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*♦ . Publicity sensitivity: Low. 

 a. Other recommendations: None. 

 B. Monitoring activities and research needs. 



1. Permanent monitoring plots should be 

 established at several locations. The U.S. 

 Forest Service should establish such study 

 plots at the Holland Lake site (001), so 

 that information on long-term population 

 trends can start to be accumulated. 

 Long-term studies would also be appropriate 

 for the Cottonwood Creek site (0^0), as well 

 as several of the roadside populations, so 

 that trends and persistence of the latter 

 may be better understood. 



2. Periodic field-checking of as many 

 populations as possible is strongly 

 recommended. Population data will be 

 retained in the Montana Natural Heritage 

 Program data base, to provide an initial 

 basis for future trend studies. This 

 monitoring is necessary in order to note 

 changes in status. Such studies should 

 ideally be conducted every two to five years. 



3. Further research on the b i osys tema t l c 

 relationships of the species is needed. 

 Especially useful would be studies addressing 

 the degree of actual genetic divergence, 

 i.e., with respect to G. squar rosa . 



Elec trophoret i c techniques, as well as 

 experimental crossing, may be revealing. 



16. Interested parties: 



Office of Endangered Species 



ATTN: Dr . Jim Mi 1 ler 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



Reg ion 6 



P.O. Box 25A86 



Denver Federal Center 



Denver , CO 802E5 



Endangered Species Field Office 



ATTN: Carol Taylor 



U.S. Fish and wildlife Service 



Federal Building, 301 South Park 



P.O. Box 10023 



Helena, MT 59626 



