Recovery Plan Ad Hoc Report results

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Plan Title Plan Stage Plan Lead Region (FWS) Plan Lead Office (FWS) Species Common Name Species Scientific Name Action Priority Action Number Action Description Action Status Estimated Initiation Date Estimated Completion Date Action Lead Agencies Responsible Parties Work Types Labor Types Comments Implementation Activity Number Implementation Activity Description Implementation Activity Status Implementation Activity Estimated Initiation Date Implementation Activity Estimated Completion Date Implementation Activity Labor Types Implementation Activity Work Types Implementation Activity Responsible Parties Implementation Activity Comments Implementation Activity Species
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 1 Secure populations Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service, USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta Acquisition Labor type not yet selected RNR2017 - All known populations are on USFS lands.
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 31 Maintain representative populations Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Management: Propagation Labor type not yet selected
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 4 Monitor populations Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta Research: Population Surveys Contract RNR2018 - FWS monitored Burke County sites following burn in April 2018. RNR2017 - USFS tries to monitor populations every 5 years. One large population in McDowell County was monitored in 2017.
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 511 Study light relations Not Started Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 512 Study competition Complete Prior to FY 1995 Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 513 Study fire relations Complete Prior to FY 1995 Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected RNR2019 - In 2016, a grad student compared spatial distribution of lightning-ignited fires and HUMO locations.
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 514 Study trampling Ongoing Not Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 515 Study predation Complete Prior to FY 1995 Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected [CLWELLS, 9/12/2007: see five year review for the species (currently in draft). Seed predation was regarded as a potential threat by earlier investigators, but later unsubstantiated. No form of predation is currently known to be a significant threat to the species.]
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 52 Develop management recommendations Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 521 Remove competition by burning Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected RNR2018 - Prescribed fire in April 2018 at Burke County site. RNR2017 - A fire burned at the McDowell County population in Winter of 2017. USFS supplemented fire to burn HUMO.
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 522 Remove competition manually/mechanically Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected RNR2019 - A non-profit group inventoried and mapped NNIS on approx. 1,500 acres of land including occupied HUMO habitat. Hand-pulling of NNIS also occured in this area.
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 523 Consider altering visitor use Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected RNR2019 - A non-profit group is experimenting with passively changing visitor use patterns by placing large, immovable boulders in specific locations to guide users away from rare plants. The same group is working on quantifying visitor use and patterns of use. RNR2017-2019 - USFS is working with climbers and hikers on alternative hiking and climbing routes.
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 524 Control predation Not Started Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 2 525 Public education Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta Other: Information and Education Labor type not yet selected In 2015, educational signs will be placed near trail to the Chimneys to tell hikers to avoid USFS closure areas in order to protect this species.
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 3 2 Conduct searches for new populations Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Research: Population Surveys Contract RNR2018 - A new descrete location was found and is an expansion of a known population.
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 3 22 Train personnel in identification Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Forest Service Other: Information and Education Labor type not yet selected RNR2017 - USFS trains wilderness fire fighters in the identification of HUMO.
Mountain Golden Heather F 4 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office (828) 258-3939 Mountain golden heather Hudsonia montana 3 32 Deposit seeds in seed bank Discontinued Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta Work type not yet selected Labor type not yet selected RNR2020 - Botanical gardens will collect seeds from a declining populatio this year. RNR2019 - In 2016, a botanical garden collected seeds from one population as a part of an effort to bank globally rare taxa.