Recovery Plan Ad Hoc Report results
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Document ID=1006367| 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 |
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| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 1.2.1.1 | Ensure Federal agencies managing land use their authorities to protect habitat in Priority 1 core areas. | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Other: Regulations | Species Expert | This action will be in effect until the two species are delisted. Section 7 consultation is often where this action comes into play. Habitat evaluation and management coupled with population monitoring are some of the big actions that measure management success. We are due to engage with BLM over the next few years on the next programmatic consultation affecting listed species populations across the district. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 1.2.2.1 | Ensure non-Federal public agencies managing land use their authorities to protect habitat and promote the recovery and conservation of listed species in Priority 1 core areas. | Ongoing Current | Other | Cities of Cave Junction, Medford, and White City, Oregon, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of State Lands, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department | Management: General, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Other: Regulations | Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance | Non federal, but state-managed (ODOT and OPRD) land occurs in both the Illinois and Rogue valleys of Jackson and Josephine counties. ODOT has been operating a 180 acre mitigation and conservation bank in the Rogue Valley which has expanded the range of Lomatium cookii and increased the population size of Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora. OPRD is monitoring their Cook's lomatium occupied habitat. Other populations for these species are biennially monitored. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 1.2.3.1 | Ensure land trust organizations preserve listed species occurrences and habitat and promote recovery in Priority 1 core areas. | Ongoing Current | Other | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | This action will be the responsibility of the land trusts. The land trusts in our area integrate listed species conservation in their conservation easement and management plans, but they are limited in staff time and must work with landowners or agency staff to perform regular habitat management. We will be cooperating with land trusts in 2024 to develop more partnerships with land owners who may have the two listed species on their properties. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.1.1 | Conduct interim management on Federal lands in Priority 1 core areas. | Ongoing Current | FY 2013 | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | Management: Other | Internal Administrative | In 2023, the Service made site visits to the Agate Lake Reservoir, a Priority 1 core area, and helped survey for large-flowered woolly meadowfoam and Cook's desert parsley in preparation of population augmentation and reintroduction. In 2024 Service, BLM and FS visited several Cook's lomatium sites in the Illinois Valley and identified potential restoration and protective measures that could conserve the populations. | |||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.2.1 | Conduct interim management on non-Federal public lands in Priority 1 core areas. | Ongoing Current | FY 2013 | Other | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of State Lands, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department | Management: General, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer | The Service is a participant in this ongoing action, but not the responsible agency. We periodically make site visits and provide technical assistance to ODOT and OPRD lands in Jackson and Josephine counties. ODOT and OPRD both conduct periodic monitoring are are looking for ways to manage their properties. | |||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.3.1 | Ensure private landowners with existing conservation agreements are conducting interim management on lands in Priority 1 core areas. | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | Southern Oregon Land Conservancy has assumed fee title ownership or holds conservation easements of four vernal pool properties in the Agate Desert and several Illinois Valley woodland habitats that support listed species. A landowner with a robust population of Lomatium cookii in the Illinois Valley seeks to expand a conservation easement on his property and the Service is willing to assist as appropriate. We assist with monitoring, mechanical or chemical vegetation restoration, and work with or state partners to seek property acquisition funding. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.4 | Develop and implement standardized monitoring techniques to evaluate ecosystem function and response, species response, and threat response to interim management activities. | Ongoing Current | FY 2013 | FY 2014 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | The vernal pool assessment methodology was completed in 2014. We have not attempted to initiate a ecosystem function assessment for the Illinois Valley, however ODA has performed a site by site habitat assessment for a large number of plant populations. Habitat assessment techniques for Illinois Valley Cook's lomatium would be different for Rogue Valley large-flowered woolly meadowfoam habitat and may need to be separate endeavors. We may consider pursuing this action before the next 5-year review. