Att 3 - Exhibit 7.3 Special Status Wildlife Lists.pdf

SPECIAL STATUS WILDLIFE ON THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST (updated 11/6/14)

Table 1: SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST WATCHLIST ANIMAL SPECIES (Updated 11/6/2014)

COMMON NAME LATIN NAME Occurrence on SBNF Districts1 HABITAT

TYPE2

Occurrence

In/Near Project1 Mountaintop Front Country San Jacinto

Springsnails Pyruglopsis sp. Y Y L aq – seeps and springs simple hydroporus diving beetle Hydroporus simplex Y ? ? aq greenest tiger beetle Cicindela tranquebarica viridissima- N P Y r, w

Dorhn’s elegant eucnemid beetle Palaeoxenus dorhni Y Y Y mc bicolored rainbeetle Pleocoma bicolor Y P N mc, wo (oaks)

California diplectronan caddisfly Diplectrona californica N Y N aq

Desert monkey grasshopper Psychomastax deserticola Y N N d, wo (pj)

San Bernardino Mountains silk moth Coloradia velda Y N N wo (pj), mc

August checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas editha augustina Y Y N mc

Andrew's marble butterfly Euchloe hyantis andrewsi Y N N m, r partially armored threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus microcephalus Y H Y aq

Monterey ensatina salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii Y Y Y wo (oaks), mc, r arboreal salamander Aneides lugubris N Y Y wo (oaks), c, r garden slender salamander Batrachoseps major N Y Y r, wo, g, meadow, c western spadefoot toad Spea hamondii N Y Y w, r

Red spotted toad Anaxyrus punctatus Y L Y common chuckwalla Sauromalus obesus Y L Y d, wo (pj)

Zebra-tail lizard Callisaurus draconiodes rhodostictus Y Y Y d, sandy washes

Mojave black-collared lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores Y Y Y d granite night lizard Xantusia henshawi N P Y. rk

Desert night lizard Xantusia vigilis Y P Y d

Southern sagebrush lizard Sceloporus vandenburgianus Y Y Y mc, wo, c, py/ju, oak, rk

San Diego coast horned lizard Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillii Y Y Y w, d, wo

Coronado skink Eumeces skiltonianus interparietalis Y P Y c, wo, r, mc – sea level to 1675 meters coast patch-nosed snake Salvadora hexalepis virgultea Y Y Y c, d, w, rk, coastal sage, alluvial fan scrub mountain garter snake Thamnophis elegans elegans Y Y N m, r southwestern speckled rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus Y Y Y c, wo, d, rk western least bittern Ixobrychus exilis hesperis L (no nesting known)

P (no nesting known)

Y (no nesting known) aq turkey vulture (breeding) Cathartes aura Y (no nesting known)

Y (no nesting known)

Y (no nesting known) a, g, c, wo, d, rk osprey Pandion haliaetus Y Y Y aq, r white-tailed kite Elanus leucurus Y Y Y r, wo

TYPE2

Occurrence

In/Near Project1 Mountaintop Front Country San Jacinto northern harrier Circus cyaneus Y Y Y g, m sharp-shinned hawk (breeding) Accipiter striatus Y Y Y r, mc

Cooper's hawk (breeding) Accipiter cooperii Y Y Y r, mc zone-tailed hawk Buteo albonotatus Y Y Y (nest @ SJ in Santa

Rosa Mtn) mc, wo (pj) ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis Y Y Y g, d

Swainson’s hawk Buteo swainsoni Y Y Y g, w golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Y Y Y g, d, wo (pj, oak) merlin Falco columbarius Y Y Y g, mc

American peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus anatus Y Y Y rk (nests) prairie falcon Falco mexicanus Y Y Y g, d

