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

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
LITERATURE CITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART I INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A. Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
B. Taxonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
C. Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
D. Life History/Demography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
E. Habitat/Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
F. Reasons for Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
G. Conservation Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Regulatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PART II RECOVERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
A. Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Description and Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Strategic Goals and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Recovery Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1. Watershed Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2. Watershed-Orchid Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3. Interdisciplinary Teams . . . 23
as 4. Riparian Habitat Conservation Are (RHCAs) . . . 25
5. Riparian/Aquatic Habitat Management Objectives
(RMOs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6. Standards and Guidelines . . . . 25
7. Monitoring Strategy for the Ute ladies'-tresses . 26
8. Orchid Recovery in Disjunct Habitats . . . . . . 26
9. Ute ladies'-tresses Recovery Team . . . . . . . . 27
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
B. Stepdown Outline for Recovery Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
C. Narrative Outline for Recovery Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
D. Literature Cited/References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
PART III IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
PART IV APPENDICES . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix I. Taxonomy of Ute ladies'-tresses . . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix II. Terminology . . . . . . . 43
Appendix III. Hydrologic Basins and Key Watersheds . . 45
Appendix IV. Examples of Possible Riparian/Aquatic Management
Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46