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3. U.S. Forest Service 



a. Granite Creek Central (all). 



C. Management responsibility: Lolo National Forest 

 (Granite Creek Central). 



D- Easements, conservation restrictions, or other 

 special designations: None known. 



10. Management practices and experience. 



A. Habitat management. 



1. Review of past management and land-use 

 exper i ences . 



a. Tr isetum orthochaetum : None. 



b. Related taxa: Unknown; not reviewed. 



c. Other ecologically similar taxa: Not 



reviewed . 



2. Performance under changed conditions: 



Unknown . 



3. Current management policies and actions: 



Details unknown; the slopes along both sides 

 of Granite Creek have been heavily logged in 

 many places. Some forested areas along the 

 bottom of the drainage have also been 

 logged. The area is also frequently visited 

 by hunters and other recreat ioni sts . None 

 of the landowners ars currently aware of the 

 presence and requirements of Tr isetum 

 orthochaetum . 



^. Future land use: The area is very valuable 

 for its commercial timber resources. 

 Although the meadow areas generally have not 

 been disturbed, future road building related 

 to further logging could possibly occur in or 

 very near these habitats. There is an 

 abundant moose herd in the drainage, and 

 hunter visitation is likely to continue. 



B. Cultivation. 



1. Controlled propagation techniques: No 



experience. 



B. Ease of transplanting: Unknown; individuals 



of Tr isetum canescens and T. wo If i i have 

 evidently been successfully transplanted 

 from the field into cultivation (Watson, 

 1976). 



