The Carson wandering skipper, a small, tawny-orange butterfly found in
only two counties in northwestern Nevada and northeastern California,
has been granted Endangered Species Act protection under an emergency
rule published on Nov. 29, 2001 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Huffman & Carpenter, Inc. has designed, prepared protocol and conducted
field surveys to assess potential habitat for the federally listed
endangered Carson Wandering Skipper (Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus).
H&C has developed a US Fish and Wildlife Service approved protocol that
integrates GPS tracking data for vegetation (nectar sources and salt
grass (Distichlis spicata)) and alkaline soils. Field data is
uploaded to GIS and mapped to assess potential habitat for the Carson
Wandering Skipper. H&C can further
assist with Section 7 or 10, consultations of the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) and a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) in consultation with the
USFWS. An HCP allows a landowner to legally proceed with an activity
that would otherwise result in the illegal take of a listed species.
Click on
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/hcp/ for
more information.
Nectar sources may include, but are not limited to:
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BRASSICACEAE: Thelypody (Thelypodium
crispum) and Tumble Mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum),
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ASTERACEAE: Racemose
Golden-weed (Pyrrocoma racemosa)and (Cirsium arvense, C.
vulgare),
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FABACEAE: Narrow-leaved
Trefoil (Lotus tenuis),
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CAPPARACEAE: Small-flowered
Cleomella (Cleomella plocasperma) and Slender Cleomella (Cleomella
parviflora),
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BORAGINACEAE: Heliotrope (Heliotropium
curassavicum) and
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ROSACEAE: Cinquefoil (Potentilla
spp.).
H&C also evaluates salt grass (Distichlis
spicata) community composition. H&C works with and is assisted by
recognized Entomologists.
For more information about the Carson
Wandering Skipper...
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