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<br />The Southern Rocky Mountain
<br />BOREAL TOAD RECOVERY TEAM
<br />Chuck Loeffler, Coordinator
<br />clo Colorado Division of Wildlife
<br />Species Conservation Section
<br />6060 Broadway
<br />Denver, CO 80216
<br />(303) 291-7451
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<br />MID-SEASON REPORT
<br />As of early July, 2000
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<br />Breeding site monitoring and status
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<br />WYOMING
<br />Don Miller (WY Game & Fish) reports that four surveys were conducted in South Fork of
<br />Bird Creek, resulting in the location of three female boreal toads, two of which were taken in
<br />to captivity at the Sybille wildlife research facility to augment the existing, but limited, stock of
<br />captive boreal toads,
<br />Three surveys were conducted in the Rock Creek Park area, One female boreal toad was
<br />found on May 26, and was placed in captivity at Sybille,
<br />The Lake Owen area - which is the site of previous releases of tadpoles and toad lets - was
<br />also searched, but no toads, eggs, or larvae were found,
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<br />ROUTT COUNTY, CO
<br />Kathy Foster and other personnel from the Routt National Forest have been monitoring
<br />several sites, and have located at least one new breeding locality this year.
<br />The North Fork of Morrison Creek site was a little late thawing out, but breeding has been
<br />documented there, and toads of various ages have been observed.
<br />The California Park breeding population is active this year, and for the first time a specific
<br />breeding location has been found (numerous tadpoles present).
<br />No toads or evidence of breeding have been observed at the Diamond Park site, However,
<br />a new breeding site (Buck Mountain) was located approx, three miles from the Diamond
<br />Park site, The Soda Creek site appeared to have no breeding activity, but two sub-adult
<br />toads were found when the site was surveyed,
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<br />LARIMER COUNTY, CO
<br />Ken Kehmeier (CDOW) reports that the Twin Lake site, near Pingree Park, has been
<br />surveyed three times, but no toads or breeding activity have been observed,
<br />Erin Muths (USGS/BRD) reports only one egg mass at Kettle Tarn, and thfee egg masses at
<br />Lost Lake, in Rocky Mtn, National Park, with poor survival. The die-off due to chytrid fungus
<br />continues, and numbers of toads and productivity are down drastically from what they were a
<br />few years ago, Two egg masses, which hatched, were observed at Spruce Lake, Chytrid
<br />fungus has not been confirmed at Spruce Lake, but is suspected, Four adult toads and part
<br />of one egg mass were collected at RMNP this summer and placed in captivity at the NASRF.
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<br />BOULDER COUNTY, CO
<br />The Lost Lake release site has been surveyed several times, but no toads or breeding
<br />activity have been observed,
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