierra
Determination
No habitat on the Gila.
No Effect
Determination
Mustela nigripes Black-footed ferret Endangered Catron, Grant, Sierra Extirpated from Gila.
No Effect
Falco femoralis
septentrionalis
Leptonycteris curasoae
yerbabuenae
Northern aplomado falcon Endangered Grant, Hidalgo,
Sierra
Determination
No habitat on the Gila.
No Effect
Determination.
Lesser long-nosed bat Endangered Hidalgo No habitat on the Gila.
No Effect
Determination.
Leptonycteris nivalis Mexican long-nosed bat Endangered Hidalgo No habitat on the Gila.
No Effect
Determination.
Rana chiricahuensis Chiricahua leopard frog Threatened Catron, Grant,
Crotalus willardi obscurus New Mexico ridgenose
rattlesnake
Hidalgo, Sierra
Threatened Hidalgo No habitat on the Gila.
No Effect
Determination.
Canis lupus baileyi Mexican gray wolf Endangered
Catron, Grant,
Experimental
Hidalgo, Sierra
Panthera onca arizonensis Jaguar Endangered Hidalgo No recent occurance
records on the Gila. No
Effect Determination
Erigeron rhizomatus Zuni fleabane Threatened Catron, No habitat on the Gila.
No Effect
Determination.
Hedeoma todsenii Todsen's pennyroyal Endangered Sierra No habitat on the Gila.
No Effect
Determination.
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