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.5.2 | Identify and prioritize areas of historically occupied habitat with potentially suitable habitat for restoration and management for Lomatium cookii, Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora, and vernal pool fairy shrimp. | Ongoing Current | FY 2013 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Transportation, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | The Service is exploring areas to establish or augment listed plants in areas that likely used to support the listed plants in the near future. We have funded a species distribution project to identify past occurrences and document current occurrences. We hope to utilize this information for species introductions and augmentation on protected lands. We will continue to pursue landowner partnerships in the area. | |||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.5.3.2 | Secure seed source at offsite locations and nurseries through land leases, partnerships, or agreements. | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Berry Botanic Garden, Oregon Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | ODOT and BLM began initiating this action in 2009. Since then, seed sources have been identified and seed has been collected by ODOT, BLM, and ODA from Jackson and Josephine County properties including the Medford International Airport, BLM lands in the Illinois Valley, ODFW Denman Wildlife Area, and SOLC preserve lands, most recently in 2022. Seed storage is available for Cook's lomatium and meadowfoam at several locations. Excess seed beds occur at J Herbert Stone Nursery, which the Service has funded to maintain for at least four years. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.5.3.3 | Collect and store seeds from listed plant occurrences on Priority 1 core areas. | Ongoing Current | FY 2010 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Berry Botanic Garden, Oregon Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | Collection of Cook's lomatium and woolly meadowfoam seed has not occurred on priority 1 core areas as much as priority 2 areas. At this time, we do not consider the separate core areas to have genetically distinct traits. There is a great quantity of seed available for the two species that can be used for reintroduction purposes. In 2022 the Service funded the nursery to continue the seed bulking efforts. | |||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.6.1.1 | Conduct research into techniques and determination of success criteria for enhancement, restoration, and creation, including feasibility of reintroductions and introductions. | Complete | FY 2014 | FY 2027 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | ODOT performed a successful large-scale vernal pool habitat restoration project and has determined that listed plant establishment is feasible. The Service has funded a contractor to to pursue reintroduction and augmentation efforts for listed plants where appropriate. Different seed bed preparation techniques will be studied. Success criteria will likely include plant establishment rates, native species presence, and a lack of invasive non-native species. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.6.1.2 | Develop Reintroduction Plans for the two listed plant species that will identify and prioritize appropriate outplanting locations, augmentation and reintroduction techniques, and outplanting strategies | Ongoing Current | FY 2025 | FY 2020 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Berry Botanic Garden, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | BLM, ODOT, ODA, and Southern Oregon Land Conservancy are currently on the leading edge of refining listed plant reintroduction and augmentation, but a comprehensive plant establishment guide is not in the works. We have funded a trial seeding effort in 2023 that will inform a future reintroduction plan. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.6.1.4 | Reintroduce or introduce Lomatium cookii to Federal lands in the Rogue Valley and additional Federal lands in the Illinois Valley. | Ongoing Current | FY 2011 | FY 2028 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | Cooks lomatium seed has been used to augment BLM properties in the Illinois Valley for the last 12 years. These have been monitored up until today (see action 2.6.1.2). The Service plans to augment existing woolly meadowfoam populations on BOR land in fall of 2024 and augment Cook's lomatium to selective sites at BOR, ODFW, and City of Medford lands in the fall of 2024. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 2.7.1 | Assist in the implementation of species management actions for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Denman Wildlife Area | Not Started | FY 2025 | FY 2027 | Other | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Contract, Internal Technical Assistance | ODA has recently trial seeded areas on ODFW Hall Tract with Cook's lomatium. The Service is concerned with rabbit predation. Plants will be monitored in ensuing years. The Service is pursuing a 2 year species management action at the Denman Wildlife Area in the very near future. Efforts will be conducted by service contractors, such as The Understory Initiative and Groundtruth Ecological LLC. likely between 2024 and 2026. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 4.1 | Develop offsite and onsite cultivation and propagation techniques for Lomatium cookii and Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora. | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Transportation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | This action was initiated by ODOT in order to mitigate for highway development within vernal pool habitat. BLM has joined suite. The Service has taken over ODOT's successfully propagated Cook's lomatium beds at the Stone Nursery. There are still many pounds of seed available for woolly meadowfoam, but eventually the Service may take over nursery seeding beds as well. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 5.1 | Form a single Rogue Valley and Illinois Valley recovery implementation team. | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Berry Botanic Garden, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, Southern Oregon University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | The Service convened vernal pool information sharing workshops in 2023 and 2024, but not recovery teams. A Cook's lomatium recovery workshop meeting was convened in the fall of 2021. We plan to continue holding recovery workshops and vernal pool information meetings to expand recovery partners and develop sound recovery initiatives. