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There is no suitable purple martin habitat in the project area Project activities will not <br />impact purple martin reproductive behavior. Long teffi and cumulative impacts on purple <br />martin are not expected to occur. This project will not impact the viabi&ty of the <br />species, or result in a trend of purple martin towards federal listing. <br />Three-toed woodpecker: Potential habitat forthree-toed woodpecker is mixed- <br />coniferous forest containingspruce-fir, lodgepole pine, or aspen, with abundant dead and <br />decayed trees, between 4000 and 9000 feet elevation. Three-toed woodpecker is asnag- <br />dependent species, which typically occurs aY low endemic levels until abmrdant dead and <br />decayed trees, in diseased and/or newly burned areas, become available. Nest cavities are <br />excavated in trees with heartrot, while snags with the most bark and limbs remaining on <br />are used for foraging onwood-boring larvae of moths and beetles, caterpillars, and ants. <br />Snags are required for feeding, perching, nesting, and roosting- Project activities will not <br />impact three-toed woodpecker reproductive behavior. <br />There is no suitablethree-toed woodpecker habitat in the project area. Project activities <br />will notimpactthree-toed woodpecker reproductive behavior. Long term and cumulative <br />impacts on three-toed woodpeckers will not occur. This project will not impact the <br />viability of the species, or result in a trend of three-toed woodpecker towards federal <br />listing. <br />Brewer's Sparrow: The Brewer's sparrow is a common summer resident in the region <br />in basins and on plateaus, primarily between elevations of 5,000 and 7,500 feet it <br />commonly nests in sagebrush, and will nest in other brushy habitats, such as greasewood <br />and rabbitbrush in desert valleys, and in snowbeny at higher elevations. <br />None of these birds were observed during surveys conducted in 2005 and suitable nesting <br />habitat is lacking in the project area The lack of suitable habitat m;nimi~PC the chances <br />of this bird occumng in the azea Long tee and cumulative impacts on Brewer's spazrow <br />are not expected to occur. This project will not impact the viability of the species, or <br />result in a trend of Brewer's sparrow towards federal 1'cring <br />Boreal toad: The boreal toad was discussed in the Biological Assessment section of this <br />document <br />Northern leopard frog: Typical habitat for the northern leopard frog includes wet <br />meadows and the banks and shallows of mazshes, ponds, lakes, reservoirs, streams, and <br />imgation ditches (CDOW 2(104). The species range can extend to above 11,000 feet in <br />elevation and occurs throughout most of western Colorado (CDOW 2004). The leopard <br />frog in known to occur in the Gunn;enn National Forest, but has not been documented in <br />the Project area <br />There is no suitable northern leopard frog habitat in the immediate project azea There is <br />suitable habitat along Deer and Mmnesota Creek drainages, but these aeeas will not be <br />affected by activities associated with the proposed project Long term and cumulative <br />impacts on northern leopard frogs will not occur. This project will not impact the <br />viability of the species, or result in a trend of northern leopazd frogs towards federal <br />listing- <br />15 <br />