Technical Conservation Assessments
CNHP has authored Technical Conservation Assessments for the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region 2 as part of their Species Conservation Program. The assessments are designed to provide forest managers, research biologists, and the public with a thorough discussion of the biology, ecology, conservation status, and management of certain species based on available scientific knowledge.

wheel milkweed (Asclepias uncialis)

Gunnison milkvetch (Astragalus anisus)

globe gilia (Ipomopsis globularis)
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Below are links to Technical Conservation Assessments authored by CNHP staff
- Asclepias uncialis Green (wheel milkweed): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Astragalus anisus M.E. Jones (Gunnison milkvetch): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Astragalus missouriensis Nutt. var. humistratus Isely (Missouri milkvetch): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Astragalus proximus (Rydberg) Wooton & Standley (Aztec milkvetch): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Astragalus wetherillii Jones (Wetherill's milkvetch): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Botrychium campestre (Iowa moonwort): A technical conservation assessment
- Botrychium echo W.H. Wagner (reflected grapefern): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Botrychium hesperium (western moonwort): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Botrychium multifidum (Gmel.) Rupr. (leathery grapefern): A Technical Conservation Assessment.
- Botrychium simplex E. Hitchcock(little grapefern): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Calochortus flexuosus S. Watson (winding mariposa lily): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Cirsium perplexans (Rydb.) Petrak (Rocky Mountain thistle): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Draba weberi Price&Rollins (Weber's draba): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ex Hook. (stream orchid): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Eriogonum brandegeei Rydberg (Brandegee's buckwheat): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Eriogonum coloradense Small (Colorado buckwheat): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Eriogonum exilifolium Reveal (dropleaf buckwheat): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Eriophorum chamissonis C.A. Mey.(Chamisso's cottongrass): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Eriophorum gracile W. D. J. Koch (slender cottongrass): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Festuca campestris Rydberg (rough fescue):A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper (Hall's fescue):A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Gilia sedifolia Brandeg. (stonecrop gilia): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Ipomopsis globularis (Brand) W.A. Weber (Hoosier Pass ipomopsis): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Ipomopsis polyantha (Rydberg) V. Grant (Pagosa ipomopsis): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Kobresia simpliciuscula (Wahlenberg) Mackenzie (simple bog sedge): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Lesquerella pruinosa Greene (Pagosa bladderpod): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Malaxis brachypoda (A. Gray) Fernald(white adder's-mouth orchid):A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Mentzelia chrysantha Engelmann ex Brandegee( golden blazing star): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Neoparrya lithophila Mathias (BillÃÂs neoparrya): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Parnassia kotzebuei Chamisso ex Sprengel (Kotzebue's grass-of-Parnassus): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Penstemon harringtonii Penland (Harrington's beardtongue): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Potentilla ambigens Greene (silkyleaf cinquefoil): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Potentilla rupincola Osterhout (rock cinquefoil): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Primula egaliksensis Wormskjold ex Hornemann: (Greenland primrose): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Ranunculus karelinii Czern. (ice cold buttercup): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Salix arizonica Dorn (Arizona willow): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Salix candida Flueggé ex Wild. (sageleaf willow): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Salix myrtillifolia Anderss. (blueberry willow): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Salix serissima (Bailey) Fern. (autumn willow): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Thalictrum heliophilum Wilken&DeMott (Cathedral Bluff meadow-rue): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Thelypodiopsis juniperorum (Payson) Rydberg (juniper tumblemustard): A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Utricularia minor L. (lesser bladderwort): A Technical Conservation Assessment