Type: report

Article abstract: FLITE Tours, Inc., DBA: Klein-Edwards Professional Services (KEPS) was retained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct post-fire monitoring for the federally endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) on the Otay Mountain Truck Trail site located in the County of San Diego, California. KEPS's surveys were conducted according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protocols for this species (USFWS 2002). A total of one (1) Quino checkerspot butterfly was detected along the trail. The sighting was as follows: 1 adult male just outside of BLM jurisdictional lands within lands owned and managed formerly by the Environmental Trust. This report provides the results and conclusions of KEPS's 2006 surveys for the adult Quino checkerspot butterfly.