Forest Guardians has filed two petitions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to bring almost 700 species, including 42 in Colorado, under the protection of the Endangered Species Act. Among the Colorado species are:
Capnia arapahoe, a stone fly
Oreohelix hendersoni, pallid mountain snail
Astragalus hamiltonii, Hamilton’s milk vetch
Astragalus microcybmus, skiff milk vetch
Astragalus schmolliae, Schmoll’s milk vetch
Cryptantha gypsophila, Gypsum Valley cateye
Draba weberi, Weber’s Whitlow grass
Erigeron wilkenii, Wilkens fleabane
Gilia sedifolia, stonecrop gily flower
Hackelia gracilenta, Colorado stickseed
Lomatium latilobum, Canyonlands lomatium
Mimulus gemmiparus, Weber’s monkeyflower
Oreoxis humilis, Pikes Peak spring parsley
Penstemon gibbensii, Gibbens’ beardtongue
Physaria pulvinata, twin pod
Pheidole elecebra, ant
Amblyderus werneri, Great Sand Dunes anthicid beetle
Proctacanthus sp. 1, robber fly
Corispermum navicula, boat-shaped bugseed
Ranunculus coloradensis, Colorado buttercup
Stygobromus coloradensis, a cave obligate amphipod
Stygobromus fontinalis,
spring amphipod – a shimplike crustacean
Stygobromus holsingeri, an amphipod
Stygobromus simplex, a simple amphipod
Stygobromus wardi, Ward’s amphipod
Heterocampa rufinans, notodontid moth
Neotrichia downsi, a caddis fly
Brachycercus tuberculatus, a mayfly
Ephemerella apopsis, a mayfly
Blancosoma scaturgo, a cave obligate millipede
Speodesmus aquiliensis, a cave obligate millipede
Eriogonum brandegeei, Brandegee’s wild buckwheat
Lepidium integrifolium, thick-leaf pepperwort
Lygodesmia doloresensis, Dolores River skeleton plant
Cirsium scapanolepsis, mountain-slope thistle
