Appendix E — Priority Species Designations

Partners in Flight

Table 6. Priority species detected in Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) surveyed in 2022, as designated by Partners in Flight. BCRs include BCR 9 (Great Basin), BCR 10 (Northern Rockies), BCR 11 (Prairie Potholes), BCR 15 (Sierra Nevada) and BCR 16 (Southern Rockies and Colorado Plateau), BCR 17 (Badlands and Prairies), BCR 18 (Shortgrass Prairie), BCR 19 (Central Mixed Grass Prairie), and BCR 33 (Sonoran and Mojave Deserts). An “x” in the Occupancy or Density Estimated column indicates that occupancy or density estimates were generated for the priority species at some level in one or more of the BCRs where it holds a priority designation.

RC = Regional Concern Species; RS = Regional Stewardship Species (Partners in Flight 2019)

State Agencies

Table 7.Priority species detected in 2022, by state, with management designations by state agencies. Agencies include Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGF), Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), Idaho Fish and Game Department (IDFG), Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT), Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MTFWP), Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC), and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF). An “x” in the Occupancy or Density Estimated columns indicates estimates were generated for that species at some level in one or more of the states where it holds a priority designation.

CPW: T1 = species of highest conservation priority in the state; T2 = important in light of forestalling population trends or habitat conditions; SSC = State Special Concern; SE = State Endangered; ST = State Threatened (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2015); IDFG: T1 = Tier 1 priority species; T2 = Tier 2 priority species; T3 = Tier 3 priority species (J. Halka, personal communication, 2018); KDWPT: T1 = Tier 1 priority species; T2 = Tier 2 priority species (C. Berens, personal communication, 2018); MTFWP: S1 = at high risk; S1B = at high risk, breeding; S1M = at high risk, migratory; S2 = at risk; S2B = at risk, breeding; S3 = potentially at risk; S3B = potentially at risk, breeding; S4 = apparently secure; S5N = common, nonbreeding (Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, 2015); NGPC: T1 = Tier I: Globally or nationally most at-risk of extinction; T2 = Tier II: State Critically Imperiled, State Imperiled or State Vulnerable (Schneider et al, 2018); NMDGF: SGCN = Species of Greatest Conservation Need; ST = State Threatened; SE = State Endangered (New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, 2016); NDGF: L1 = Level 1: species having a high level of conservation priority because of declining status either here or across their range or a high rate of occurrence in North Dakota constituting the core of the species breeding range (i.e. “responsibility” species) but are at-risk range wide; L2 = Level 2: Species having a moderate level of conservation priority or a high level of conservation priority but a substantial level of non-SWG funding is available to them; L3 = Level 3: species having a moderate level of conservation priority but are believed to be peripheral or non-breeding in North Dakota (Dyke et al, 2015); ODWC: Tier 1 = Species receiving a combined score of 13 to 15 on Oklahoma’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need Selection and Scoring Criteria; Tier 2 = Species receiving a combined score of 11 or 12 on Oklahoma’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need Selection and Scoring Criteria; Tier 3 = Species receiving a combined score of 6 to 10 on Oklahoma’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need Selection and Scoring Criteria (Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, 2015); SDGFP: 1 = State or federally listed species for which the state has a mandate for recovery 2A = Species that are regionally or globally imperiled and for which South Dakota represents an important portion of their remaining range; 2B = Species that are regionally or globally secure* and for which South Dakota represents an important portion of their remaining range; 3 = Species with characteristics that make them vulnerable (E. Dowd, personal communication; 2018); TPWD: S1 = Critically Imperiled; S1B = Critically Imperiled Breeding; S2 = Imperiled; S2B = Imperiled Breeding; S3 = Vulnerable; S3B = Vulnerable Breeding; S3N = Vulnerable Nonbreeding; S4 = Apparently Secure; S4B = Apparently Secure Breeding; S5 = Secure; S5B = Secure Breeding; SHB = Possibly Extirpated Breeding; SXB = Presumed Extirpated Breeding (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 2012); UDWR: S1 = Critically Imperiled; S1B = Critically Imperiled Breeding; S2 = Imperiled; S2B = Imperiled Breeding; S3 = Vulnerable; S3B = Vulnerable Breeding; S3N = Vulnerable Nonbreeding; S4 = Apparently secure; S4B = Apparently secure Breeding; S4N = Apparently secure Nonbreeding; SU = Unrankable, due to conflicting or inadequate information; (Utan Wildlife Action Plan Joint Team, 2015); WYGF: T1 = Species scoring 37-54 on WYGFD’s ranking matrix; T2 = Species scoring 19-36 on WYGFD’s ranking matrix; T3 = Species scoring 1-88 on the WYGFD’s ranking matrix (Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 2016).

