Interagency Special Status /
Sensitive Species Program

Bureau of Land Management / US Forest Service
Oregon / Washington

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Interagency Special Status /
Sensitive Species Program

Bureau of Land Management / US Forest Service
Oregon / Washington

Interagency Special Status / Sensitive Species Program

ISSSSP Alerts

ISSSSP Alerts contains critical information on diseases, viruses, pathogens, or other threats, impacting species throughout the country and in several areas within our region. Several websites provide a wealth of information about each threat, recent detections, and ways to minimize their spread or impact. New content is updated periodically.

The Interagency Special Status / Sensitive Species Program is an interagency program between the Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon/Washington State Office of the Bureau of Land Management for the conservation and management of rare species.

This interagency collaboration focuses on regional-level approaches for species that meet agency criteria for inclusion on sensitive and special status lists. This includes those species that are not federally listed as Threatened or Endangered, or Proposed for federal listing.

The collaboration includes:

  • Identifying high priority species and habitats;
  • Identifying data gaps and information needs;
  • Developing conservation assessments and strategies;
  • Conducting range-wide inventories;
  • Managing data; and,
  • Working with key partners in state and federal agencies, research, universities, and non-government organizations, and making information available to field staff and the public.