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Appendix A <br />THREATENED/ENDANGERED/SENSITIVE SPECIES <br />r~ GRAND MESA, UNCOMPAHGRE, AND GUNNISON NATIONAL FORESTS <br />.... <br />LISTED SPECIES: Federally Listed and Candidate Species and their Status in <br />~;; Southwest Colorado GMUG N.F.- Delta, Mesa, Montrose, Gunnison, San Miguel, <br />I''~i~~ ~ <br />Ouray, Hinsdale and Saguache Counties- July 31S` 2000). <br />'; MAMMALS <br />tc <br />!; Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensts)- Threatened. Medium sized carnivore ofmaznmals <br />and birds. The lynx prefers boreal forest situations consisting of spruce-fir, lodgepole <br />pine, and mixed aspen/conifer; because its principal prey, the snowshoe haze, inhabits <br />these sites. Eazly successional spruce/fir and lodgepole pine forests used for foraging, <br />mature and old owth s race/fir and lod ole ine containin laz a downed wood <br />gr P geP P g g Y <br />debris used for denning. Riparian azeas, mixed aspen conifer, mature spruce/fir, and <br />shrublands to forested habitat also used for foraging. Likely to be found on higher <br />elevation National Forest lands. <br />Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nig_ripes)- Endangered. A nocturnal mustelid which feeds <br />C~ on small mammals, primarily the prairie dog. Found primarily in and around prairie dog <br />towns in the Great Plains, montane basins, and semi- grid grasslands. Very unlikely on <br />National Forest Lands in this azea. <br />BIRDS <br />~~` <br />Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)- Threatened. Large raptor that utilizes the <br />National Forest primarily as a spring and fall migrant and as a winter resident. Big game <br />E~ winter ranges aze frequented in winter and spring in this azea. Usually below 8,000 feet. <br />~;~ <br />"'~ Found along or neaz reservoirs and rivers. In winter, the bald eagle also uses semi- <br />deserts, and grasslands near prairie dog towns. No nests known at this time on the <br />f' ` National Forest, however some nesting occumng below Forest boundary. Potential for <br />`"" foraging or nesting habitat in the azea. <br />r" Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (EmDidonax traili extimus). Endangered. One of <br />~"' eight species of Empidonax all of which are very similar in appeazance. They aze small <br />~, ; neo-tropical migrant songbirds found below 8,500 feet in fairly lazge riparian complexes <br />~~ along rivers, creeks, springs, and mazshes with dense thickets of tall riparian shrubs and <br />p~;= <br />overstory of trees, surface water or saturated soils, and stream gradients less than 4%. <br /> <br />_~ <br />