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C. Other status reconunendations. 



1. Counties and local areas: No recommendations. 



2. States: Shoshonea pulvinata is currently listed as SI 



("critically state endangered") in Montana* by the Montana 

 Natural Heritage Program (Shelly 1988). No change in 

 status is recommended. 



3. Other nations: Not pertinent. 



^. International: No recommendations. 



1^. Recommended critical habitat: Because the status of Shoshonea 

 pulvinata has not been determined for the part of its range in 

 Wyoming, critical habitat is not being recommended at this time. 



15. Conservation/recovery recommendations. 



A. General conservation recommendations. 



1. Recommendations regarding present or anticipated activities: 

 The effects of mining, logging, and increased grazing 

 pressure in areas supporting Shoshonea populations should be 

 assessed before any of these activities are implemented. 



2. Areas recommended for protection: The Grove Creek Pinnacles 

 site in the Beartooth Mounatins contains the largest known 

 population of Shoshonea in Montana, and was nominated as a 

 potential natural area at the 1986 Montana Natural Areas 

 Conference (Peterson et al. 1987). The Lost Water Canyon 

 area has been proposed for designation a U.S. Forest 

 Service research natural area (Habeck 1988). The lands 

 supporting Shoshonea populations should be included in the 

 proposed reserves. 



3. Habitat management recommendations: No recommendations are 

 being made at this time. 



^. Publicity sensitivity: Low. 



5. Other recommendations: None. 



B. Monitoring activities and research needs: Demographic monitoring 

 studies (Lesica 1987, Palmer 1987) should be initiiated at one 

 subpopulation at the Grove Creek Pinnacles site in the Beartooth 

 Mountains, and for one subpopulation in the Pryor Mountains. 

 Data from these transects can be used to assess and predict the 

 performance of Shoshonea populations (Menges 1986). Future 

 management recommendations can then be made based on a more 

 thorough knowledge of the population biology of Shoshonea 

 pulvinata . Detailed field surveys are needeed in Wyoming, to 

 further assess the known populations and any threats to them, and 

 to locate any additional new sites. Field surveys on the 



