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