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

IN THURSTON 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) which may result in disturbance to listed species and/or their avoidance of the project area.

Castilleja levisecta (golden paintbrush)

Howellia aquatilis (water howellia)

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 habitat loss.

3.         Changes in hydrology where taxon is found.

DESIGNATED

Critical habitat for the bull trout

Critical habitat for the marbled murrelet

Critical habitat for the northern spotted owl

PROPOSED

None

CANDIDATE

Mardon skipper (Polites mardon)

(Olympia, Tenino, and Yelm) Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama ssp. pugetensis, tumuli, and yelmensis)

Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa)

Streaked horned lark (Eremophila alpestris strigata)

Taylor’s checkerspot (Euphydryas editha taylori)

SPECIES OF CONCERN

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

California wolverine (Gulo gulo luteus)

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)

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

Oregon vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus affinis)

Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata)

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

River lamprey (Lampetra ayresi)

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

Tailed frog (Ascaphus truei)

Valley silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene bremeri)

Van Dyke=s salamander (Plethodon vandykei)

Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus griseus)

 Aster curtus (white-top aster)

Cimicifuga elata (tall bugbane)

Sidalcea malviflora ssp. virgata (rose checker-mallow)