9. Current land ownership and management responsibility 



A. General nature of ownership--Al 1 known viable populations are on 

 public land owned by the U.S. Government. 



B. Specific landowners—All sites with more than 50 plants of 

 Astragalus scaphoides are on public land administered by the Bureau 

 of Land Management - specifically Dillon, MT and Salmon, ID area 

 offices. Part or all of the Bachelor Mtn., Mouth of Grasshopper 

 Creek, Lower Agency Creek, Lemhi, Hayden Basin, Leadore, and Shoup 

 sites are in private ownership. The Agency Creek --F.S. site is on 

 public land administered by Salmon National Forest. 



C. Management responsiblity--See above. 



D. Easements, conservation restrictions, etc. --None known. 



10. Management practices and experience 

 A. Habitat management 



1. Review of past management and land use experiences — No 

 experience. 



2. Performance under changed conditions — Unknown. 



3. Current management policies and actions—With the exception of 

 the Shoup site, all A. scaphoides populations are on land which 

 is currently managed for livestock grazing. Of the five sites 

 studied, the Bon Accord site appears to have little or no 

 recent livestock usage; the Cold Spring Creek site appears to 

 have light livestock usage, although the presence of exotic 

 plant species nay indicate heavier past use; the Sheep Corral 

 Gulch, Badger Gulch, and Agency Creek sites all appear to have 

 moderate to heavy use by livestock. 



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