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• The yellow-billed cuckoo is listed as a candidate species by the USFWS. No habitat such as gallery forests used by the yellow-billed cuckoo is found within the project area. The boreal toad is listed as a candidate species. There is no suitable habitat for this species found in or around the project area. No federally listed T&E species would be affected by activities associated with the proposed exploration program. There are numerous mammals, birds and amphibians listed as Sensitive Species by the Forest Service. However, habitat is lacking for all but a few of these species. Those that are known to occur, or for which suitable habitat exists in varying amounts within the area studied for the project include: American marten, northern goshawk, olive-sided flycatcher, purple martin and logger-head shrike. None of these species were observed during the survey. No federally listed Sensitive species would be affected by activities • associated with the proposed exploration program. There are 13 Management Indicator Species (MIS) listed by the USFS for the GMUG, which were addressed. Habitat is lacking for 7 species including: Rocky Mountain and desert big horn sheep, Abert's squirrel, Lewis' woodpecker, Gunnison sage grouse, Pinyon jay and Colorado River cutthroat trout. Of the remaining 6 species mule deer, elk and bears are common throughout the area. American marten, northern goshawks and hairy woodpeckers are known to occur in the general area. The limited amount of habitat to be disturbed should have no effect on use of this area by any of these species. No Management Indicator Species would be affected by activities associated with the proposed exploration program. There will be small amounts of habitat affected and changes in vegetation patterns could actually be beneficial to some of the above listed species as well as other non-listed species.