federally-listed endangered, threatened, proposed and candidate

FEDERALLY LISTED ENDANGERED, THREATENED, PROPOSED AND
CANDIDATE SPECIES IN MONTANA COUNTIES
September 2003
C = Candidate
PCH = Proposed Critical Habitat
LT = Listed Threatened
CH = Designated Critical Habitat
LE = Listed Endangered
PT = Proposed Threatened
XN = Non-essential experimental population
COUNTY/SCIENTIFIC NAME
BEAVERHEAD
Thymallus arcticus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Spiranthes diluvialis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
COMMON NAME
STATUS
Montana Arctic Grayling
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Ute Ladies' Tresses
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
C
LT
LT
LT
XN
LT
BIG HORN
Cynomys ludovicianus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
C
LT
LE
BLAINE
Scaphirhynchus albus
Cynomys ludovicianus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Pallid Sturgeon
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
LE
C
LT
LE
BROADWATER
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Canis lupus
Spiranthes diluvialis
Lynx canadensis
Bald Eagle
Gray Wolf
Ute Ladies' Tresses
Canada Lynx
LT
XN
LT
LT
CARBON
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LT
XN
LT
LE
C
September 2003
COUNTY/SCIENTIFIC NAME
CARTER
Cynomys ludovicianus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
COMMON NAME
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
C
LT
LE
CASCADE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle
LT
CHOUTEAU
Scaphirhynchus albus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Pallid Sturgeon
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LE
LT
LE
C
CUSTER
Scaphirhynchus albus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Grus americana
Pallid Sturgeon
Bald Eagle
Interior Least Tern
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Whooping Crane
LE
LT
LE
LE
C
LE
DANIELS
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle
LT
DAWSON
Scaphirhynchus albus
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Grus americana
Pallid Sturgeon
Interior Least Tern
Bald Eagle
Whooping Crane
LE
LE
LT
LE
DEER LODGE
Thymallus arcticus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Montana Arctic Grayling
Bald Eagle
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
FALLON
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Grus americana
Bald Eagle
Whooping Crane
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STATUS
C
LT
LT, XN
LT
LT, PCH
LT
LE
September 2003
COUNTY/SCIENTIFIC NAME
FERGUS
Scaphirhynchus albus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
COMMON NAME
Pallid Sturgeon
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
FLATHEAD
Salvelinus confluentus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Silene spaldingii
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Bull Trout
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Spalding's Campion
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
GALLATIN
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Zaitzevia thermae
Spiranthes diluvialis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Warm Spring Zaitzevian Riffle Beetle
Ute Ladies' Tresses
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
GARFIELD
Scaphirhynchus albus
Charadrius melodus
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Pallid Sturgeon
Piping Plover
Interior Least Tern
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
GLACIER
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Botrychium lineare
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
Slender Moonwort
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT
C
GOLDEN VALLEY
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LE
C
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STATUS
LE
LT
LE
C
LT, PCH
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT
C
LT
XN
LT
LE
LT, CH
LE
LT
LE
C
September 2003
COUNTY/SCIENTIFIC NAME
GRANITE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
COMMON NAME
Bald Eagle
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
HILL
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LE
C
JEFFERSON
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Spiranthes diluvialis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Ute Ladies' Tresses
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LT
LT, XN
LT
LE
C
JUDITH BASIN
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle
LAKE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Howellia aquatilis
Silene spaldingii
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Botrychium lineare
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Water Howellia
Spalding's Campion
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
Slender Moonwort
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT, PCH
C
LEWIS AND CLARK
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LT
LT, XN
LT
LT, PCH
LE
C
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STATUS
LT
LT, XN
LT
LT, PCH
LT
September 2003
COUNTY/SCIENTIFIC NAME
LIBERTY
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
COMMON NAME
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LINCOLN
Acipenser transmontanus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Silene spaldingii
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Botrychium lineare
White Sturgeon (Kootenai River Pop.)
