SOUTH DAKOTA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: FALCO MEXICANUS 

 Common Name: PRAIRIE FALCON 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 



State rank: S3S4B,S4N Federal Status; 



Element occurrence code: ABNKD06090. 014 

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Survey site name: 



EO rank: C 

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County: 



USGS quadrangle: BATTLESHIP ROCK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 018N 008E 



Precision: 



Survey date : 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



Location: 



SLIM BUTTES; REVA GAP 



Element occurrence data : 



ACTIVE NEST WITH AT LEAST THREE YOUNG IN WEST- FACING CRACK IN CLIFF 



General site description: 



PONDEROSA PINE HILLS WITH STEEP CLIFFS, MIXED GRASS PRAIRIE, SAGEBRUSH 

 AND WOODY DRAWS. 



Land owner/manager: 

 SLIM BUTTES 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



TWO YOUNG SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND DEAD 



Information source: MELIUS, M.M. 1989. FIELD SURVEY TO SLIM BUTTES, 



JUNE 22-26. 



