Soapweed and various yucca moths, proposed and amended recovery strategies 2017

Official title: Amended Recovery Strategy for the Soapweed (Yucca glauca) and Yucca Moth (Tegeticula yuccasella) and Recovery Strategy for the Non-pollinating Yucca Moth (Tegeticula corruptrix) and the Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth (Prodoxus quinquepunctellus) in Canada [Proposed] - 2017

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Table of contents

1. Document information
2. Part 1
3. Part 2

Species at Risk Act
Recovery Strategy Series

Adopted under Section 44 of SARA

Part 1 - Table of contents

• Part 1 - Federal Addition to the Alberta Soapweed and Yucca Moth Recovery Plan 2012-2022, prepared by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
  • Table of contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Additions and modifications to the adopted document
  • Recovery feasibility summary
• 1 COSEWICⁱspecies assessment information
• 2 Species status information
• 3 Species information
  • 3.1 Species description
  • 3.2 Species population and distribution
  • 3.3 Needs of Soapweed and the Three Yucca Moths
• 4 Threats
  • 4.1 Description of threats
• 5 Population and distribution objectives
• 6 Broad strategies and general approaches to meet objectives
  • 6.1 Actions already completed or currently underway
  • 6.2 Narrative to support the recovery planning table
• 7 Critical habitat
  • 7.1 Identification of the species’ critical habitat
  • 7.2 Activities likely to result in the destruction of critical habitat
• 8 Measuring progress
• 9 Statement on action plans
• 10 References
  • Personal communications

List of figures

• Figure 1. Distribution of naturally occurring Soapweed, Yucca glauca, in North America (Hurlburt 2001).
• Figure 2. Distribution of the Yucca Moth, Tegeticula yuccasella, in North America (COSEWIC 2013 a).
• Figure 3. Distribution of the Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, Tegeticula corruptrix, in North America (COSEWIC 2013 a).
• Figure 4. Distribution of the Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth, Prodoxus quinquepunctellus, in North America (COSEWIC 2013a).
• Figure 5. Critical habitat for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five spotted Bogus Yucca Moth occurs within the 10 km x 10 km UTM grid squares

List of tables

• Table 1. NatureServeⁱranking for the Soapweed and three yucca moths species in North America (NatureServe 2015).
• Table 2. Summary of Soapweed population surveys conducted at Pinhorn Grazing Reserve and Onefour Research Ranch, Alberta^b.
• Table 3. Summary of critical habitat and biophysical attributes for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth in Alberta.
• Table 4. Activities likely to result in the destruction of critical habitat for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth.
• Table 5. Critical habitat units (10 x 10 km standardized UTM squares) within which critical habitat for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth is found in Alberta.

List of appendices

• Appendix A. Decision Tree for Determining the Type of Critical Habitat Identification Based on Biological Criteria
• Appendix B. Effects on the environment and other species
• Appendix C. Critical habitat for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth in Canada
• Appendix D. Rationale for including a distance of 300 m from plant occurrences in critical habitat identification

Part 2 - Table of contents

• Part 2 - Alberta Soapweed and Yucca Moth Recovery Plan 2012-2022, prepared by the Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.
  • Document Information
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • Executive summary
  • 1.0 Introduction
    • 1.1 Provincial and Federal status
    • 1.2 Recovery team
  • 2.0 Species biology
    • 2.1 Life history and adaptations
    • 2.2 Habitat requirements
    • 2.3 Population size, distribution, and trends in Alberta
  • 3.0 Threats and limiting factors
    • 3.1 Ungulate herbivory
    • 3.2 Horticultural and medicinal uses
    • 3.3 Habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation
    • 3.4 Pollen limitation
    • 3.5 Uncoupling of interactions between Soapweed and Yucca Moths
    • 3.6 Insect herbivory
    • 3.7 Wind
  • 4.0 Critical habitat
    • 4.1 Description of critical habitat for Soapweed and Yucca Moths
    • 4.2 Identification and rationale for the amount and arrangement
    • 4.3 Critical habitat coordinates
    • 4.4 destruction of critical habitat
    • 4.5 Effective protection of critical habitat
  • 5.0 Knowledge gaps and research priorities
  • 6.0 Recent recovery and conservation efforts
  • 7.0 Recovery strategy
    • 7.1 Biological and technical feasibility of recovery
    • 7.2 Guiding principles
    • 7.3 Recovery goal
    • 7.4 Recovery objectives
    • 7.5 Recovery strategies
      • 7.5.1 Population conservation and management
      • 7.5.2 Habitat conservation and management
      • 7.5.3 Information and outreach
      • 7.5.4 Research
      • 7.5.5 Resourcing
  • 8.0 Action plan
    • 8.1 Population conservation and management
    • 8.2 Habitat conservation and management
    • 8.3 Information and outreach
    • 8.4 Research
    • 8.5 Resourcing
    • 8.6 Plan management and administration
  • 9.0 Timetable for implementation and schedule of costs
  • 10.0 Socio-economic considerations
  • 11.0 Plan evaluation and amendment
  • 12.0 Literature cited

List of figures

• Figure 1. The distribution of soapweed and yucca moths in Alberta. Site 1 is the Onefour population and site 2 is the Pinhorn population. Map modified from Hurlburt (2001).
• Figure 2. Critical habitat boundary for soapweed at the Onefour site.
• Figure 3. Critical habitat boundary for soapweed at the Pinhorn site.

List of tables

• Table 1. Implementation timetable and estimate of costs (direct and "in-kind", in thousands) for soapweed and yucca moth recovery actions, 2012-2022.