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<br />Clamej;'ishspeciesinthe North F0rkil'lclude rainbow tnout, brllWlltro\lt,cuttitroat trout,and. brooktio]j.~;, Nlltive .
<br />~eoies co'lleotedin the North Forkoonsist ofroun(ltail'chub;' bhxehead sU(lker,':fIanne!mou.tllsue:ket;.~'eoM'e1;l
<br />dace; longn.ose dace and mottledsoulpih. Tbteeof the native :species, thetoli'tfdtail ohub, bluehead:$u~Ciit'and
<br />tlle,ffannelmouth suckCiir are Cciloradospecies of concern. ' ,
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<br />species of cOI'lcern),Peregriu!.l falcon (C610radospecies of concern),whoopin.g crane (Federalll11d Coll,j:taao
<br />en<langere~),s0utll\Ve:sternwi11owf1Yl1atcher(Federa:l,andColorado endoosered),ba1d eagle ,(Feder~l\Mll.,
<br />Co10l!'ad'o tlireatened),sandhill crane (C01<'lrado species ofconceMl) andrlve'r c:ifter (Colorado endlUJ.gl!'1iec!)'.
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<br />Thesesl1ecialstatus, species occur as residents or migrants il1i tllestudyarea: 'N!any stnal! poputatio!il$,iot '
<br />l!.loparcl!frogsaeeur along thep;tincipaltributaries of the North Fb'tk At leastthree'l'eceht nest si'j:es'!te:tl!h.e
<br />Peregrine falcon are knoWIi near the study area and the: prey ofiCadoonsdepends'onaql\a.ticand ri.lJ1lU!fa'!itilW~llS'
<br />Although whoo:pingcranes are very rarespringa.nd fall migr!ihfs in the stUdy area, , greater ,sandht1,tGiaill~&'iate
<br />mo~e~om,mon. Froitgrowers Reservoit',afewmitesftomtb:e~():rlh Forkjjsasigni~cant'stepoVe~pl\}~t:rcilt, '
<br />seveta:1tllousandcraneseach spnl'lg and fall. River-associatedwetlands at\:<tfloodplain agricu:ltUraliRel\fs,a1se
<br />provide stopover points for migrating cranes. Migration stopOVer habitatiseritical for federadlyen~al'li~et~d
<br />Whooping cranes and state sensitive sandhill cranes, whibh rieedto rest andrliiP1emsh vitalenergytl;l~~es.
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<br />Willow flycatchers use riparian habitat, and most of the known.bteeding sites of southwestern willow
<br />flycatchersil1Cb'lorado occur nearithe'proje:ctareaaloug the Gtmn.isonRiver west eithe tOWIiof]";lelt",.
<br />Additionally, there are about 1 OOba:1deagles thatWinter in the area from ao()vePaonia downstreamtoPtltild
<br />J1.lllctio~, Majorooncen:trat!onso~eagle nests occur on the ~orthForkdownstnea:r.n oftheprojectar~a~ west of.
<br />HotcIlklSS and on the Gumnson River near theconf1uencewlthth~ North Fotk. River, otters wererel1!l:trod;'\iced
<br />to the GunnisonR,iverabovethe North Fork m the 1970's. Even though etters have colonized area&
<br />downstream, they are uncommon in the study area.
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