fires that occurred in the summer and fall of 

 1988 did not burn any of the habitat 

 containing recorded populations of A. barrii 

 (Susan Hayman, Ashland District, Custer 

 National Forest, pers. comm.). 



H. LAND OWNERSHIP (MONTANA) 



1. The list of land ownership for the 19 currently 

 known, and 1 historical occurrence of Astragalus 

 barrii in Montana, appears below. The exact 

 locations are provided in Table 1, pp. 5-9. 



a. U.S. Forest Service (Custer National Forest): 



Fort Howes Ridge (Oil) 



Taylor Butte Rim (012) 



Stag Rock Cliff Tops (013) 



Lyon Creek Ridge (014) 



King Creek Well (015) 



Stag Rock Reservoir Ridges (016) 



NW Buttress Taylor Butte (017) 



Sheep Well Road (020) 



b. U.S. Bureau of Land Management (Miles City 

 District) : 



Butte Creek (002) 

 Wild Bill Creek (009) 



c. U.S. Bureau of Land Management (Miles City 

 District) and private land: 



Bobcat Creek (008) 

 Gate Creek (018) 



d. Department of State Lands 



Biddle School Section (007) 



e. Private Land 



Biddle (001) 



Decker (003) 



Colstrip (004) 



Miller Coulee (005) 



Ekalaka (006) *** historical location 



O'Dell Creek Buttress (019) 



II. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 



A. THREATS TO CURRENTLY KNOWN POPULATIONS (MONTANA) : 



Many of the sites on U.S. Forest Service lands are in 

 areas naturally protected from the possible threat of 



