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<br />GRAND COUNTY, CO
<br />Greg Horstman has been monitoring the sites in Grand County, Breeding occurred at Pole .
<br />Creek, but the breeding areas dried up, resulting in desiccation of tadpoles, despite efforts
<br />to divert water to the site, Plans are in progress to do some habitat improvement work at the
<br />site, which should result in more stable water levels for breeding boreal toads, Reliable
<br />reports (with photos) of boreal toads in the Crooked Creek drainage, not far from Pole Creek,
<br />are being investigated,
<br />The upper Vasquez Creek breeding site, which consists of marginal habitat in the form of a
<br />rut in a road, has not shown any breeding activity this year, Several of the toadlets, which
<br />came from a late season clutch salvaged from upper Vasquez Creek and captive reared by
<br />students at Middle Park High School, were released in a wetland/beaver pond area on lower
<br />Vasquez Creek, and appear to be doing well.
<br />The Jim Creek site has been surveyed several times, but no toads or breeding activity have
<br />been observed,
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<br />CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, CO
<br />Although there was a fair amount of breeding activity at the Henderson sites, Mark Jones
<br />(CDOW) reports that the die-off due to chytrid fungus continues, and numbers of toads are
<br />down dramatically from past years, Samples from several clutches of eggs were collected
<br />and hatched, and we now have several thousand tadpoles from the Henderson population at
<br />the NASRF,
<br />CDOW aquatic biologist, Mindy Clark, reports that both the Herman Gulch and Mt. Bethel
<br />breeding sites are active this year, and Ml. Bethel promises to have very good production
<br />this year. Herman Gulch may have lesser productivity due to some water level problems and
<br />presence of large numbers of dytiscid beetle larvae.
<br />The Silverdale site was also surveyed several times, and although no eggs or tadpoles were
<br />found, numerous sub-adults toads of various ages were seen in the area, indicating that
<br />successful reproduction is occufring somewhere in the vicinity, The Bakerville site has
<br />been monitored with some help from the CNHP field crew, but no toads or signs of breeding
<br />have been observed,
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<br />SUMMIT COUNTY, CO
<br />Tom Kroening (CDOW) reports that breeding activity has been seen at both the upper N.
<br />Fork of the Snake River site and at Peru Creek, A female toad was seen at the lower N,
<br />Fork of the Snake River site, but no breeding activity, The Montezuma site has not been
<br />checked due to problems getting access to private property,
<br />Both the lower and upper breeding localities on North Tenmile Creek have been monitored
<br />by the CNHP crew, and both are reported as active this summer. One adult female toad was
<br />seen at Cucumber Gulch in early June, but no breeding activity was found in the area,
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<br />PITKIN COUNTY, CO
<br />This is the first time in several years that Pitkin County has been subject to intensive
<br />monitoring and survey work for boreal toads. Two of the CNHP field crew have spent a
<br />substantial amount of time surveying there this summer,and have found a new breeding
<br />locality on East Maroon Creek, in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, They also
<br />report finding tadpoles at the Conundrum Creek site, Other areas, including the Snowmass
<br />Creek drainage have been surveyed, but no additional breeding sites have been located,
<br />Two sub-adult toads were observed in the Roaring Fork drainage, east of Aspen,
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