Interagency Special Status /
Sensitive Species Program (ISSSSP)

Conservation Planning Documents

Conservation Assessments

Conservation Assessments, like Species Fact Sheet, capture and condense all of the known information about the biology and ecology of a species. However, they tend to be more comprehensive and more in depth than Species Fact Sheet. They include taxonomic, range, distribution, and habitat descriptions, but may also contain key information regarding potential items to consider when managing a species site. In addition, they often identify important inventory, research, and monitoring information that may be relevant for further understanding of the species or for adaptive management purposes. Often, Conservation Assessments provide information on the entire range of the species. Conservation Assessments are not decision documents, but are useful tools to aide biologists and botanists in evaluating project impacts, determining future informational needs, and working with managers on recommendations regarding site management.

• Final Conservation Assessment Format and Draft Conservation Strategy Format Transmittal Memo, IB-OR-2006-142 - July 6, 2006 - Adobe .pdf File - 35k
  1. Attachment #1, Final Conservation Assessment Format - Adobe .pdf File - 172k
  2. Attachment #2, Draft Conservation Strategy Format - Adobe .pdf File - 194k
  3. Attachment #3, Peer Review Process - Adobe .pdf File - 20k

Amphibians

• Aneides flavipuntatus, Black salamander - 2008 - Word .doc File - 429k
• Ascaphus montanus, Rocky Mountain tailed frog - 2011 - Word .doc File - 1.7M
• Batrachoseps attenuatus, California slender salamander - 2008 - Word .doc File - 869k
• Batrachoseps wrighti, Oregon slender salamander - 2009 - Word .doc File - 4.8M
• Plethodon larselli, Larch Mountain salamander - 2008 - Word .doc File - 1.2M
• Plethodon stormi (Siskiyou Mountain Salmander) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 641k
• Rana boylii, Foothill yellow-legged frog - 2009 - Word .doc File - 5.1M
• Rana luteiventris, Columbia Spotted frog
  • Conservation Assessment - 2007 - Word .doc File - 2.2M
    • Figure 2-RALU Occurrences - 2007 - Adobe .pdf File - 5.6M
• Rana pretiosa, Oregon spotted Frog - 2011 - Word .doc File - 1.6M
• Rhyacotriton cascadae, Cascade torrent salamander - 2011 - Word .docx File - 2.2M
• Rhyacotriton olympicus - 2008 - Word .doc File - 6.3M

Birds

• Empidonax wrightii, Gray Flycatcher - 2012 - Adobe .pdf File - 1.5M
• Strix nebulosa, Great gray owl - 2012 – Adobe.pdf File – 1.0M

Bryophytes

• Iwatsukiella leucotricha - 2009 - Word .doc File - 22.8M
• Rhizomnium nudum - 2010 - Word .doc - 22.2M
• Schistostega pennata - 2010 - Word .doc File - 1.2M
• Scouleria marginata - 2011 - Word .doc File - 1.5M
• Tetraphis geniculata - 2010 - Word .doc File - 955k
• Tritomaria exsectiformis - 2005 - Word .doc File - 109k
• 11 Species of Bryophytes - 2011 - (Includes Bartramiopsis lescurii, Diplophyllum plicatum, Encalypta brevicollis, Herbertus aduncus, Herbertus sakuraii, Kurzia makinoana, Marsupella emarginata var. aquatica, Orthodontium gracile, Plagiochila semidecurrens var. alaskana, Radula brunnea, Tritomaria quinquedentata) - Word .doc File - 1.2M

Fish

• Catostomus rimiculus ssp., Jenny Creek sucker - 2011 - Word .docx File - 2.9M

Fungi

• Conservation Assessment for Fungi in Regions 5&6 and OR/WA/CA BLM - July 2007 - Word .doc File - 175k
  • Appendix 1 - Fungi species currently Special Status or Sensitive Species - Word .doc File - 463k
  • Appendix 2 - Additional Fungi Species - Word .doc File - 557k
  • Appendix 3 - Work Group Priority Information and Gaps - Word .doc File - 73k
• Habitat Summary for Sensitive Fungi Species - 2007 - Excel .xls File - 53k

Invertebrates

• Polites mardon, Mardon skipper - 2011 - Word .doc File - 719k

Lichens

• 11 Species of Coastal Lichens - 2005 - (Includes Bryoria pseudocapillaris, Bryoria spiralifera, Bryoria subcana, Erioderma sorediatum, Heterodermia leucomelos, Kaernefeltia californica, Leioderma sorediatum, Leptogium brebissonii, Niebla cephalota, Pyrrhospora quernea, Teloschistes flavicans) - Adobe .pdf File - 1.1M
  • 11 Species of Coastal Lichens - 2009 - Word .doc File - 712k (without graphics)
• 5 Species of Lichens – 2013 – (Includes Hypogymnia duplicata, Pilophorus nigricaulis, Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis, Sticta arctica, Tholurna dissimilis) - Adobe .pdf File - 522k
• Dermatocarpon meiophyllizum - 2007 - Word .doc File - 378k
• Pannaria rubiginosa - 2013 - Adobe .pdf File - 693k