Wilson’s snipe (Lake Hemet population only) Gallinago delicata n/a n/a Y m, aq flammulated owl Otus flammeolus Y Y Y mc western screech owl Otus kennicottii Y Y Y r, mc, wo northern pygmy owl Glaucidium gnoma Y Y Y r, mc, wo burrowing owl Athene cunicularia hypogaeae P Y Y d long-eared owl Asio otus Y Y Y r, mc northern saw-whet owl Aegolius acadicus Y Y Y wo, mc, pine common nighthawk Chordeiles minor Y P U a, pine, mc

Mexican whip-poor-will Caprimulgus arizonae Y Y Y wo, mc black swift Cypseloides niger Y Y Y a, r (waterfalls) calliope hummingbird Stellula calliope Y Y Y r

Lewis' woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Y Y Y wo (oak), r

Williamson's sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus Y Y Y mc

Red-breasted sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber Y Y Y rw

Nuttall's woodpecker Picoides nuttallii Y Y Y r, c, wo, mc white-headed woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus Y Y Y mc

Olive-sided flycatcher Contopus cooperi Y Y Y rw gray flycatcher Empidonax wrightii Y Y P wo (pj), c loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus Y Y Y c, wo, r, d, mc plumbeous vireo Vireo plumbeus Y Y P wo (pj), mc

Cassin’s vireo Vireo cassinii Y Y Y mc, wo (oak), r warbling vireo Vireo gilvus Y Y Y r, wo, mc

California horned lark (breeding) Eremophila alpestris actia Y Y Y g, d purple martin Progne subis Y Y Y a, r, mc, wo tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor Y Y Y a, r, wo, mc

American dipper Cinclus mexicanus Y Y Y streams

Swainson's thrush Catharus ustulatus Y Y Y r, mc hermit thrush (breeding) Catharus guttatus Y Y Y pine, mc

Bendire's thrasher Toxostoma bendirei Y Y N c, wo, r, d

LeConte's thrasher Toxostoma lecontei Y Y P d

TYPE2

Occurrence

In/Near Project1 Mountaintop Front Country San Jacinto

American pipit (water pipit) (breeding) Anthus rubescens Y Y P alpine, talus & sand slopes

Virginia’s warbler (breeding) Vermivora virginiae Y Y Y wo (pj), c yellow warbler Dendroica petechia brewsteri Y Y Y mc, wo, r

MacGillivray's warbler Oporornis tolmiei Y Y Y r. m common yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Y Y Y r

Wilson's warbler Wilsonia pusilla Y Y Y r yellow-breasted chat Icteria virens P Y Y r hepatic tanager Piranga flava Y N Y wo summer tanager Piranga rubra Y Y Y r southern California rufous-crowned sparrow Aimophila ruficeps canescens Y Y Y c black-chinned sparrow Spizella atrogularis Y Y Y d, c, wo (pj)

Bell's sparrow Artemisiospiza belli Y Y Y c grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Y Y Y r

Lincoln's sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Y Y Y r, mc, wo

Yellow-headed blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus P Y Y m tri-colored blackbird Agelaius tricolor Y P Y r, m

Lawrence's goldfinch Carduelis lawrencei Y Y Y r, c western small-footed myotis Myotis ciliolabrum Y Y Y wo, r, mc long-eared myotis Myotis evotis Y Y Y c, wo, mc little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus Y Y P c, m, g, wo long-legged myotis Myotis volans Y Y Y wo, mc, c

Yuma myotis Myotis yumanensis Y Y Y d, wo

California leaf-nosed bat Macrotus californicus Y P Y d, wo (pj) western red bat Lasiurus blossevillii Y L Y mc, r spotted bat Euderma maculatum Y L Y d, rk pocketed free-tailed bat Nyctinomops femerosaccus L P Y wo (pj), d western bonneted bat Eumops perotis californicus Y Y Y mc, wo, c, g, d, u

Western yellow bat Lasiurus xanthinus U L L r, d, wash, palm oasis; roosts in tree foliage

Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus Y Y Y D, wo, mc; roosts in tree foliage

Silver-haired bat Lasiurus noctivagans Y Y Y mc (old growth);

roosts under bark and large snags

San Diego black-tailed jackrabbit Lepus californicus bennettii N Y Y c, wo lodgepole chipmunk Tamias speciosus speciosus Y Y Y mc golden-mantled ground squirrel Spermophilus lateralis bernardinus Y Y N mc, rk

