| | PPF: Giant Palouse Earthworm (Driloleirus americanus) |
 | | The other two native species, Drilochaera chenowithensis McKey-Fender and Argilophilus hammondi McKey-Fender, may be somewhat tolerant of habitat conversion to agriculture. |
| | Argilophilus hammondi has been found at the Chenowith Creek site and well to the south in the Ochoco National Forest... |
| | Management Issues: Biodiversity concerns: preservation of native species and alterations to the ecosystem caused by exotics -- The basin assessment area is inhabited by at least three native earthworm species belonging to three genera. |
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