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 5.2.1 | Form individual working groups for the Rogue and Illinois Valley regions. | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Berry Botanic Garden, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Transportation, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | The Vernal Pool Information Network convened in response to this action in 2012. Since then they have met and discussed preferred vegetation management for vernal pool systems in Jackson County and also discussed recovery for the listed plants and the fairy shrimp. The most recent meeting was held in August 2024. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 5.3.1 | Establish contacts with the public to provide information about species covered under the recovery plan. | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Private land trust organizations, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Other | Internal Administrative, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer | The Service will continue to build partnerships with other local agencies (e.g. Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District, Jackson County public works) and landowners who own the properties. This year 2024 we signed a writ of access with the City of Medford to access two of their leased grazing properties for plant reconnaissance and installing seeding trials. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 1 | 5.7.1.2 | Develop agreements with landowners or land managers in Priority 1 core areas. | Ongoing Not Current | FY 2010 | Other | Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | We have been working with land trusts to pursue landowner partnership over the past 5 years. This is our primary office focus at this time. We will continue to pursue this until species are delisted. | |||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 1.1.1 | Complete a vernal pool site assessment for the greater Agate Desert region. | Ongoing Current | FY 2022 | FY 2024 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Oregon Department of State Lands, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | A complete assessment of the Agate Desert region was conducted in 2022 and a final report provided in 2023. The Service is reviewing the Klamath-Mountain specific region-wide vernal pool assessment and will share with the public.In FY 2023, the Service assisted BOR in Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora surveys, but did not fund any new monitoring or surveying efforts. ODA made visits to many Illinois Valley and Agate Desert Lomatium cookii populations in 2021 and 2022. BLM has been monitoring Lomatium cookii populations in the Illinois Valley for over 20 years and SOLC continues a long legacy of the listed plant surveys on four of their newly acquired properties in the Agate Desert. For 2024 we are developing a rangewide plant distribution mapping effort for the Rogue Valley. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 1.1.2 | Complete a wet meadow site assessment for the greater Illinois Valley wet meadow region. | Ongoing Not Current | FY 2014 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Cities of Cave Junction, Medford, and White City, Oregon, County governments, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General, Management: Other | Labor type not yet selected | This activity has not been pursued in the last 13 years. Medford BLM has funded the Institute of Applied Ecology to perform a habitat assessment along with long-term population monitoring at three locations in the Illinois Valley. The Service performed aerial photo assessments paired with site visits to select areas to include in critical habitat designation in 2010. The Forest Service is an interested and willing partner to perform restoration actions on their properties adjacent to Cook's lomatium core areas. | |||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 1.2.1.2 | Ensure Federal agencies use their authorities to protect species occurrences and their habitat in Priority 2 core areas. | Ongoing Current | FY 2013 | FY 2027 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | The Service has coordinated with Medford BLM for a suite of management and conservation actions a programmatic level across the district. BLM manages vernal pool fairy shrimp at Upper and Lower Table Rock and Cook's lomatium at various sites in the Illinois Valley. We anticipate this action will be ongoing until the species are delisted. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 1.2.2.2 | Ensure State and non-Federal agencies use their authorities to protect species occurrences and their habitat in Priority 2 core areas. | Ongoing Current | Other | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of State Lands, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Southern Oregon University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General, Management: Other, Management: Land Use | Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance | The ODA ensures that non-Federal public land agencies meet the state regulations that protect listed species. Service listed species are shared with State threatened and endangered plants. ODOT manages several locations with Lomatium cookii, Limnanthes pumila ssp grandiflora and vernal pool fairy shrimp. The ODA has regulatory authority over Jackson County which manages Lomatium cookii at the Medford Airport. In the last 2 years, with have coordinated with ODA regarding several airport expansion and improvement projects that will need both state and section 7 consultation. