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lands. The Forest Management Act of 1976 

 requires that the U.S.F.S. manage habitat for 

 all existing native and desired non-native 

 plants, fish and wildlife in order to 

 maintain viable populations. Gr i nde 1 i a 

 howg 1 1 i i should be included in such 

 management plans. 



C. Other status recommendations. 



1. Counties and local areas: No need for 

 regulation at the county or other local 

 levels of government is seen. 



E. States: A change of status from S2 



(endangered in Montana) to S3 (threatened in 

 Montana) has been made on the MTNHP list of 

 plant species of special concern. The 

 species should be retained in NHP category 

 SI (critically endangered) in Idaho. 



3. Other nations: Not pertinent. 



U . International: Not pertinent. 



1 ^ . Recommended critical habitat: Because Gr i nde I i a 



howe 1 1 i i does not currently appear to be threatened 

 or endangered, critical habitat is not being 

 recommended at this time. 



15. Conservation/recovery recommendations. 



A. General conservation recommendations. 



1. Recommendations regarding present or 

 anticipated activities: Owing to the 

 ruderal response of many of the populations, 

 no recommendations regarding present or 

 anticipated activities are currently being 

 made . 



2. Areas recommended for protection: Owing to 

 the scarcity of sites which occur in native 

 or semi-native communities, the Cottonwood 

 Creek site (0^+0) was nominated as a potential 

 natural area at the October 1986 Montana 

 Natural Areas Conference. The highest 

 quality portions of this site are on the 

 state-owned B 1 ac kfoo t -C 1 ear wa ter Wildlife 

 Management Area. 



3. Habitat management recommendations: No 



active management recommendations are being 

 made at this time. 



