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THREATENED/ENDANGERED/SENSITIVE SPECIES <br />GRAND MESA, UNCOMPAHGRE, AND GUNNISON NATIONAL FORESTS <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 />Ouray, Hinsdale and Saguache Counties- July 31512000). <br />MAMMALS <br />Canada Lynx (Lyr~.r canadensis)- Threatened. Medium sized carnivore of mammals <br />and birds. The lynx prefers boreal forest situations consisting ofspruce-fir, lodgepole <br />pine, and mixed aspen/conifer, because its principal prey, the snowshoe haze, inhabits <br />these sites. Early successional spruce/fir and lodgepole pine forests used for foraging, <br />mature and old growth spruce/fir and lodgepole pine containing lazge downed woody <br />debris used for denning. Riparian azeas, mixedaspen/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 niQripes)- Endangered. A nocturnal mustelid which feeds <br />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 />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 />winter ranges are frequented in winter and spring in this area. Usually below 8,000 feet. <br />Found along or near 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 />National Forest, however some nesting occurring below Forest boundary. Potential for <br />foraging or nesting habitat in the area. <br />Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Emoidonax traili extimus). Endangered. One of <br />eight species of Empidonax all of which are very similaz in appeazance. They are small <br />neo-tropical migrant songbirds found below 8,500 feet in fairly large riparian complexes <br />