review for potential listing as a 

 threatened species under the U.S. 

 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (U.S. 

 Department of Interior 1985) . 

 Specifically, it is included in Category 2 

 (taxa for which information now in 

 possession of the Service indicates that 

 listing as a threatened or endangered 

 species is possibly appropriate, but for 

 which substantial data on biological 

 vulnerability and threats are not 

 currently known or on file to support the 

 immediate preparation of rules) . 



The U.S. Forest Service list of sensitive 

 species for Region 1 (Northern Region) 

 currently includes Astragalus barrii (U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture 1988) . 

 Objectives and policies of the U.S. Forest 

 Service provide for the management and 

 protection of sensitive species under 

 sections 2670.22 and 2670.32 in the 1984 

 Forest Service Manual. Under these 

 guidelines the Forest Service is to (a) 

 "maintain viable populations of all native 

 species of plants" (2670.22), (b) "avoid 

 or minimize impacts to species whose 

 viability has been identified as a 

 concern" (2670.32.3) and to (c) "establish 

 objectives for Federal candidate species, 

 in cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife 

 Service. . .and the states" (2670.32.5). 



b. Other current formal status 



recommendations: Astragalus barrii is 

 currently listed as "very rare and local 

 throughout its range or found locally 

 (even abundantly at some of its locations) 

 in a restricted range" (global rank - G3) 

 by The Nature Conservancy. 



State. 



a. Montana. 



i. Present designated or proposed 

 legal protection or regulation: 



None. 



ii. Other current formal status 

 recommendations: Astragalus 

 barrii is currently listed as 



