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22. Unknown Inactive Aspen 38 58 02.0 N 107 26 16.0 W 23. Unknown Inactive Aspen 38 57 56,4 N 107 26 47.7 W 24. Unknown Inactive Aspen 38 58 31,4 N 107 27 46.0 W 25. Unknown Inactive Aspen 38 50 58.6 N 107 27 42.4 W No nests were found in oakbrush/mountain shrub or in pinyonyuniper. The lack of nests in oakbrush/mountain shrub was not unexpected, as none have been found in this habitat type during five years of surveys conducted in the North Fork Valley. This has also been the case at studies conducted elsewhere in Colorado over the past 10+ yeazs. Like oakbrush, the lack of nests in Pinyon-Juniper (P-J) was not unexpected. Raptors will nest in Pinyon-Juniper, and have been observed nesting in P-J in other azeas. However, none have been found nesting in this habitat type at other study areas in the North Fork Valley. Data collected do not indicate that, within habitat types where nests were found, any particulaz azea was selected over another. However, with few exceptions, nests are located within 150 feet of tree stand edges, and all nests were located in mature stands with wide spacing of trees and crown cover of 60% or less. All red-tailed hawk nests were located in open mature aspen stands. These nests were all located within 300 feet of an active road or ATV trail. When last checked, young were observed on all these nests. These nests were all located neaz open meadows where primary prey species such as ground squirrels are more accessible. Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawk nests were found in both mature Aspen and Douglas- fir stands. Aspen stands where nests were found were in gently sloping (less than 10%) terrain. Just the opposite was true of those nests found in Douglas-fir stands. These stands aze located primarily in side drainages associated with Beaz and Elk Creeks. These stands are on slopes that are 50% or steeper. Nests for these species were found neaz the edge of mature open stands of Aspen and Douglas-fir where there was little understory. Prey species were commonly observed along the ecotones between these stands and nearby habitat types. An active golden eagle nest was located while conducting wildlife surveys for another project. This nest is located off the project azea in a cliff west of Hubbard Creek and south of Terror Creek Reservoir (Figure 1). This cliffhas been checked for nesting activity for 5 yeazs. One inactive raptor nest was observed during the first yeaz of studies, but no active nests until this yeaz. This nest is within 1/2 mile of Iron Point and Hubbazd Creek. The nest is located over a ridge and out of sight from any proposed activity in the Hubbard Creek drainage. 12