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ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS The continuing declines in population numbers ind/or fecundity, including the nearly complete loss of established plants in the Badger Pass North transect, indicate an ongoing demographic 'bottleneck' in these, and probably many other, £. lemhiawis populations in southwestern Montana. As the declines have continued, the viability of these reduced populations, and that of the species' meUpopulation as a whole, has undoubtedly been compromised. As noted earlier (Shelly and Achuff 1992), this raises the importance of conserving all populatioos that occui in native habitats, and especially the larger ones; the latter, 'core' populatiooa will be those that provide seed sources for establishment or reestablishment of populations in the future (<■ the 'rescue effect* of the metapopulation as a whole). Similar nranitohng studies simultaneously being conducted on BLM lands in southwestern Montana have shown much more stable population numben at the two study sites involved (Heidel and Shelly 1993). This suggests that in other parts of the species' range populations will persist and hopefully provide such seed sotirces in the future. The ongoing declines in the Forest Service transects indicate that Peostemon Ifntfli'^^Fit should remain on the sensitive species list for Region 1 of the U.S. Forest Service. Preparation of a rangewide conservation strategy for this species is planned for federal fiscal year 1994. This strategy will include management and cooservatioo guidelines for all extant populations of £. lemhiensis. The three Forest Service transects should be read for at least one more year (1993). If population recovery begins, future readings at intervals to be determined should take place. If little or no recovery is noted in 1993, the transects could be read at longer intervals in the future (i.e.. every 3-5 years), in order to periodically assess whether recovery ever begins. It would be appropriate to analyze dau from the Forest Service transects and the Bureau of Land Management transects in a single document in the upcoming report to syntbestxe all Montana monitoring results for the £. Ismhifilfiil- IV. LITERATURE CITED AcbufT, P. L. lod J. S. Shelly. 1991. Demographic moaitohng of Pemtemon Imrtlifllfif Beaverhead Natioaal Foreit, 1990 progrcM report. MooUni Natunl HenUge Prognm, Helena. 34 [^. Heidet. B. L. and J. M. Poole. 1993. Plaat ^wdea of specul oaoceni. Moetana Natural Heriuge Program. Helcaa (mimeo). Heidel. B. L. and J. S. Shelly. 1993. Demographic moailoriDg of issuSaSBBn kobiSBBf. Dilloa Resource Area, Bureau of Land Managemeot, 1992 pro^ni report Mootaaa Naomi Heritage Program. Hekoa. 18 pp. Lesica. P. and J. S. Shelly. 1991. Seuitive, Threateoed and Eadangerad Vaacular Plants of Montana. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Orwional Pubbcation No. 1. Hdeoa, Montana. 88 pp. Shelly. J. S. 1990. Statm review updala and wublirtmnnt of demographic monitoring itodier Pemtemon In^hifr^ Report to U.S. Foiwl Scrvioa - Region 1. Deaverbead and Bitterroot National Foreeta. Montana. