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Uinta basin hookless cactus. • No new permanent roads will be constructed as part of project activities. The temporary road to be constructed will be obliterated after use. No roads run through habitat capable of supporting Uinta basin hookless cactus. • Cumulative adverse effects on Uinta basin hookless cactus by proposed actions will not occur. • The limited scope and scale of the proposed action means that Uinta basin hookless cactus habitat is not at risk, and population viability is not at risk. Based on current information, the project will have No Effect on Uinta basin hookless cactus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo: To date no yellow-billed cuckoos have been located during surveys in potentially suitable habitat in the Gunnison Forest. Currently, the only known populations of breeding yellow-billed cuckoos are in the southwestern U. S. In recent yeazs, none have been observed during breeding bud surveys in this portion of western Colorado. What habitat they use for nesting and brood rearing depends on the geographic azea. Data indicate they require rather extensive stands of cottonwoods with a good understory of willows or other suitable species. Other than in some azeas of the southwest they typically nest in old growth cottonwoods with dense understories. Long- term and cumulative effects on yellow-billed cuckoos are not expected to occur based on the knowledge that: • Potential suitable habitat for the yellow-billed cuckoo does not exist within the Deer Creek Shaft Project area. • The proposed project will not affect any known cottonwood stands or riparian areas that could possibly support yellow-billed cuckoos. • No roads run through habitat capable of supporting yellow-billed cuckoos. • Cumulative adverse affects onyellow-billed cuckoos by proposed actions will not occur. • The limited scope and scale ofthe proposed action means that yellow-billed cuckoo habitat is not at risk, and population viability is not at risk. • Based on current information, the project will have No Effect on the yellow- billed cuckoo. Gunnison sage grouse: To date no Gunnison sage grouse have been located during surveys in this portion of the Gunnison Forest. The Gunnison sage grouse is a sagebrush obligate species and sagebrush habitat is not found on or neaz the project azea. The neazest known populations of this bird are found more than ten miles away in the Slack Canyon of the Gunnison area. • Potential suitable habitat for the Gunnison sage grouse does not exist within the Deer Creek Shaft Project azea. • The proposed project will not affect any sagebrush habitat that could support Gunnison sage grouse. • No roads run through habitat capable of supporting Gunnison sage grouse. • Cumulative adverse effects on Gunnison sage grouse by proposed actions will not