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Sensitive Species- Plants <br />Rocky Mountain or Adobe Thistle: <br />There is suitable Rocky Mountain thistle habitat in the project area. None of these plants were <br />observed in the E-Seam panels 1 & 2 project area. Plants were found on disturbed clay soils at <br />approximately 7700 feet in elevation along a road in the Lick Creek drainage in 2007. <br />MANAGEMENT INDICATOR SPECIES <br />The USDA Forest Service, Region 2, lists eight species, seven terrestrial vertebrates and <br />common trout, which occur, potentially occur, or habitat for which occurs on this portion of the <br />Gunnison National Forest as Management Indicator Species (Table 3). The purpose of this <br />section of the report is to address these species and determine if the proposed activities are likely <br />to affect any of these species or their habitat within the project area. <br />Table 3 <br />MANAGEMENT INDICATOR SPECIES <br />Project Name: Mountain Coal Company E-Seam 1 & 2 Project Baseline Wildlife <br />Surveys <br />Species Status Habitat Present Species Present <br />Terrestrial vertebrates: <br />Elk MIS Yes Yes <br />Bert's Squirrel MIS No No <br />American marten MIS Marginal No <br />Northern goshawk MIS No nesting <br />habitat in <br />immediate area No <br />erriam's Wild Turkey MIS Yes Yes <br />Red-naped sapsucker MIS Yes Yes <br />Brewer's sparrow MIS No No <br />Common trout I MIS No No <br />1. Common trout include Colorado River cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, brook trout and <br />brown trout. <br />8