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena. 61 pp. Shelly. J. S. and P. L. Achuff. 1992. Demographic monitoring of PfmHtmnn ]gBhaBBf< Beaverhead National Foreat, 1991 progreaa report. Montana NaoinJ Heritage Program. Helena. 19 pp. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1991. U.S. For«at Serviee. Region 1 aanaitive tpeam liat. Miiaoula. Montana. U.S. Department of Interior. 1993. Endangered and threateoed vnldlife and planu; review of plant taxa for listing as endangered or threatened qiecier. notice of review. Federal Register 58 (188). V. APPENDIX - DEMOGSAPHIC MONITORING TRANSECT DATA The performance of individual Pen5te«non leirhiensis plants in the permanent monitoring transects, from 1989 to 1991, is detailed beloy. The following codes are used: A - aborted flowers (no fruit development apparent) B - browsed flowering stem C - established immature plants (rosette with a S R1 R3 R1 R2 5 a R2 R1 6 a R6 R1 S R1-I1-F2 -- 7 a R1 R1 R1 R1 8 a S R2 R1 9 a R3-12-F5 R6 R10-M-F11 10 a R10-H-F35-B1 C2 C2 RA-B1 Rt 0 no plants R2 R2 D R1 0 0 R2 0 R3 0 D R1 D 0 R1 0 0 0 S D 0 0 R2 C D R1 0 R3 0 D 0 0 0 no plants D 0 0 D R2 CI R3 D D no plants R1 (new) R1 R1-C2 R3-I1-F11 «3-I3-f13 *3 FtEHCH CtEEK - PMK NIHC (cant.) t2 R1 •5-I1-F6 t1 11 R6-I2-FS1 11 12 IS U 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 R6-l1-r5 R2 t6 RS R8-t1-F20-i1 R1 R12-l1-n8 R«-l2-n9 R2-I2-F3$ R4 Rtl2r39 R5-I1-M3 R3-M-r7 R7-l2-n7 R2 t5-M-F12 RS R7-l2-f22 R1 «^2 R2 c C R2 d R7 RIO MMZI PASS HORTM (cant.) 37* U R2 b RS R4-l2-f15-A25 e t6 R5-lir32An d 13 R7-I2-»25-Al6 t R7 R7 f R3 RS • M RS h S 38 a R1 R1 b t9 R5l2-nA90 C R1 R1 d R6 R5l2r9A5» • R4 t2 f R4 R4I4f59-A35 a Rii R7 h R9-l1-n2-Al2 R«-l4f21Aa8 1 R2l2-rO-Ml 39* R« RS b R2 0 e R1 R2 d R2 R4I1 • R3 R3Iir2A$ f R3 R5-13-r20-A115 9 RM1-rU-A22 RS h RS* R3I1 i R2 R(-isr8-uo j RS-t2-n6-*M 0 k Ri-n-nj-*i7 R4M-n6-A22 I R7-n-f2«A12 R7 ■ R6 R7-Mr33-A23 n U R2t2-F20-A31 0 R2Mf9A14 40 • R1 R8-I1-F7-A3S b R2-n-F0A34 RS e RS-ii-n8Ais R1 d R4 RS-IS-FSAW t RS 0 f «3 RI-tlFOASS • ■ B1 0 h R4-l2-f11A15 0 i R6I2-F31-A16 0 i RS R1I1f7-A22 k R13 R13-I4-f16-A70 I R6 R9-l4-f19-A127 ■ R2 R1 11 RS R7I3-FU-A72 0 RS R3-I2-F5-A29-R1 P R3 R1-n-F0-A18 q R2 R2-nF4-A15 r R2-M-F1-A40 \ R1 41 a R3 «6-n-F25-A8 b R4-n-f25-A27 R12-12F89-A22 C R4 R6 d R15* R10-I5-F11-A129 t R16~ R23IJ-F62-A33 f (part of d) R5n-F5-A34 9 SI R2-I1-n-P11-A18 R2 0 RS D R4-|1*r9-Al0 R9 R1 R2-n-n-P6-At6 R2 0 D 0 0 » 0 0 R1-C5 D 0 0 D 0 0 II 0 0 0 12 M 0 R2 0 CI 0 0 0 R1 0 0 0 0 0 0 D D 0 0 0 0 0 0 R2-I1-A8-I1 R12-I2-F1A8-82 R12 D R12-I2-F8-P5-A13 CI 0 SI (naw) SI (naw) 0 R1 0 D 0 15 h i a • SI 1.2 • b R4 R5-I2-F41-A20 R4-I2-F37-A49 aiM1-F23-A7 BADGER PASS MORTH (cent.) i.Z a b c d t f R8 R1 R6-I1-F29-A3 R9-I2-F30-A18 R4 (part of a) R5-I2-F9-A55 R3-I3-F47-A43 R5-n-F15-A10 R4-I1-F13-A33 44 a b RIO R8 R11-I2-F19-A15 K3 c -• •- 4S a -- ■1 46-47 no plants no plants 48 a b c R1 R2 R8-n-F22-A10 R3 R3 R8t3-F48-AVV 49 no plants no plants 50 a R4 U CI (new) R5-n-F1-P4-A7 to F D 0 D R3 R6 R4 R3-I1-F4-An s no plants 0 R3 0 no plants 0 no plants D no plants