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 1.2.3.2 | Assist in the establishment of new preserves on private lands to protect listed species occurrences and their habitat in Priority 2 core areas. | Ongoing Not Current | Other | Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | Medford BLM acquired an additional 10 acres of suitable vernal pool fairy shrimp habitat on the Table Rocks in 2021. Southern Oregon Land Conservancy acquired a 80-acre property in vernal pool habitat and now has an established Limnanthes pumila ssp, grandiflora population. Our office is focused on forming new partnerships with private land owners in the Rogue and Illinois valleys for FY 2025 to form a wider network of listed species conservation. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 2.1.2 | Conduct interim management on Federal lands in Priority 2 core areas. | Ongoing Current | FY 2007 | Other | Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | The Service and the Understory Initiative are developing a long term management plan for the Bureau of Reclamation's (BOR) Agate Lake Reservoir. The Service and several partners have performed fairy shrimp surveys and mapped populations of Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora. Currently seeding trials are planned for 2024 and 2025. The Service will continue to fund Medford BLM to do vegetation monitoring and management in Lomatium cookii habitat in the Illinois Valley, as funding is available. | |||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 2.2.2 | Conduct interim management on non-Federal public lands in Priority 2 core areas. | Ongoing Current | Other | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Cities of Cave Junction, Medford, and White City, Oregon, County governments | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | The Service has not worked closely with the Illinois River Forks state park, but has performed several site visits and offered technical assistance. ODOT has been monitoring the roadside listed plant and fairy shrimp populations as well as restoration activities at their mitigation and conservation bank. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 2.3.2 | Conduct interim management on private lands in Priority 2 core areas. | Ongoing Current | Other | Berry Botanic Garden, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Other | Species Expert | Management on priority 2 core areas is well underway on private lands in the Rogue River Valley. The Service participated in a plant monitoring effort on private land in the Illinois Valley in 2021. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 2.5.3.1 | Identify and prioritize appropriate seed collection sites with the permission and cooperation from both public and private landowners. | Ongoing Current | FY 2009 | FY 2022 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Berry Botanic Garden, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Other | Contract, Graduate Student, Species Expert | The Service has identified seed-collection sites that are large enough to withstand low quantity harvests. In 2009, ODOT propagated Cook's lomatium and woolly meadowfoam seed sourced from areas that were within a highway project development. Additional seed was collected from the SOLC preserves. The seed was cleaned and grown out at the J. Herbert Stone Nursery successfully and resulted in abundant seed for mitigation use. IN 2022, the Service, ODA, and ODOT reviewed various seed source site and later in the year ODOT and ODA collected additional seed. In 2022 the Service leased a growing plot with J. Herbert Stone nursery to grow and propagate Cook's lomatium for future conservation use. Most recently we obtained access and seed collection privileges from the City of Medford. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 2.5.3.4 | Collect and store seeds from extant sites in Priority 2 core areas. | Ongoing Current | FY 2022 | FY 2024 | Other | Berry Botanic Garden | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | ODOT and ODA collected Cook's lomatium and large-flowered woolly meadowfoam seed from Priority 2 areas in 2022. The Service has assisted with this activity by providing a propagation plot at the Herbert Stone Nursery. ODT amassed over 1,000 pounds of meadowfoam seed and at least 30 pounds of Cook's lomatium seed. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 2.5.4.2 | Review existing mechanisms of collection of soils bearing vernal pool fairy shrimp cysts, storage, and application and success criteria. | Ongoing Current | FY 2013 | FY 2015 | Other | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Captive Standards and Veterinary Care, Management: General, Management: Other | Contract, Species Expert | TNC, ODOT, and private consultants have explored vernal pool fairy shrimp population establishment using inoculum and were generally successful. The techniques that we customarily use to collect inoculum are usually successful. The process did not seem to work to transfer of fairy shrimp inoculum to the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy property in 2017, due to some unknown habitat suitability issues. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 2.7.4 | Provide technical assistance to Oregon Parks and Recreation Department's Illinois River Forks State Park. | Ongoing Current | Other | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | The Service has been in discussion with OPRD regarding long-term management of park. Currently the Lomatium cookii has been declining due to a lack of management techniques to control seral succession and the spread of invasive annual grasses. Various herbicides have proven ineffective at the site. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 2.7.5 | Develop a management plan for or enter into a conservation agreement with Oregon Department of Transportation in Jackson and Josephine Counties. | Ongoing Current | Other | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Transportation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management | Labor type not yet selected | An HCP between ODOT and the Service involving monitoring and highway maintenance has been in place since 2014. The Service is a member of an interagency review team that ensures ODOT's vernal pool mitigation and conservation bank is going smoothly. We also work with ODOT for Army Corps section 7 consultations. The Service and ODOT maintain a close working relationship. However ODOT still lacks staffing to perform annual monitoring for several listed species populations. Some populations occur where ODOT does not perform roadside maintenance. Therefore funding is not available for regular monitoring or habitat management actions. