Interagency Special Status /
Sensitive Species Program (ISSSSP)

Agency Policy and Lists

Management for Sensitive species follows Forest Service Region 6 Sensitive Species policy as identified in Section 2670 of the Forest Service Manual (FSM). Management of Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Special Status Species follows agency policy documented in Section 6840 of the BLM Manual.

For Oregon and Washington BLM administered lands, Special Status Species policy details the need to conserve listed species and the ecosystems on which they depend. Conservation is defined as the use of all methods and procedures which are necessary to improve the condition of Special Status Species and their habitats to a point where their Special Status recognition is no longer warranted. Policy objectives also state that actions authorized or approved by the BLM do not contribute to the need to list species under the Endangered Species Act. Special Status Species are designated by the State Director in coordination with federal and state agencies.

For Region 6 of the Forest Service, Sensitive Species are defined as those plant and animal species identified by a Regional Forester for which population viability is a concern, as evidenced by significant current or predicted downward trends in population numbers or density and habitat capability that would reduce a species’ existing distribution (FSM 2670.5). Management of sensitive species “must not result in a loss of species viability or create significant trends toward federal listing” (FSM 2670.32). The Regional Forester is responsible for identifying sensitive species and shall coordinate with federal and state agencies and other sources, as appropriate, in order to focus conservation management strategies and to avert the need for Federal or State listing as a result of National Forest management activities.

Interagency Information

• Overview of and How to Filter ISSSSP Spreadsheets - Word .doc File - 42K

OR/WA Bureau of Land Management

Current Lists

• OR-IM-2019-003 - Transmittal of State Director Special Status Species List - 21 March 2019 - Adobe .pdf File - 221K
  • Attachment 1 - Federally Threatened, Endangered & Proposed Species and Bureau Sensitive - Excel .xlsx File - 200K
  • Attachment 2 - Criteria for Determining Sensitive Species Status - Word .docx File - 24K

Previous Lists

• IM-OR-2015-028 - Transmittal of State Director's Special Status Species List, July 2015 - Adobe .pdf File - 54K
  • Attachment 1 - Federally Threatened, Endangered & Proposed Species, and Bureau Sensitive and Strategic Species List - Excel .xls File - 342K
  • Attachment 2 - Criteria for Determining Sensitive and Strategic Species Status - Adobe .pdf File - 344K

Policy

• Instruction Memorandum, IM-2009-039 - 12 December 2008 - Adobe .pdf File - 18K
  • BLM Manual 6840 – Special Status Species Policy - 12 December 2008 - Adobe .pdf File - 454K
• Instruction Memorandum, No. OR-91-57 - Word .doc File - 67K
  • Attachment 1, OR/WA Special Status Species Policy - Word .doc File - 27K
• Instruction Memorandum, No. OR-2003-054 - Word .doc File - 35K

Region 6 Forest Service

Current Lists

• Special Status Species Lists
  • Transmittal - Regional Forester Special Status Species List - 08 March 2019 - Adobe .pdf File - 113K
    • Enclosure 1 - Federal Threatened, Endangered & Proposed Species and Sensitive Species Lists - Excel .xlsx File - 205K
    • Enclosure 2 - Criteria for Determining Sensitive Species Status - Word .docx File - 24K

Previous Lists

• Special Status Species Lists
  • Transmittal - Regional Forester's Special Status Species List - 21 July 2015 - Adobe .pdf File - 1.3M
    • Enclosure 1 - Federal Threatened, Endangered & Proposed Species and Sensitive and Strategic Species Lists - Excel .xlsx File - 401K
    • Enclosure 2 - Criteria for Determining Sensitive and Strategic Species Status - Word .doc File - 93K

Policy

• U.S. Forest Service Manual 2670 - For access to the Forest Service 2670 Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive species policy, please go to the following website:  http://www.fs.fed.us/im/directives/dughtml/serv_fsm.html