Conservation Program - Critical Habitat Campaign

Lane Mountain milk-vetch - Astragalus jaegerianus (Endangered)

Location: Only known to occur at four western Mojave Desert sites north to northeast of Barstow CA, near the Army's Ft. Irwin tank base, in San Bernardino County. The plants at each site are widely scattered.

Threats: Proposed U.S. Army Ft. Irwin expansion and related tank training, military vehicle trespass on to off-limits BLM lands, dry wash recreational gold mining, off-road vehicle use, increasing fire frequency and associated fire suppression activities.

• Photo (JPEG, 124k)
• Final Critical Habitat (PDF, 204 kb)
• Draft Critical Habitat for the Lane Mtn. Milkvetch (PDF, 504 kb)
• CNPS-CBD comments on Draft CH for LMMV (PDF, 120 kb)
• Draft Economic Analysis LMMV (PDF, 543 kb)
• CNPS-CBD Comments on the Draft Economic Analysis (PDF, 137 kb)