Draft EIS Appendix 10 

APPENDIX 10—SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES LIST 

ANIMALS

Threatened and Endangered Species 

Updated August 27, 2003 

Table A10-1. Threatened and Endangered and Candidate Animal Species in the 

Rawlins RMPPA 

Species Status Expected Occurrence 

Bald Eagle 

(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Threatened Nesting, winter resident, migrant 

Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo 

(Coccyzus americanus) 

Threatened Deciduous-riparian woodland

ecosystems 

Canada Lynx

(Lynx canadensis) 

Threatened Resident of forested areas 

Black-footed Ferret 

(Mustela nigripes) 

Endangered Potential resident in prairie dog towns 

Blacktailed Prairie Dog 

(Cynomys ludovicianus) 

Candidate Open grassy plains and upland areas 

Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse 

(Zapus hudsoniuse preblei) 

Threatened Riparian habitats east of Laramie 

Mountains and south of the North 

Platte River 

Wyoming Toad

(Bufo baxteri) 

Endangered Resident of Laramie River Valley

Western Boreal Toad 

(Bufo boreas boreas) 

Candidate Wet and dry meadows of the Upper 

Muddy Creek and Powder Rim areas 

If a proposed action will lead to water depletion (consumption) in the Platte or Colorado River systems,

impacts to the following species should be included in the evaluation: 

Table A10-2. Threatened and Endangered Animal Species Downstream of the 

Rawlins RMPPA 

Species Status Expected Occurrence 

Interior Least Tern 

(Sterna antillarium) 

Endangered Downstream resident of the Platte 

River 

Interior Piping Plover 

(Charadrium melodus) 

Threatened Downstream resident of the Platte 

River 

Pallid Sturgeon

(Scaphirhynchus albus) 

Endangered Downstream resident of the Platte 

River 

Whooping Crane 

(Grus americana) 

Endangered Downstream resident of the Platte 

River 

Eskimo Curlew

(Numenius borealis) 

Endangered Downstream resident of the Platte 

River 

Bonytail Chub

(Gila elegans) 

Endangered Downstream resident of the Colorado 

River 

Colorado Pikeminnow

(Ptychocheilus lucius) 

Endangered Downstream resident of the Colorado 

River 

Humpback Chub 

(Gila cypha) 

Endangered Downstream resident of the Colorado 

River 

Razorback sucker 

(Xyrauchen texanus) 

Endangered Downstream resident of the Colorado 

River 

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BLM Sensitive Species 

Table A10-3. BLM Sensitive Animals in the Rawlins RMPPA 

Sensitive Species 

Common Name

Scientific Name Habitat 

Mammals 

Myotis, Long-eared Myotis evotis Conifer and deciduous forests, caves 

and mines 

Myotis, Fringed Myotis thysanodes Conifer forests, woodland-chaparral, 

caves and mines 

Bat, Townsend’s Bigeared Corynorhinus townsendii Forests, basin-prairie shrub, caves and 

mines 

Prairie Dog, Whitetailed Cynomys leucurus Basin-prairie and riparian shrub 

Pocket Gopher, 

Wyoming 

Thomomys clusius Meadows with loose soil 

Fox, Swift Vulpes velox Grasslands 

Birds 

Ibis, White-faced Plegadis chihi Marshes, wet meadows 

Swan, Trumpeter Cygnus buccinator Lakes, ponds, rivers 

Goshawk, Northern Accipter gentilis Conifer and deciduous forests

Hawk, Ferruginous Buteo regalis Basin-prairie shrub, grasslands, rock 

outcrops 

Falcon, Peregrine Falco peregrinus Tall cliffs 

Sage-grouse, Greater Centrocercus urophasianus Basin-prairie shrub, mountain-foothill

shrub 

Grouse, Columbian 

Sharp-tailed 

Tympanuchus phasianellus 

columbianus 

Grasslands 

Curlew, Long-billed Numenius americanus Grasslands, plains, foothills, wet 

meadows 

Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Coccyzus americanus Open woodlands, streamside willow and 

