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

IN MASON 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)

Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

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.

DESIGNATED

Critical habitat for bull trout

Critical habitat for the marbled murrelet

Critical habitat for the northern spotted owl

PROPOSED

None

CANDIDATE

(Shelton) Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama ssp. couchi)

Streaked horned lark (Eremophila alpestris strigata)

SPECIES OF CONCERN

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Cascades frog (Rana cascadae)

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

Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)

Long-legged myotis (Myotis volans)

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)

Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

Olympic torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus)

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) 

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

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

River lamprey (Lampetra ayresi)

Tailed frog (Ascaphus truei)

Van Dyke's salamander (Plethodon vandykei)

Western toad (Bufo boreas)

Botrychium ascendens (triangular-lobed moonwort)