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1 <br /> management team may recommend special, long-term protection of the wet meadow, hayfield <br /> populations, and the processes supporting those populations in order to ensure the species' survival <br /> over time. <br /> For additional comments addressing the topic of"disjunct" habitat and the differential treatment of <br /> this habitat type in the Plan, please refer to comments submitted independently by Nina Williams, <br /> recovery team member and former Plant Ecologist, City of Boulder Open Space Department. <br /> 2. Page 6, first paragraph under"D. Life History/Demography": "Very little is known..." could be <br /> changed to "Knowledge about the life history and demography of Ute ladies'-tresses is limited, <br /> however, each year additional information is gleaned from ongoing research." Anna Arft's recently <br /> completed doctoral research can be mentioned. <br /> 3. Page 9, 4th full paragraph: "long-term standing water' needs to be better defined to distinguish <br /> between annual, seasonal high water that the orchid can tolerate, and soils that remain saturated for <br /> the duration of several seasons for multiple years (that the orchid appears not to tolerate). S. <br /> diluvialis plants that grow along the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument and in Brown's <br /> Park remain submerged for several weeks at a time during annual flooding in the spring. The orchid <br /> apparently tolerates this submersion without negative effects. In fact, annually flooded riparian areas <br /> provide important orchid habitat. <br /> 4. Page 11, last paragraph, second sentence: "...moderating stream dynamics to produce even rather <br /> than varying flows and low sediment loads may impede creation and maintenance of orchid habitat." <br /> Use of the word "may" weakens this statement. The model (for natural population establishment <br /> and maintenance) presented in the Habitat/Ecology section of the Plan describes the characteristics <br /> of dynamic stream systems that create and maintain orchid habitat. Plans to moderate flows and <br /> decrease sediment loads will impede the processes that create and maintain orchid habitat. <br /> 5. Page 13, last full paragraph, last sentence: change to: The National Park Service expects to <br /> continue long-term orchid monitoring and inventory in Dinosaur National Monument, and to assist <br /> other land managing agencies as similar studies are established. (The author of these Open Space <br /> Dept. comments previously worked at Dinosaur N.M., and includes this comment due to that <br /> association. Please consult with Dinosaur N.M. staff when considering this suggested change). <br /> 6. Page 15, first paragraph (Description and Rationale), sixth sentence: "For natural viability, the <br /> orchid is...": The meaning of this sentence is clouded by awkward wording. <br /> 7. Page 15, last paragraph ("l."), second sentence: Does the "it" at the end of the sentence refer to <br /> the species or to "population size and distribution"? <br /> 8. Page 16, second full paragraph(1): Please consider replacing the paragraph with the following <br /> wording, and/or combining paragraphs (3.) and (4.) in this section: <br /> 3 <br />