1997-06-13_REPORT - M1981302 ‎(11)‎

• Permit No: M1981302
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 6/13/1997
• From: US DEPT OF THE INTERIOR
• To: TE/UTE LADIES TRESSES COVERY PLAN
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Strategic Goals and Guidelines. Strategic goals for achieving Ute ladies'-
tresses population restoration and long-term, natural persistence of the
orchid throughout its known historical range include:
1. Maintain options for future recovery by ensuring that secure, well-
distributed, and diverse natural habitats and co-adapted populations, and
local examples of natural ecosystem processes, remain in place over the
long-term;
2. Secure existing populations of riparian and aquatic species, with
particular emphasis on sensitive species, and maintain the critical areas
supporting healthy ecosystem function;
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3. Institute recovery measures that stand the greatest chance of producing
measurable improvements in the status and abundance of the orchid and
other associated riparian plant species, and improvement of ecosystem
function, in the near term.
Population restoration guidelines include:
1. Identifying and securing habitats that are critical for maintaining
existing populations of the orchid. (Note: securing includes actions such
as purchase, easements, and management agreements that ensure that orchid
viability needs are met.)
2. Controlling the cause rather than the symptoms of habitat degradation. In
some cases mechanical restoration, such as recreating meander patterns or
rerouting the stream back into an historical channel , may be beneficial in
the short term to allow long term natural processes to take root.
3. The use of transplanting and ex-situ propagation and reintroduction of
stocks of the orchid should only be used as a last resort or to restore
extirpated populations and should be avoided where reproductive potential
remains.
effort involving the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Idaho Field Office, the
Bureau of Land Management Idaho State Office, Regions 1 and 4 of the U.S.
Forest Service, and the State of Idaho. The strategy was prepared by a
Technical Work Group that included representatives from the U.S. Forest
Service, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Bureau of Land Management, Idaho
Division of Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Ute ladies'-tresses orchid Recovery Team would like to acknowledge and
express appreciation for the contribution made by the interagency group that
authored the Bull Trout Conservation Strategy. The document is an excellent
example of ecosystem-level thinking applied to restoration and management of a
species in trouble.
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