The three state agencies in Montana that administer lands with this species 

 have been informed of its occurrence. 



3. Other nations: None. 



4. International: None. 



14. Recommended critical habitat: Critical habitat was not designated for this species and it 

 was not addressed in the survey. 



15. Conservation/recovery recommendations. 



A. General conservation recommendations. 



1. Recommendations regarding present or anticipated activities. 



a. Draft Section 7 guidelines have been prepared for the species in Montana 

 (Appendix E). There is need for a map of potential habitat to accompany it. 



b. The state agencies administering land with this species do not have 

 botanists on staff working with rare species, nor do the federal and state 

 agencies working with private landowners. A species workshop is being 

 planned for 1 998 to provide a framework and coordination for addressing the 

 species. 



c. Monitoring was initiated at one site with landowner permission in 1996. A 

 review of monitoring objectives and design is needed, with special regard to 

 results from the previous monitoring conducted by Arft (1995a), along with 

 analysis of data collected to date. 



2. Areas recommended for protection: The two largest populations (EO #005 

 and #011) and the most extensive population (EO#004) are the highest 

 priorities for landowner contact and protection consideration. 



3. Habitat management recommendations: Interim management guidelines 

 have been prepared for the first site at which the species was discovered, at 

 the request of the landowner. 



4. Publicity sensitivity: The presence of this species in Montana was first 

 publicized in the Montana Outdoors Magazine (Aderhold 1995) and a short 

 article in the Montana Native Plant Society Newsletter (Heidel 1 996b) as well 

 as in a technical publication (Heidel 1996a). It will be profiled in a Montana 

 Audubon fact sheet in a series on Montana's threatened and endangered 

 species. It was the topic of a technical presentation at the Montana Rare Plant 



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