Los Angeles pocket mouse Perognathus longimembris brevinasus N Y Y c

San Diego pocket mouse Chaetodipus fallax fallax Y Y Y d, c

Pallid San Diego pocket mouse Perognathus fallax pallidus N P Y d, c

TYPE2

Occurrence

In/Near Project1 Mountaintop Front Country San Jacinto southern grasshopper mouse Onychomys torridus ramona Y L Y d, c

San Diego desert woodrat Neotoma lepida intermedia Y Y Y d, c, rk porcupine Erethizon dorsatum Y P N mc, wo ringtail Bassariscus astutus Y Y Y mc, wo, rk, r

American badger Taxidea taxus Y Y Y wo, mc, c, d, g western spotted skunk Spilogale gracilis Y Y P mc, wo, r, c mountain lion Felis concolor Y Y Y mc, wo, c, d

Nelson's bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis nelsoni Y Y N c, d, rk, wo (pj), mc

1 Occurrence Information:

N = Outside known distribution/range of the species.

U = Occurrence of the species is unlikely based on habitat present.

P = Occurrence of the species is possible; suitable habitat exists.

L = Occurrence of the species is likely; suitable habitat exists and the species is known for nearby locations.

Y = Species is known to occur.

H = Part of the historical range but the species has been extirpated.

B = Species is known or likely to nest in the area.

M = The species uses the area during migration as a stopover.

2 HABITAT TYPES/HABITAT COMPONENTS

a = aerial; usually seen in flight, often over several habitat types r = riparian (streamside thickets and woodlands) g = grasslands, fields, and agricultural areas m = marshes, meadows; both freshwater areas and moist meadows c = chaparral and coastal sage scrub wo = woodlands; pinyon-juniper, oaks mc = mixed conifer forests; jeffrey pine, ponderosa pine, bigcone douglas fir, coulter pine, sugar pine, white fir overstory d = desert; Joshua tree woodlands, creosote bush scrub, blackbrush scrub aq = aquatic; lakes, reservoirs, ponds, vernal pools/puddles u = urbanized areas w = washes and alluvial fans rk = cliffs and rocky outcrops s = snags and cavities

Table 2: FOREST SERVICE REGION 5 SENSITIVE WILDLIFE SPECIES ON THE SBNF (Updated 11/6/2014)

COMMON NAME LATIN NAME Occurrence on SBNF Districts1 HABITAT TYPE2 OCCURS IN

PROJECT AREA1 Mountaintop Front Country San Jacinto

San Emigdio blue butterfly Plebulina emigdionis P U N Mojave River-

Victorville; Atriplex is host plant

San Gabriel Mountains blue butterfly (golden blue butterfly)

Plebejus saepiolus aureoles H – maybe in high meadows

H P Trifolium wormskioldii is

Arrowhead Blue Butterfly Glaucopshyce piasus (sagittigera) Y Y N c (lupine host plant)

Ehrlich’s checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas editha ehrlichi Y N N d, c, pebble plain

Dammer’s Blue Butterfly (Euphilotes enoptes near dammersi ssp.) (Arrastre Creek near Dammersi ssp + Baldwin Lake near Dammersi ssp

Y N N Pebble plain vernal blue butterfly (Coxey Meadow) Euphilotes baueri (battoides) vernalis Y N N Pebble plain

Pratt’s blue butterfly Euphilotes enoptes cryptorufes N N Y Eriogonum davidsonii is

San Gabriel Mountains elfin Incisalia mossii hidakupa N P N rk, on Sedum spathulifolium

Santa Ana speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus ssp. N Y Y aq arroyo chub Gila orcutti Y P Y aq large-blotched ensatina Ensatina klauberi Y Y Y r, mc yellow-blotched ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater Y Y N r, mc

