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Cooperative Agreement No. 814307J024 September 8, 2010Cooperative Agreement • November 7th, 2020
Laguna Mountains skipper (Pyrgus ruralis lagunae) was listed as an endangered species on January 16, 1997 (63 Federal Register 2313–2322). In the intervening years, extensive surveys to determine distribution and status have been conducted, and critical habitat was proposed (71 Federal Register 19157–19158) and designated (71 Federal Register 74592–74615). As recently as the early 1990s, the skipper occurred in multiple meadow habitats on Laguna and Palomar mountains. Wild populations continued to decline since listing, however, and the skipper appears to currently be restricted to a single mountain, Palomar Mountain, which is highly threatened by wildfire. One of the six remaining inhabited meadow systems was burned by the Poomacha fire in October 2007 and it is unknown if any skippers remain within the burned area. The current population status and the short lifespan (1–2 years), combined with the high risk of fire through- out the range of the skipper on Palomar mountain necessitate
