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

IN SAN JUAN 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) [marine waters]

 

Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) [marine waters]

 

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)

 

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

 

None

 

 

PROPOSED

 

None

 

 

CANDIDATE

 

None

 

 

SPECIES OF CONCERN

 

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Island large marble butterfly (Euchloe ausonides insulanus)

Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)

Long-legged myotis (Myotis volans)

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)

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

Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

Oregon vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus affinis)

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata

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

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

River lamprey (Lampetra ayresi)

Valley silverspot (Speyeria zerene bremeri) [type location]

Western toad (Bufo boreas)