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near the Sapphire Range, is contained in 

 Appendix B, p. 36. 



General nature of ownership: The sites in 

 the Pioneer Mountain drainages are on 

 U.S.D.A. Forest Service, U.S. D.I. Bureau of 

 Land Management, and State of Montana lands. 



I.9.B. Specific landowners: 



USDA Forest Service 

 Beaverhead National Forest 

 610 N. Montana Street 

 Dillon, MT 59725 



2. USDI Bureau of Land Management 

 Headwaters Resource Area 



P.O. Box 3388 

 Butte, MT 59702 



3. Montana Department of State Lands 

 1625 11th Avenue 



Helena, MT 59620 



4. Several sites are partially or wholly 

 privately owned. These include: 



Charleys Gulch (001) 

 Spring Gulch (002) 

 Rock Quarry Gulch (003) 

 Birch Creek Bluffs (004) 

 Wise River (010) 



I.9.C. Management responsibility: Same as 



ownership. 



I.9.D. Easements, conservation restrictions, etc.: 



A portion of the Charleys Gulch Site is 

 registered with The Nature Conservancy by the 

 owner (George Frost) . Although such registry 

 is not legally binding, the owner agrees to 

 preserve the populations present, and to 

 inform The Nature Conservancy of any proposed 

 land management changes. 



I.ll.A.l. Present or threatened destruction, 



modification, or curtailment of habitat or 

 range: The Birch Creek Bluffs population 

 (004) may be threatened by weed invasion by 

 Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) . The 

 Mouth of Quartz Hill Gulch subpopulat ion 

 (006) closest to the road is threatened by 

 gravel removal from the base of the hill. 