alder groves 

Owl, Burrowing Athene cunicularia Grasslands, basin-prairie shrub 

Thrasher, Sage Oreoscoptes montanus Basin-prairie shrub, mountain-foothill

shrub 

Shrike, Loggerhead Lanius ludovicianus Basin-prairie shrub, mountain-foothill

shrub 

Sparrow, Brewer’s Spizella breweri Basin-prairie shrub 

Sparrow, Sage Amphispiza belli Basin-prairie shrub, mountain-foothill

shrub 

Sparrow, Baird’s Ammodramus Bairdii Grasslands, weedy fields 

Fish

Chub, Roundtail Gila robusta Colorado River drainage, mostly large 

rivers, also streams and lakes

Chub, Leatherside Gila copei Bear, Snake and Green river drainages, 

clear, cool streams and pools

Sucker, Bluehead Catostomus discobolus Bear, Snake and Green drainages, all 

waters

Sucker, Flannelmouth Catostomus latipinnis Colorado River drainage, large rivers, 

streams and lakes 

Trout, Colorado River 

Cutthroat 

Oncorhynchus clarki 

pleuriticus 

Colorado River drainage, clear mountain 

streams 

Amphibians

Frog, Northern 

Leopard Rana pipiens Beaver ponds, permanent water in plains and foothills 

Spadefoot, Great Basin Spea intermontana Spring seeps, permanent and temporary 

waters

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Sensitive Species Scientific Name Habitat Common Name

Toad, Boreal (Northern 

Rocky Mountain 

population) 

Bufo boreas boreas 

Pond margins, wet meadows, riparian 

areas 

BLM Wyoming Sensitive Species List, September 20, 2002.

PLANTS

Threatened and Endangered Species 

Table A10-4. Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in the Rawlins RMPPA 

Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Blowout Penstemon Penstemon haydenii Endangered Open sandy habitat of blowouts

Ute Ladies’ 

Tresses 

Spiranthes diluvialis Threatened Seasonally moist soils and wet 

meadows of drainages below

7,000 feet 

Colorado Butterfly

Plant 

Gaura neomexicana

ssp. coloradensis

Threatened Moist areas of floodplains in a

small area of southeastern 

Wyoming, western Nebraska, 

and north-central Colorado 

If a proposed action will lead to water depletion (consumption) in the Platte or Colorado River systems,

impacts to the following species should be included in the evaluation: 

Table A10-5. Threatened and Endangered Plant Species Downstream of the 

Rawlins RMPPA 

Common Name Scientific Name Status Habitat 

Western Prairie 

Fringed Orchid

Platanthera praeclara Threatened Riparian area—Platte River 

watershed. 

BLM Sensitive Species 

Table A10-6. BLM Sensitive Plants in the Rawlins RMPPA 

Sensitive Species 

Common Name

Scientific Name Habitat 

Laramie Columbine Aquilegia laramiensis Crevices of granite boulders and cliffs, at 

6,400–8,000 feet

Nelson’s 

Milkvetch Astragalus nelsonianus –

or-Astragalus pectinatus 

var. platyphylius 

Alkaline clay flats, shale bluffs and gullies, 

pebbly slopes, in sparsely vegetated 

sagebrush, juniper, and cushion plant 

communities; at 5,200–7,600 feet 

Cedar Rim Thistle 

Cirsium aridum

Barren, chalky hills, gravelly slopes and finetextured sand-shaley draws; at 6,700–7,200

feet 

Weber’s Scarlet Gilia Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. 

weberi 

Openings in coniferous forests and scrub oak

woodlands, at 8,500-9,600 feet 

Gibbens 

Beardstongue 

Penstomon gibbensii Sparsely vegetated shale or sandy-clay

slopes, at 5,500–7,400 feet 

Persistent Sepal 

Yellowcress Rorippa calycina 

Riverbanks and shorelines on sandy soils 

near the high-water line 

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Sensitive Species Scientific Name Habitat Common Name

Pale Blue-eyed 

Grass Sisyrinchium pallidum 

Wet meadows, stream banks, roadside 

ditches, and irrigated meadows; at 7,000–

7,900 feet 

Laramie False 

Sagebrush Sphaeromeria simplex 

Cushion plant communities on rocky

limestone ridges and gentle slopes, at 7,500–

8,600 feet 

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