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Spalding's Campion
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
Slender Moonwort
MADISON
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Spiranthes diluvialis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Ute Ladies' Tresses
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
McCONE
Scaphirhynchus albus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Charadrius melodus
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Grus americana
Pallid Sturgeon
Bald Eagle
Piping Plover
Interior Least Tern
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Whooping Crane
MEAGHER
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle
MINERAL
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Bald Eagle
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
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STATUS
LT
LE
C
LE
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT, PCH
C
LT
LT
LT
XN
LT
LE
LT
LT, CH
LE
LE
C
LE
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT, PCH
September 2003
COUNTY/SCIENTIFIC NAME
MISSOULA
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Howellia aquatilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Coccyzus americanus
COMMON NAME
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Water Howellia
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
Yellow-billed cuckoo (western pop.)
MUSSELSHELL
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LE
C
PARK
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
LT
LT
XN
LT
PETROLEUM
Scaphirhynchus albus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Pallid Sturgeon
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LE
LT
LE
C
PHILLIPS
Scaphirhynchus albus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Charadrius melodus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Pallid Sturgeon
Bald Eagle
Piping Plover
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LE
LT
LT, CH
LE, XN
C
PONDERA
Charadrius melodus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Piping Plover
Grizzly Bear
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bald Eagle
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT
POWDER RIVER
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LE
C
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STATUS
LT
LT
LT
LT, XN
LT
LT, PCH
C
September 2003
COUNTY/SCIENTIFIC NAME
POWELL
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
COMMON NAME
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
PRAIRIE
Scaphirhynchus albus
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Pallid Sturgeon
Interior Least Tern
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Bald Eagle
RAVALLI
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Coccyzus americanus
Bald Eagle
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
Yellow-billed cuckoo (western pop.)
RICHLAND
Scaphirhynchus albus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Charadrius melodus
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Cynomys ludovicianus
Grus americana
Pallid Sturgeon
Bald Eagle
Piping Plover
Interior Least Tern
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Whooping Crane
LE
LT
LT, CH
LE
C
LE
ROOSEVELT
Scaphirhynchus albus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Charadrius melodus
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Cynomys ludovicianus
Grus americana
Pallid Sturgeon
Bald Eagle
Piping Plover
Interior Least Tern
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Whooping Crane
LE
LT
LT, CH
LE
C
LE
ROSEBUD
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Interior Least Tern
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LE
LE
C
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STATUS
LT
LT
LT, XN
LT
LT, PCH
LE
LE
LE
C
LT
LT
XN
LT
LT, PCH
C
September 2003
COUNTY/SCIENTIFIC NAME
SANDERS
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Silene spaldingii
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Botrychium lineare
COMMON NAME
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Spalding's Campion
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
Slender Moonwort
SHERIDAN
Charadrius melodus
Grus americana
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Piping Plover
Whooping Crane
Bald Eagle
SILVER BOW
Thymallus arcticus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Salvelinus confluentus
Montana Arctic Grayling
Bald Eagle
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Bull Trout
C
LT
LT, XN
LT
LT, PCH
STILLWATER
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LT
XN
LT
LE
C
SWEET GRASS
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LT
XN
LT
LE
C
TETON
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus arctos horribilis
Canis lupus
Lynx canadensis
Bald Eagle
Grizzly Bear
Gray Wolf
Canada Lynx
LT
LT
LT
LT
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STATUS
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT
LT, PCH
C
LT, CH
LE
LT
September 2003
COUNTY/SCIENTIFIC NAME
TOOLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
COMMON NAME
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LE
C
TREASURE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
C
VALLEY
Scaphirhynchus albus
Charadrius melodus
Mustela nigripes
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Cynomys ludovicianus
Grus americana
Pallid Sturgeon
Piping Plover
Black-footed Ferret
Interior Least Tern
Bald Eagle
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Whooping Crane
LE
LT, CH
LE
LE
LT
C
LE
WHEATLAND
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LE
C
WIBAUX
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Scaphirhynchus albus
Sterna antillarum athalassos
Cynomys ludovicianus
Grus americana
Bald Eagle
Pallid Sturgeon
Interior Least Tern
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Whooping Crane
LT
LE
LE
C
LE
YELLOWSTONE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mustela nigripes
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle
Black-footed Ferret
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
LT
LE
C
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STATUS