Mammals

Martes pennanti, Fisher

• Volume 1: Conservation Assessment - 2010 - Zipped Adobe .pdf File - (Very Large File Warning!) 24.8M
• Volume 2: Key Findings from Fisher Habitat Studies in British Columbia, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and California - 2011 - Adobe .pdf File - 3.3M

Mollusks

• Cryptomastix devia (Puget Oregonian) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 477k
• Cryptomastix hendersoni (Columbia Oregonian) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 105k
• Deroceras hesperium (Evening Fieldslug) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 110k
• Fluminicola n sp 1 (Klamath pebblesnail) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 80k
• Helminthoglypta hertlieni (Oregon Shoulderband) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 108k
• Hemphillia species (4 species) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 264k
• Lyogyrus n. sp 2 (Masked duskysnail) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 75k
• Monadenia fidelis minor (Dalles Sideband) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 105k
• Monadenia (Shastelix) chaceana (Chace sideband) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 113k
• Oreohelix n. sp 1 (Chelan mountainsnail) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 135k
• Pristiloma arcticum crateris (Crater Lake Tightcoil) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 106k
• Prophysaon coeruleum (Blue-gray taildropper) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 118k
• Vertigo n. sp. (Hoko vertigo) - 2005 - Word .doc File - 91k
• Mollusk species associated with Springs and Spring Runs - 2005 - Word .doc File - 133k

Reptiles

• Actinemys marmorata, Western pond turtle
  • Conservation Assessment - 2009 - Adobe .pdf File - 1.1M
• Chrysemys picta bellii, Western Painted Turtle - 2009 - Adobe .pdf File - 723k
• Contia tenuis, Sharp-tailed snake - 2009 - Word .doc File - 5.0M

Vascular Plants

• Achnatherum hendersoni – 2013 - Word .docx File - 759k
• Achnatherum wallowaense – 2013 - Word .docx File - 759k
• Arctostaphylos hispidula, Gasquet manzanita - 2010 - Adobe .pdf File - 3.4M
• Asplenium septentrionale - 2005 - Word .doc File - 2.8M
• Botrychium species - 2007 - Word .doc File - 5.0M
  • Appendix 1 - Key to Western Spp of Moonwort Ferns - Word .doc File - 35k
  • Appendix 2 - Characters of the once-pinnate spp of moonworts - Word .doc File - 273k
  • Appendix 3 - Characters of the twice-pinnate spp of moonworts - Word .doc File - 239k
  • Appendix 4 - B. ascendens - Word .doc File - 108k
  • Appendix 5 - B. campestre - Word .doc File - 109k
  • Appendix 6 - B. crenulatum - Word .doc File - 74k
  • Appendix 7 - B. hesperium - Word .doc File - 80k
  • Appendix 8 - B. lanceolatum - Word .doc File - 115k
  • Appendix 9 - B. lineare - Word .doc File - 89k
  • Appendix 10 - B. lunaria - Word .doc File - 106k
  • Appendix 11 - B. minganense - Word .doc File - 98k
  • Appendix 12 - B. montanum - Word .doc File - 62k
  • Appendix 13 - B. paradoxum - Word .doc File - 79k
  • Appendix 14 - B. pedunculosum - Word .doc File - 76k
  • Appendix 15 - B. pinnatum - Word .doc File - 105k
  • Appendix 16 - B. pumicola - Word .doc File - 100k
• Coptis asplenifolia - 2005 - Word .doc File - 182k
• Coptis trifolia - 2005 - Word .doc File - 248k
• Corydalis aquae-gelidae - 2005 - Word .doc File - 479k
• Cypripedium fasciculatum - 2005 - Word .doc File - 306k
• Erythronium elegans, Elegant fawn lily, Conservation Assessment - 2009 - Word .doc File - 3.6M
• Eucephalus vialis - 2005 - Word .doc File - 281k
• Galium kamtschaticum - 2005 - Word .doc File - 204k
• Iliamna bakeri - 2005 - Word .doc File - 10.2M
• Perideridia erythrorhiza - 2005 - Word .doc File - 3.0M
• Platanthera chorisiana - 2007 - Word .doc File - 1.0M
• Sidalcea hirtipes, Bristly-stemmed checker-mallow - 2011 - Word .docx File - 2.0M
• Sisyrinchium sarmentosum - 2009 - Word .doc File - 6.4M