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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
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	2	1	New Mexico Wildlife Conservation Act and its Regulations	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish	Other: Regulations	Labor type not yet selected	NM listed the NMRR as Endangered under WCA. It has been listed under WCA since 1/1975 and enforcement is ongoing. This is an ongoing activity.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	2	2	Federal Endangered Species Act and its Regulations	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Law Enforcement Division, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management	Other: Regulations	Internal Technical Assistance	On going enforce of sections 7, 9, & 10. Coronado NF RMP amendment BO, Peloncillo FMP BO addressed effects to NMRR. Malpai Borderlands Group's draft HCP also includes NMRR as a covered species.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	2	3	Establish cooperative agreement with landowners	Ongoing Current	FY 2000 - FY 2004		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Realty , USFWS Regional Office 2, Management	Management: Planning	Internal Technical Assistance	On going work with NMDGF and AZGFD. Malpai Borderlands Group included NMRR within their draft HCP. They included cool-season, fuel reduction burns as an optional activitiy in the NMRR habitat to aid in reducing threats from catastrophic wildfire. Expected decisionon permit issuance in FY08.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	10	Reproductive patterns	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Research: Demographic Studies	Graduate Student	Holycross & Goldberg. 2001 Copeia (2):473-481 - provides information on reproduction of Crotalus willardi with some information on C.w. obscurus.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	11	Other patterns	Not Started			Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	12	Determine prey relationships & the availability of potential prey	Not Started			Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Should be concurrently with 2.1, 2.2, & 2.3
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	13	Predation	Ongoing Current	FY 1995 - FY 1999		Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Research: General	Graduate Student	Note published on observation of avian predation Holycross et al. SW Nat 46(3):363-364
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	16	Related factors	Ongoing Current	FY 1995 - FY 1999		Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Research: Other Information	Graduate Student	Ongoing Animas - Adobe fire impacts to habitat were evaluated. Peloncillo - A prescribed fire and a wildfire use incident occurred in 2006, FS will evaluate and report on effects in accordance to the Peloncillo Programmatic FMP BO (2005). Smith et al. 2001. SW NAt 46(1):54-61.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	4	Develop a joint U.S./Mexico Agreement to protect and study the species in Mexico	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Bureau of Indian Affairs, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management	Management: Planning	Internal Administrative	Should be included in present U.S./Mexico agreement. Species was included on AESO priority list to the Trilateral Commission for bi-national conservation (May 2006) and continues to be included (last meeting 2023). A recovery challenge grant was awarded to the Rattlesnake Conservancy and Dr Andrew Holycross 2024 - 2026 to work with the species including survey down in Mexico.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	5	Other alternatives	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Realty , USFWS Regional Office 2, Management	Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation	Internal Administrative	No agreement has been reached, but cooperative management has continued on an informal basis. Management also includes AZ Game and Fish Department down in Peloncillo Mountains.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	6	Survey suitable habitats	Ongoing Current			Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Various research and survey efforts have occurred in Animas, Pelloncillo, and Sierra San Luis mountain ranges since the species was federally listed.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	7	Capture, mark, photograph, and/or radio tag and release ridgenosed rattlesnakes	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Research: General, Research: Population Surveys, Research: Demographic Studies	Graduate Student	Ongoing research in the Animas Mountains through NM Department Game and Fish. Periodic studies have also been conducted in the Sierra San Luis and Peloncillo Mountains. The Rattlesnake Conservancy recovery challenge grant will also result in survey, collection, and release of rattlesnakes from Sierra San Luis into Peloncillo.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	8	Determine habitat requirements, including vegetation and associated parameters	Ongoing Current			Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Management: Identify/Protect Foraging, Breeding and Mig Habitats	Volunteer, Species Expert, Contract	Should be done concurrently with 2.11 & 2.12. Information from Animas, Peloncillo, and Sierra San Luis historic and more recent (Rattlesnake Conservancy recovery challenge grant) survey/research work will be used in partnership with USGS biologist Rich Inman to complete habitat modeling through a USGS SSP grant during FY25-27.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (602) 242-0210	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	9	Activity patterns	Not Started	FY 2025	FY 2026	Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Setser et. A. 2005 - Foraging. As part of the Rattlesnake Conservancy recovery challenge grant, optimal temperature modules will be placed in rattlesnake habitat in the Sierra San Luis to collect microhabitat information.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (505) 346-2525	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	14	Disease	Ongoing Current			Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Disease sampling for the rattlesnake occurs periodically when possible. The Rattlesnake Conservancy collected samples from approximately 40 Sierra San Luis individuals in July 2024 to test for snake fungal disease, however those samples have not been tested yet.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (505) 346-2525	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	15	Man's impact	Not Started			Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (505) 346-2525	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	17	Develop action plan	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Management	Graduate Student	Ongoing reduction of threats through, Section 7 Consultation, Habitat Conservation Planning, Technical Assistance. FY 2007 the species 5-year review will be initiated. Work on this action will be continuous.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (505) 346-2525	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	18	Clarify the taxonomic status of ridgenosed rattlesnake populations in the Animas & San Luis Mountains	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management, Research and Development, Secretarua de DeSarrollo Urbano y Ecologia	Research: Taxonomic Studies, Research: Demographic Studies	Graduate Student	Holycross and Douglas 2007 Biol Cons 134:142-154
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (505) 346-2525	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	19	Establish two or three captive populations	Ongoing Current	FY 2024		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	The Rattlesnake Conservancy's FY2024-2026 recovery challenge grant involves Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Los Angeles Zoo, and San Antonio Zoo collecting and keeping 5:5 (10 snakes per zoo for a total of 30 snakes) Sierra San Luis snakes for assurance and captive rearing purposes.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (505) 346-2525	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	20	Local and State	Ongoing Current			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	The Rattlesnake Conservancy will work with FWS, AZ Game and Fish Department, and NM Department of Game and Fish to disseminate information about the rattlesnake to the public.
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (505) 346-2525	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	21	National	Ongoing Current			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	The Rattlesnake Conservancy will work with FWS and other partners to disseminate information to the public (nationally if needed).
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake	F	2	New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (505) 346-2525	New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake	Crotalus willardi obscurus	3	22	Professional information	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		Other	New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, USFWS Regional Office 2, Management	Other: Information and Education	Graduate Student, Species Expert	Several publications have come out of the State Agencies & Universities related to this species.