Bureau of Land Management

Table 8. Priority species detected on Bureau of Land Management lands in 2022, with management designations by state. An “X” in the Occupancy or Density Estimated columns indicates estimates were generated for that species in at least one BLM stratum in one or more of the states where it holds a priority designation.

SS = Sensitive Species; California (Bureau of Land Management, 2019); FT = Federally Threatened; SS = Sensitive Species; Colorado (R. Sell, personal communication, 2018); T1 – Includes species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as Endangered (E) or Threatened (T), Experimental Essential (XE) populations, and designated Critical Habitat (CH); T2 – Idaho BLM Sensitive Species: Includes State Director designated species as well as FWS Candidate Species (C), FWS Proposed species (P), FWS Experimental Nonessential Populations (XN), and species delisted from ESA Threatened or Endangered status within the past 5-years (D); Idaho (Bureau of Land Management, 2014); SS = Sensitive Species; Montana (Montana Natural Heritage Program, 2015); SS = Sensitive Species; Nevada (Bureau of Land Management, 2017); SS = Sensitive Species; North Dakota, South Dakota (Bureau of Land Management, 2014); Oregon (Bureau of Land Management, 2019); Utah (G.D. Cook, personal communication, 2018); Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management, 2010).

U.S.F.S. Region 1

Table 9. Priority species detected on US Forest Service lands in Region 1 in 2022, with management designations by region and unit. Codes for Units: Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF (BDNF), Bitterroot NF (BINF), Clearwater NF (CLNF), Custer NF (CUNF), Dakota Prairie NG (DPNG), Flathead NF (FLNF), Gallatin NF (GANF). An “x” in the Occupancy or Density Estimated columns indicates estimates were generated for that species in at least one USFS stratum where it holds a priority designation.

R1SS = Region 1 Sensitive Species; MIS = Management Indicator Species; FS = Focal Species; FT = Federally Threatened; FE = Federally Endangered, SS = Sensitive Species (C. Staab, personal communication, 2018)

U.S.F.S. Region 2

Table 10. Priority species detected on US Forest Service lands in Region 2 in 2022, with management designations by region and unit. Codes for Units: Arapaho and Roosevelt NF (ARNF), Bighorn NF (BINF), Black Hills NF (BHNF), Buffalo Gap NG (BGNG), Comanche NG (CONG), Fort Pierre NG (FPNG), Grand Mesa, Uncompaghre and Gunnison NF (GMUG), Medicine Bow NF (MBNF), Nebraska/Samuel R. McKelvie NF (NENF), Oglala NG (OGNG), Pawnee NG (PANG), Rio Grande NF (RGNF), Routt NF (RONF), and San Juan NF (SJNF), Shoshone NF (SHNF), Thunder Basin NG (TBNG), and White River NF (WRNF). An “x” in the Occupancy or Density Estimated columns indicates estimates were generated for that species in at least one USFS stratum where it holds a priority designation.

R2SS = Region 2 Sensitive Species; MIS = Management Indicator Species; SI = Species of Interest; SLC = Species of Local Concern; SNI = Species Needing More Inventory; SC = Species of Concern; SVC = Species of Viability Concern; SSC = Species of Special Concern; FT = Federally Threatened; FE = Federally Endangered (US Forest Service, 2008).

U.S.F.S. Region 3

Table 11. Priority species detected on US Forest Service lands in Region 3 in 2022, with management designations by region and unit. An “x” in the Occupancy or Density Estimated columns indicates estimates were generated for that species in at least one USFS stratum where it holds a priority designation.

R3SS = USFS Region 3 Sensitive Species; MIS = Management Indicator Species; SC = Species of Concern; FS = Focal Species (S. R. Plunkett and N. Kline, personal communication, 2018).

U.S.F.S. Region 4

Table 12. Priority species detected on US Forest Service lands in Region 4 in 2022, with management designations by region and unit. Codes for Units: Ashley NF (ASNF), Boise NF (BONF), Bridger-Teton NF (BTNF), Caribou-Targhee NF (CTNF), Humboldt-Toiyabe NF (HTNF). An “x” in the Occupancy or Density Estimated columns indicates estimates were generated for that species in at least one USFS stratum where it holds a priority designation.

CAS = Conservation Agreement Species; FE = Federally Endangered Species; FS = Focal Species; EPA = Eagle Protection Act; MIS = Management Indicator Species; NV SC = Nevada Species of Concern; PMIS = Proposed Management Indicator Species; R4SS = Region 4 Sensitive Species; SC = Species of Concern; SI = Species of Interest; SS = Sensitive Species (R. Sadak, personal communication, 2018)