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 2.7.6 | Assist with the Agate Desert Wetland Conservation Plan/White City Regional General Permit and conservation banking plan. | Complete | Other | Oregon Department of State Lands, Oregon Department of Transportation, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Other: Information and Education | Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert | This action item was partially addressed when the Wetland Mitigation Bank Interagency Review Team visited several vernal pool properties in search of ideal areas to conserve. Three entities recommended private land to perform restoration, mitigation, and long term conservation. ODOT eventually purchased and is managing the land as a mitigation/conservation bank. The 2011 Vernal Pool Biological Opinion serves as a range-wide conservation plan in many respects. The Army Corps of Engineers developed a Regional General Permit and DSL developed a General Permit for the Agate Desert Area but those permit time frames has lapsed. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 3.1 | Conduct strategic, region wide monitoring efforts for listed taxa in this recovery plan. | Ongoing Not Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Identify/Protect Foraging, Breeding and Mig Habitats | Contract, Species Expert, Volunteer | Cook's lomatium and woolly meadowfoam have been the focus of several strategic surveys in the last 2 years. The Service contracted Groundtruth Ecological LLC to conduct species distribution surveys for the Rogue Valley in 2023 and a final report is due in 2024. The last rangewide survey for meadowfoam was completed in 2008 and Cook's lomatium received a rangewide surveys in 2021, 2022 and 2024. Service staff plan to visit approximately 30 percent of the species populations in 2025. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 3.2 | Survey for additional occurrences of the listed plant species. | Ongoing Current | FY 2022 | FY 2024 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Other | Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer | The Service has funded consultants to conduct listed species distribution surveys in the Rogue Valley to begin in 2024. New woolly meadowfoam occurrence on various properties outside of the vernal pool core areas were reported in 2022 and 2023 by Groundtruth Ecological. In addition, new Cook's lomatium populations were discovered in the Illinois Valley and Rogue Valley in 2024. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 3.3 | Perform periodic core area site assessments for the 22 core areas. | Ongoing Current | FY 2022 | FY 2027 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of State Lands, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Monitor and Estimate Bycatch, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Species Expert | This activity was initiated in 2022, for the Rogue Valley, via a cooperative agreement with Groundtruth Ecological. They have assessed habitat conditions on all the core units in the Rogue Valley. A site assessment may be performed for the Illinois Valley in the near future. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 3.4.1 | Revise suitable species habitat maps and core area boundaries as new information becomes available. | Not Started | Other | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General | Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance | We have recently updated a region-wide map of vernal pool complexed in the Rogue Valley. New occurrences for Lomatium cookii and Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora were discovered in 2022 and 2024, with 2 occurrences falling outside a core unit. Development of an updated distribution map of vernal pool species is currently in progress. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 3.4.2 | Conduct status reviews of listed species in this recovery plan and identify those species warranting a change in status. | Ongoing Current | FY 2023 | FY 2027 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Other, Research: Other Information | Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert | Status reviews are currently underway and nearly complete for Cook's lomatium and woolly meadowfoam. They are due September 2024. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 4.1 | Implement standardized monitoring to document ecosystem and species responses to interim habitat management activities. | Ongoing Current | Other | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Private land trust organizations | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Volunteer | This action is taking place on most of SOLC owned lands in the Rogue Valley and some of the BLM managed lands in the Illinois Valley all within core areas. Monitoring results are provided regularly to the Service. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 4.4 | Evaluate techniques to reduce impacts from encroachment of native woody plant succession. | Ongoing Current | FY 2019 | Bureau of Land Management | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert | This action is an important task for Cook's lomatium populations in the Illinois Valley where populations occur near forest edges or in inter-forest meadows. A report by Institute for Applied Ecology in late 2018 provided results of BLM vegetation restoration activities in the Illinois Valley. Two sub-populations of Cook's lomatium were studied with vegetation removal, herbicide use, and prescribed fire. Recent actions taken by Medford BLM in the French Flat area have been successful. | |||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 4.5 | Conduct research on prescribed burning, mowing, and native planting on introduced annual grasses. | Ongoing Current | FY 2012 | FY 2027 | Bureau of Land Management | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Other, Research: Habitat Status, Research: Habitat Requirements | Species Expert | This task has been implemented on SOLC Preserves in the Rogue Valley and at French Flat in the Illinois Valley using prescribed burns. Although there are proven methods to conduct non-native grass habitat treatments, there is uncertainty due to unpredictable weather conditions. Herbicide trials at Illinois River Forks State Park was inconclusive. Native grass planting has been largely successful at the Agate Desert Preserve. The Institute for Applied Ecology completed a study evaluating the results from vegetation, fire, and herbicide management for two sub-populations of Cook's lomatium in the Illinois Valley on BLM lands. Similar studies may continue as lands are managed to better understand the management complexities of the species. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 4.6 | Refine research on appropriate grazing practices. | Ongoing Current | Other | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Other | Species Expert | Long-term grazing is still being investigated and appears promising. Formerly Wildlands, Inc and now RES, LLC. have been grazing a property for habitat maintenance since 2010, and the listed plant and vernal pool fairy shrimp are stable. Southern Oregon Land Conservancy and Carolina Solar are looking to implement grazing management in the near future on their properties. Carolina Solar manages a solar farm and has had success with goat grazing.. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 4.7 | Research genetic and morphologic traits among individuals and populations. | Ongoing Not Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Oregon Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | This action has been initiated by several researchers on vernal pool fairy shrimp and meadowfoam, but is out of action. Results of the research suggested an alignment with dwarf woolly meadowfoam and not the common woolly meadowfoam. Cook's lomatium populations in Jackson and Josephine Counties appear to have very similar genetic composition but grow in very different habitats. The Klamath Mountains vernal pool fairy shrimp populations were found to have a clade unique to this area. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 4.8 | Investigate restoration and recovery methods of historical vernal pool ecosystems that were degraded due to biosolid fill, and log debris fill. | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Research: Environmental Contaminants | Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert | TNC performed a habitat assessment for the ODFW Denman Wildlife Preserve in 2008. The assessment recommended the restoration of vernal pool systems that were bisected by a gravel road. ODOT performed a large-scale restoration for the mitigation bank and was largely successful. This work can be best performed by experienced heavy equipment operators. It is also quite expensive. As a compensatory mitigation action, private company will need to successfully construct restoration tasks to get mitigation credit. After seeding the property with Cook's lomatium and woolly meadowfoam the populations are stable. The Service is not aware of any new attempts to restore vernal pool habitat for mitigation or banking credit. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 2 | 5.3.2 | Create and distribute plant and animal identification and habitat restoration guides to landowners and the general public regarding plant and animal species included in this recovery plan. | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Other | Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert | Not initiated yet this would be a product we can use to form partnerships with private property owners. In the past the Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District has developed rare plant and fairy shrimp brochures to distribute to the public. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 1.2.2.4 | Protect species occurrences and their habitat that do not occur within a core area, but do occur within in the Rogue Valley or Illinois Valley Regions. | Ongoing Current | Other | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | The Service collaborated with ODOT and Southern Oregon Land Conservancy to establish large-flower woolly meadowfoam on a property that has a special conservation status, but is outside of a Core area. A consultant has identified new plant populations outside of core areas that are possibly in need of protection. This year a new the Service participated in plant surveys outside of core areas and will assist with any management concerns in the future as identified and/or needed. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 1.3.1.4 | Protect species occurrences and their habitat that do not occur within a core area, but occur within in the Rogue Valley or Illinois Valley Regions. | Ongoing Current | Other | Bureau of Land Management, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Acquisition: Easement, Acquisition: Management Agreement, Acquisition: Exchange, Acquisition: Withdrawal, Acquisition: Fee Title, Acquisition: Other | Volunteer | New populations of large-flowered woolly meadowfoam and Cook's lomatium were identified within the Rogue and Illinois Valley recently. The Service will work with all entities and private individuals including City of Medford, Jackson County and the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy to establish protective plant measures on the properties. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 2.1.3 | Conduct interim management on Federal lands that do not occur in a core area, but do occur within a vernal pool region. | Not Started | FY 2023 | FY 2027 | Other | Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | A new Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora occurrence was located on BLM land in the Rogue Valley in 2022 and was visited with BLM and Service staff in 2024. We will work with BLM to implement management at this location as appropriate. Prescribed burning, mowing, and grazing are the main management actions that are performed in the Rogue Valley, whereas vegetation thinning is used in the Illinois Valley. Plant augmentation could be a useful action at any plant population, if necessary and appropriate. