Comment on FR Doc # 2012-11484

The ecosystem based approach for grouping plants and defining their habitat collectively in GIS is a great step forward. It will aid the management of T & E plants as part of the collection of native communities across the landscape. Much of the proposed critical habitat falls on areas with intact native plant communities or areas already under protection by decree or remoteness. This will favor acceptance of the proposed listings by the public. Descriptions of individual listed species, habitat, and threats will prove to be a good resource to managers and to serve as a baiss for planning future conservation measures. The proposed designation/listing of the "rarest of the rare" PEPP species will be beneficial to the National Park Service by improving our ability to gain funds for the protection, propagation, and out-planting of these rare plants. Improved funding will help with our ongoing collaboration with partners including MoPEP and the Nature Conservancy.