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• are fully stocked. Populations apparently have been declining <br />due to a decrease in availability of riparian aspen. Stoecker <br />(1974a) agreed with Cringan (1973a) that beaver populations are <br />lower along lower portions of Parachute Creek. Other furbearers <br />noted during Colony-sponsored studies or reported by the Division <br />of Wildlife as inhabiting the permit areas include raccoon, striped <br />skunk, red fox, and long-tailed.weasel. Of these, only the skunk <br />and weasel were common or widespread. Short-tailed weasel (ermine), <br />mink, and gray fox may occur in the area, but none were observed. -~ <br />The ringtail has been reported within the Parachute Creek canyon <br />(Cringan 1973b), and the spotted skunk and gray fox are likely •• <br />inhabitants (Armstrong 1972). <br />SMALL MAMMALS <br />Porcupines are common throughout the permit areas, as are yellow- <br />. bellied marmots, rock squirrels, and golden-mantled ground <br />squirrels, Small rodents that are both common and ubiquitous <br />include the least chipmunk and the deer mouse. Less common or <br />more restricted small species within the area include red squirrel <br />in conifer woodlands, Richardson's and thirteen-lined ground <br />squirrels in lower, more open habitats, and a number of bats, <br />shrews and small rodents. <br />Lagomorph species reported as present (Cringan 1973b) include <br />the snowshoe hare and Mountain cottontail in coniferous plateau <br />uplands, the black-tailed hare (jackrabbit) and desert cottontail <br />in lower, more arid sites, and the white-tailed hare (jackrabbit) <br />in both habitats. <br />C~ <br />H-6 <br />