Owl Creek ranges of Park and Fremont counties, Wyoming (Lesica 

 and Shelly 1988). In Montana, shoshonea is generally restricted 

 to shallow, calcareous soils of exposed limestone outcrops, rims, 

 ridgetops and talus slopes at 6,800-7,800 ft (Lesica and Shelly 

 1988) . In Montana, there are no apparent, immediate threats to 

 populations of shoshonea. However, the species is threatened in 

 the Beartooth Mountains by potential mining or oil and gas 

 development and, in the Pryor Mountains, by grazing of wild 

 horses. The species is ranked as G2G3/S1 (globally threatened, 

 state endangered) by the Montana Natural Heritage Program and is 

 considered sensitive in Montana (Lesica and Shelly 1991) . 

 Shoshonea is listed as sensitive by Region One of the U.S. Forest 

 Service (Lesica and Shelly 1991) and is a candidate for listing 

 as a threatened or endangered species by the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service (USDI-FWS 1990) . 



This report describes the establishment of long-term 

 monitoring studies at three sites in Carbon County, Montana. We 

 also detail the methods used in reading the permanent transects 

 and present the first year's data. Finally, we discuss 

 statistical methods for analyzing the data. 