San Gabriel Mountain slender salamander Batrachoseps gabrieli N Y N talus, mc, r

Western pond turtle Emys marmorata H/P P Y aq, r

Southern California legless lizard Anniella stebbinsi (split from A.

pulchra)

P Y Y c, d

Orange-throated whiptail Aspidoscelis hyperythrus N Y Y w, rk, c, wo (oaks) southern rubber boa Charina umbratica Y Y Y mc, c, r three-lined boa Lichanura orcutti Y Y Y c, g, rk, r

San Bernardino ringneck snake Diadophis punctatus modestus Y Y Y c, g, rk, r

San Diego ringneck snake Diadophis punctatus similis N N Y c, g, rk

San Bernardino mountain kingsnake Lampropeltis zonata parvirubra Y Y Y mc, c, pj, r

San Diego mountain kingsnake Lampropeltis zonata pulchra N N Y mc, r

Two-striped garter snake Thamnophis hammondii Y Y Y r, aq red diamond rattlesnake Crotalus ruber ruber Y Y Y c, wo, d, rk

Brown pelican Pelicanus occidentalis Y N N aq northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis Y Y Y mc bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Y P Y aq,r,m

California spotted owl Strix occidentalis occidentalis Y Y Y mc

Willow flycatcher (migrant) Empidonax traillii Y Y Y r

San Diego cactus wren Campylorhynchus bruneicapillus sandiegense

N P P d, c gray vireo Vireo vicinior Y Y Y wo (pj),ch

Townsend’s big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii Y P Y mc, r, aq, wo, c, mines

Table 2: FOREST SERVICE REGION 5 SENSITIVE WILDLIFE SPECIES ON THE SBNF (Updated 11/6/2014)

COMMON NAME LATIN NAME Occurrence on SBNF Districts1 HABITAT TYPE2 OCCURS IN

PROJECT AREA1 Mountaintop Front Country San Jacinto fringed myotis Myotis thysanodes Y P P R, wo, m, g, mc pallid bat Antrozous pallidus Y P Y c, wo, mc, d, rk

San Bernardino flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus californicus Y Y H mc, r

White-eared pocket mouse Perognathus alticolus alticolus H P N mc, wo

San Gabriel Mountains bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis nelsoni N Y N wo, rk, d

*Occurrence Information:

N = Outside known distribution/range of the species.

U = Occurrence of the species is unlikely based on habitat present.

P = Occurrence of the species is possible; suitable habitat exists.

L = Occurrence of the species is likely; suitable habitat exists and the species is known for nearby locations.

Y = Species is known to occur.

H = Part of the historical range but the species has been extirpated.

B = Species is known or likely to nest in the area.

M = The species uses the area during migration as a stopover.

**HABITAT TYPES/HABITAT COMPONENTS

a = aerial; usually seen in flight, often over several habitat types r = riparian (streamside thickets and woodlands) g = grasslands, fields, and agricultural areas m = marshes, meadows; both freshwater areas and moist meadows c = chaparral and coastal sage scrub wo = woodlands; pinyon-juniper, oaks mc = mixed conifer forests; jeffrey pine, ponderosa pine, bigcone douglas fir, coulter pine, sugar pine, white fir overstory d = desert; Joshua tree woodlands, creosote bush scrub, blackbrush scrub aq = aquatic; lakes, reservoirs, ponds, vernal pools/puddles u = urbanized areas w = washes and alluvial fans

3 ROproposed for addition to the Sensitive Species list 2013 4 RO has proposed removing it from the Sensitive species list.