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 2.1.4 | Conduct interim management on Federal lands that do not occur within a vernal pool region, but do contribute to recovery and long-term conservation of the species addressed in this recovery plan. | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer | Most properties outside of the vernal pool region on Federal land occur in the Illinois Valley. We have assisted BLM many times with habitat protection, conservation, and restoration and will to look for opportunities to assist with management on habitat in the Illinois Valley wet meadows. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 2.2.3 | Conduct interim management on non-Federal public lands that do not occur in a core area, but do occur within a vernal pool region. | Not Started | FY 2019 | FY 2027 | Other | Cities of Cave Junction, Medford, and White City, Oregon, County governments, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of State Lands, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Southern Oregon University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management | Labor type not yet selected | The Service funded vegetation management and introduction of large-flowered woolly meadowfoam at the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Land near a preserve located near the Rogue River (Rogue River Preserve) in 2019. We assisted with management of the property in 2019 and plan to expand assistance in the near future. Two populations of meadowfoam were located in non core areas in 2022 and the Service will consider providing funding for management in next few years as necessary. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 2.3.3 | Conduct interim management on lands that do not occur in a core area, but do occur within a vernal pool region. | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Transportation, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General | Internal Field Assistance, Volunteer | The Rogue River Preserve, managed by SOLC, was awarded a grant in FY 2019 from USFWS to conduct management actions to promote meadowfoam and fairy shrimp habitat improvement on their lands. A new listed plant population was identified on non core area BLM and SOLC land in the last 2 years. We will assist with management of these properties as needed. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 2.3.4 | Conduct interim management on private lands that do not occur within a vernal pool region, but do contribute to recovery and long-term conservation of the species addressed in this recovery plan. | Not Started | Other | Private land trust organizations, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance | Various listed species properties outside of vernal pool habitat occur in the Illinois and Rogue Valleys. There will be opportunities to assist at least two land owners in the Illinois Valley with Cook's lomatium habitat restoration and maintenance in upcoming years. Our office will outreach to additional property owners with suitable, non-vernal pool habitat to assist with management in 2025. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 2.5.1.1 | Review existing enhancement, restoration, and creation mechanisms and success criteria. | Ongoing Current | FY 2016 | FY 2028 | Other | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of State Lands, Oregon Department of Transportation, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: General | Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert | The Vernal Pool Information Network shared management techniques from BLM, TNC, SOLC, ODOT and private properties up until 2021. Various methods to accomplish successful habitat management are available to interested parties via online vernal pool restoration guidance. The Interagency Review Team that oversees two mitigation banks in the Rogue Valley reviews enhancement and restoration techniques monthly and how they meet performance success in the bank instruments. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 2.5.1.2 | In coordination with the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, develop scientifically-based and site-specific appropriate success criteria based on vernal pool enhancement, restoration and creation efforts. | Ongoing Current | Other | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of State Lands, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Contract, Species Expert | The Service coordinated with the Department of State Lands and the US Army Corps of Engineers to develop vernal pool habitat success criteria. This was applied to the Rogue Valley Mitigation and Conservation Bank and the ODOT vernal pool mitigation and conservation bank. The 2011 Vernal Pool Biological Opinion also provided success criteria to vernal pool habitat mitigation. In 2022, ODOT requested the Interagency Review Team to amend the mitigation bank success criteria in favor of criteria that are more feasible and based on high quality reference points. We are agreeable to the change, but approval by the other agencies has not been granted. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 3.5 | Conduct post-delisting monitoring of recovered species. | Not Started | FY 2022 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Other, Other: Administration | Labor type not yet selected | This action will be undertaken when species are proposed for down or delisting. | |||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 4.11 | Research associated micro and macro flora and fauna (crypto-biotic crusts) as indicators for vernal pool health and function. | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University researchers | Research: Ecosystem Studies, Research: Habitat Requirements | Contract | This research has not been undertaken, but non-vascular mosses and lichens do not cover a great extent of habitat. Occasionally moss and lichens occur in vernal pool systems, but the role they play or their importance is unknown. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 4.2 | Study pollination vectors between and among populations | Not Started | Other | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Research: Habitat Status | Contract, Species Expert | In 2008, observations were recorded on woolly meadowfoam pollination vectors, but this research should continue. Additional research would be helpful to understand population size, connectivity, reproduction mechanics and instill better population establishment practices. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 4.3 | Research role of mammals, insects, birds, and wind as cyst and seed dispersal vectors. | Not Started | Other | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Southern Oregon University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Research: General, Research: Habitat Requirements, Research: Migration, Research: Other Information | Species Expert | This proposal has not been funded yet but would make an excellent student project. We will keep it in mind for a federal internment program project. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 4.9 | Determine incidence of herbivory or predation on Lomatium cookii and Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora populations. | Ongoing Current | FY 2024 | FY 2026 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Oregon Department of Agriculture, Private land trust organizations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Monitor and Estimate Bycatch, Management: Predator and Competitor Control | Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert | Incidence of herbivory has been documented on Lomatium cookii populations for over 10 years, but it doesn't seem to be a driver in population declines. Voles and rabbits do utilize Cook's lomatium and introductions may require netting, but there is no evidence of herbivory on woolly meadowfoam, but we will start to pay closer attention in 2025 with the ongoing species seeding trials. | ||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 5.3.3 | Participate at local wildflower and outdoor shows and other public events. | Ongoing Not Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of State Lands, Oregon Department of Transportation, Private land trust organizations, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Other | Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Volunteer | We have not participated in public events in Jackson or Josephine counties for several years. This action should include development of outreach materials such as posters, brochures, and stickers. This is a lower priority action. We are attempting to interface with the public in Jackson County to form more partnerships with the private sector. We may contract out several outreach efforts through SOLC. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 5.3.4 | Invite the public to assist in long-term monitoring. | Ongoing Current | Other | Cities of Cave Junction, Medford, and White City, Oregon, County governments, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Private land trust organizations, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Research: Population Surveys, Research: Migration | Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer | The Service has invited various agencies, but not the public to participate in plant or fairy shrimp surveys. SOLC is much more likely to invite their sponsors and guests to perform species surveys on the trust lands that they manage. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 5.3.5 | Provide schools within the area covered by the recovery plan with information about the species and recovery efforts. | Ongoing Current | Other | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | This will be an ongoing task far into the future. The Service funded the Rogue Valley Council of Governments to lead several school site visits to vernal pools and discuss vernal pool ecology. This was a successful endeavor and the recovery action benefits all vernal pool species by instilling concern for the fragile vernal pool ecosystems to students. We hope to continue this effort. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 5.7.2 | Assist lead agencies and districts in incorporating provisions of this recovery plan in local decision-making (e.g., General/ Specific Plans, mosquito- and flood-control districts). | Ongoing Current | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | Bureau of Land Management, Cities of Cave Junction, Medford, and White City, Oregon, County governments, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Private land trust organizations, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, Southern Oregon University, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Other | Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert | The Vernal Pool Information Network discontinued around 2021, but in 2023 and 2024, vernal pool information sharing meetings were held. With the new ruling on WOTUS, the Service will have to coordinate with local Department of State Lands, local municipalities, and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Regulatory oversight of many vernal pool systems in Oregon is uncertain, but may go away and we will have to depend on partnerships or the formation of HCPs. | ||||||||||||
| Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems | F | 1 | Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179 | Cook's lomatium | Lomatium cookii | 3 | 6.2 | Complete post-delisting monitoring plan for Lomatium cookii. | Not Started | FY 2023 | FY 2023 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Research: Population Assessment, Management, Management: Other, Research: Other Information, Management: Population Monitoring | Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert | This will be implemented after species is delisted. Not attempted yet. |