Bobcat Creek (008)* 



Wild Bill Creek (009) 



Gate Creek (018)* 



South Fork Wright Creek #2 (023) 



Ranch Creek #1 (024)* 



Bell Creek (026) 



Stellar Creek Road (030) 



3. Department of State Lands: 



Biddle School Section (007) 



4. Private lands (exclusively): 



Biddle (001) 



Decker (003) 



Colstrip (004) 



Miller Coulee (005) 



Ekalaka (006) 



O'Dell Creek Buttes (019) 



Scoles Ranch Road (021) 



South Fork Wright Creek #1 (022) 



South Biddle (025) 



Colstrip SE (027) 



Spring Creek #1 (028) 



Spring Creek #2 (029) 



G. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. THREATS TO CURRENTLY KNOWN POPULATIONS: Coal mining is 

 an existing and potentially localized threat for occurrences outside of the study 

 area in Rosebud County. Quarrj'ing and exotic species encroachment are low- 

 level existing threats found throughout the state. 



2. MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND RESPONSES: This species is found 

 on secondary range and has a low, tufted growth form and early-season 

 flowering. Therefore, it is minimally affected by grazing management, unless 

 livestock developments are placed near populations, or unless grazing fosters 

 weed encroachment or major successional shifts that otherwise increase 

 competition. 



The species may be affected by herbicide spraying and early-season pesticide 

 spraying. There are localized invasions of yellow sweetclover {Melilotus 



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