LISTED AND PROPOSED ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES AND CRITICAL HABITAT; CANDIDATE SPECIES; AND SPECIES OF CONCERN

LISTED AND PROPOSED ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES AND CRITICAL HABITAT; CANDIDATE SPECIES; AND SPECIES OF CONCERN

IN CLARK COUNTY

AS PREPARED BY

THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

WESTERN WASHINGTON FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICE

(Revised November 1, 2007)

LISTED

Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)

Gray wolf (Canis lupus)

Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina)

Major concerns that should be addressed in your Biological Assessment of project impacts to listed species include:

1. Level of use of the project area by listed species.

2. Effect of the project on listed species' primary food stocks, prey species, and foraging areas in all areas influenced by the project.

3. Impacts from project activities and implementation (e.g., increased noise levels, increased human activity and/or access, loss or degradation of habitat) that may result in disturbance to listed species and/or their avoidance of the project area.

Castilleja levisecta (golden paintbrush) [historic]

Howellia aquatilis (water howellia)

Lomatium bradshawii (Bradshaw's lomatium)

Major concerns that should be addressed in your Biological Assessment of project impacts to listed plant species include:

1. Distribution of taxon in project vicinity.

2. Disturbance (trampling, uprooting, collecting, etc.) of individual plants and loss of habitat.

3. Changes in hydrology where taxon is found.

DESIGNATED

Critical habitat for bull trout

PROPOSED

None

CANDIDATE

(Brush Prairie) Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama ssp. oregonus)

Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa)

SPECIES OF CONCERN

Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

California wolverine (Gulo gulo luteus)

Cascades frog (Rana ascadae)

Coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki) [southwest Washington DPS]

Larch Mountain salamander (Plethodon larselli)

Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)

Long-legged myotis (Myotis volans)

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Northwestern pond turtle (Emys (= Clemmys) marmorata marmorata)

Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata)

Pacific Townsend=s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii)

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

River lamprey (Lampetra ayresi)

Slender-billed white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis aculeata)

Tailed frog (Ascaphus truei)

Van Dyke=s salamander (Plethodon vandykei)

Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus griseus)