Cœur d’Alene salamander COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

Plethodon idahoensis was assessed by COSEWIC in 1998 as Vulnerable (Dupuis and Ohanjanian 1998). That status was re-confirmed, as Special Concern, in 2001. The species is listed under Schedule 1 (Part 4) of the Species at Risk Act.

The Global Rank of P. idahoensis is G4 (apparently secure). In Montana and Idaho the official rank of the species is S2 (Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy 2006, Montana Animal Species of Concern 2006, NatureServe 2006). In British Columbia, it is currently “Blue-listed” with a rank of S3 (B.C. Conservation Data Centre 2006).

Plethodon idahoensis is protected under the B.C. Wildlife Act (1982), and individuals cannot legally be killed, collected or held in captivity without permit. This act does not protect the species from habitat loss or destruction. The habitat at 31 of 56 (55%) occurrence sites has some protection; 27 have been designated Wildlife Habitat Areas for P. idahoensis under the provincial Forest and Range Practices Act and four more are under consideration for this status. Resource extraction at these sites must follow guidelines laid out in the Species Account for Cœur d’Alene Salamander (Identified Wildlife Management Strategy 2004). One site is on property managed by the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (CBFWCP) (T. Antifeau, pers. comm.), two sites are in Mt. Revelstoke National Park (Dykstra 2004) and one is in Syringa Creek Provincial Park (Dulisse 1999).

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