Conservation
In the late 1990s, the Nez Perce Tribe acquired 15,000 acres (61 km2) in the Joseph Creek watershed for conservation. The lands currently provide wildlife habitat for two federally listed threatened species, the bald eagle and the Snake River steelhead, and may provide habitat for the threatened lynx, Townsend's Big-eared Bat, and Mountain Quail. Several threatened plant species are also known to exist in the area, including Macfarlane’s four- o’clock and Spalding’s catchfly. Non-threatened species include bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, blue grouse, golden eagles, and red-tailed hawks.
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