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<br /> Reservoir and Table Mountain from October to Late April or <br /> early May. Many forage between Highways 34 and 125. Possibly <br /> 20 or 30 head may remain during the summer, but most vacate <br /> the area and move north to Table Mountain and other high <br /> country by mid-June. Division of Wildlife personnel report <br /> that calving begins on route to the high country. Such calving <br /> areas are not reported in areas which will be disturbed by <br /> the project development. <br /> BIRDS <br /> The ranges of 180 bird species overlap the general area <br /> including Willow Creek Reservoir and Lake Granby. These <br /> species are listed in Table H-3. Of these, 90 species were <br /> observed during field studies representing riparian, sagebrush, <br /> and conifer habitat. Birds observed in the locations <br />1 representing sagebrush habitat are listed in Table H-4. <br />Evidence of a sage grouse strutting ground was seen in Section 19, <br />T2N, R77W, consisting of numerous droppings on the south facing <br />slope in the sagebrush habitat. However, no strutting activity <br />was observed during EAR field studies or by Division of Wildlife <br />1 personnel. <br />' AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES <br /> Only six amphibians and eight reptilian species range into <br /> the Granby area. Leopard frogs were observed near Lake Granby <br />1 and in wetlands bordering the Colorado River near Windy Gap. <br /> Western terrestrial garter snakes were sited in an irrigated <br /> meadow near Willow Creek Reservoir and in riparian woodland <br /> along the Colorado River. <br /> AQUATIC LIFE <br /> Mining activities will be conducted so as not to degrade water <br /> quality or affect aquatic life. <br />1 <br /> PRESENCE OF THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES IN THE PROJECT AREA <br />1 No threatened or endangered fish species, as classified by the <br /> U.S. Department of the Interior, were captured in the Windy Gap <br /> development area during the study and none is expected to occur. <br /> One cutthroat trout was captured in the Colorado River near the <br /> diversion dam site. The State of Colorado has classified the <br /> Colorado River cutthroat (Salmo clarki pleuritic us) as a <br /> threatened species. However, the single specimen captured <br />' appeared to be the Yellowstone cutthroat (S. clarki lewisi) <br />IJ <br /> <br />