5 SBNF proposed for addition to the Sensitive Species list

Table 3: THREATENED, ENDANGERED, PROPOSED, AND CANDIDATE WILDLIFE SPECIES ON THE SBNF (Updated 6/15/2017)

COMMON NAME LATIN NAME Occurrence on SBNF Districts* HABITAT

TYPE**

CRITICAL

HABITAT ON

SBNF

OCCURS IN

PROJECT AREA? Mountain-top

Front

Country

San Jacinto

ENDANGERED SPECIES

Quino checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas editha quino N N Y c Designated unarmored threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni Y H N aq arroyo toad Anaxyrus californicus Y Y Y d,aq,r Designated mountain yellow-legged frog Rana muscosa Y Y Y r, aq Designated

California condor Gymnogyps californianus Y Y H mc,g,c,a,rk,wo southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax trailii extimus Y Y Y r,m Designated least Bell's vireo Vireo bellii pusillus N Y P r,m

San Bernardino kangaroo rat Dipodomys merriami parvus N Y Y w Designated

Stephens’ kangaroo rat Dipodomys stephensi N N L g peninsular bighorn sheep Ovis Canadensis nelsoni N N Y wo, rk, d Designated

THREATENED SPECIES

Santa Ana sucker Catostomus santannae N H N aq Designated

California red-legged frog Rana draytonii H L N r,aq desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii Y P L d coastal California gnatcatcher Polioptila californica californica N P P c western yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus P P P r Proposed

*Occurrence Information:

N = Outside known distribution/range of the species.

U = Occurrence of the species is unlikely based on habitat present.

P = Occurrence of the species is possible; suitable habitat exists.

L = Occurrence of the species is likely; suitable habitat exists and the species is known from nearby locations.

Y = Species is known to occur.

H = Part of the historical range but the species has been extirpated.

B = Species is known or likely to nest in the area.

M = The species uses the area during migration as a stopover.

**HABITAT TYPES/HABITAT COMPONENTS

a = aerial; usually seen in flight, often over several habitat types r = riparian (streamside thickets and woodlands) g = grasslands, fields, and agricultural areas m = marshes, meadows; both freshwater areas and moist meadows c = chaparral and coastal sage scrub wo = woodlands; pinyon-juniper, oaks mc = mixed conifer forests; Jeffrey pine, ponderosa pine, big-cone douglas fir, coulter pine, sugar pine, white fir overstory d = desert; Joshua tree woodlands, creosote bush scrub, blackbrush scrub aq = aquatic; lakes, reservoirs, ponds, vernal pools/puddles u = urbanized areas w = washes and alluvial fans

Table 4: NON-NATIVE ANIMALS FOUND ON THE SBNF

COMMON NAME LATIN NAME Occurrence on SBNF Districts* HABITAT

TYPE**

OCCURRENCE

IN PROJECT AREA* Mountaintop Front Country San Jacinto

New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum P P P aq

Crayfish Procambarus sp. Y L Y aq

Brown trout Salmo trutta Y Y Y aq

Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Y Y Y aq

Sunfish sp. (green, bluegill) Lepomis sp. Y Y Y aq

Catfish sp. Ictalurus sp. Y P Y aq

Other non-native fish (goldfish, mosquito fish, carp)

Carassius auratus, Gambusia affinis Y Y Y aq

Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana Y Y Y aq

African clawed frog Xenopus laevis P N P aq

Red-eared slider and other turtles Pseudemys scripta L Y Y aq

Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo Y Y P mc, wo (oak)

Chukar Alectoris chukar Y P P rk, d, wo (pj)

European starling

Brown-headed cowbird

Beaver Castor canadensis Y Y P aq, r

Wild burro Equus asinas Y P P d, wo (pj)

Red fox Vulpus vulpes cascadensis Y P P

Opossum Didelphis virginiana virginiana N Y Y

Wild pig Sus scrofa Y L P r, g, m, wo, mc

Feral dogs Canis familiaris Y Y Y u

Feral sheep Ovis aries P P P

Feral goats Capra hirus P Y P

Feral cattle P Y P

*Occurrence Information:

Y = Species is known to occur.

L = Occurrence of the species is likely; suitable habitat exists and the species is known for nearby locations.

H = Part of the historical range but the species has been extirpated.N = Outside known distribution/range of the species.

U = Occurrence of the species is unlikely based on habitat present.

P = Occurrence of the species is possible; suitable habitat exists.

B = Species is known or likely to nest in the area.

M = The species uses the area during migration as a stopover.