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1 <br />RECEI*K -' TOAD RECOVERY TEAM <br />April 12, 1995 <br />t: ,,rz,i w r isvr Summary <br />�y <br />The following people participated in the Spring recovery team meeting which was held at the Research <br />Center of the Colorado Division of Wildlife in Fort Collins, Colorado: Alison Jones - CNHP, Brenda <br />Mitchell - BLM, Tom Mandis - CDOW, Greg Maniero - CU, Terry Ireland - FWS, Mitch Bock - <br />WG &F, Robert Pistono - WG &F, Anna Goebel - CU, Greg Horstman - CDOW, Jeff Carroll - BLM, <br />Therese Johnson - NPS, Mike Jennings - FWS, Steve Corn - NBS, Lauren Livo, Don Kennedy - Denver <br />Water, Mindy Gasaway - CDOW, Chris Garber - TNC, Doreen Schmidt - FS, and Mike Sherman - <br />CNHP. <br />The meeting was started with a discussion of the breeding pond monitoring form and associated <br />instructions. Steve Corn expressed the idea that the single most important piece of information <br />gathered in breeding pond monitoring is the count of adult toads in a single pass of the margin of <br />the breeding pond after dark. <br />Brenda Mitchell told the group about the three levels of mapping detail relative to breeding site <br />monitoring. Mike Sherman is preparing an addendum to the instructions which will address <br />collection methods and techniques for making a blood smear. <br />2. The Federal subset of the recovery team requested detailed locational information where Colorado <br />Division of Wildlife amphibian search teams will be working in order to prevent duplication of <br />effort by Federal agencies. Since this information was verbal and vague, Steve Corn volunteered <br />to map and prioritize search areas. After this is accomplished, John Goettl will delineate proposed <br />areas of state surveys and return the maps to federal land management agencies. Missing from <br />this discussion was the thought that, though these quests are driven by boreal toad priorities, they <br />should be amphibian searches and not restricted to boreal toads alone. The proposed completion <br />date of this task was June 1, 1995. Enclosed is an outline (Appendix A) developed by the Federal <br />group which will assist management of the boreal toad in all locations. <br />3. The breeding population of boreal toads in Albany County, Wyoming will be monitored by Chris <br />Garber. This monitoring effort is funded by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Robert Pistono <br />suggested that some members of a Wyoming Game and Fish fish crew, may be available for <br />limited assistance. <br />4. Anna Goebel presented locations of where she had DNA information. Generally she has data <br />from all the well known breeding sites in Colorado and Wyoming. Greg Horstman agreed to <br />assist Anna with samples from the area west of Aspen. She would like to have samples from any <br />new area. Of special interest are: the San Juans, the Zirkels, Leadville, Love Lake and Trappers <br />Lake. Best case for handling Anna's samples is to call her: lab 303 - 492 -5805, home 303 -373- <br />9245, she will come to the field, bleed the toads and return them to the wild. Second choice <br />would be to have someone transport a live toad to Anna, she will bleed the toad and the toad will <br />be pit tagged and added to the breeding colony at Bellvue Research Hatchery. The next choice <br />would be to freeze the toad in a bag of water and call a recovery team member. Even toads that <br />have been dead for along time, road kills, smashed and dried, provide useful tissue samples. Ideal <br />sample size is ten, but one is still useful. <br />