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Boreal toad: The boreal toad typically lives in damp conditions within the vicinity of <br />marshes, wet meadows, streams, beaver ponds, glacial kettle ponds, and lakes <br />(Hammerson 1999). It is restricted to areas with suitable breeding habitat in spruce-fir <br />forests and alpine meadows and is generally found in suitable habitat between 8,500 and <br />11,500 feet in elevation. Boreal toads breed in any body of water lacking a strong current <br />and with gradually descending banks at some point around the perimeter. The primary <br />requirement for breeding apparently is the presence of shallow water. There is the <br />possibility that the boreal toad could occur in the project area at higher elevations. <br />However, suitable habitat conditions are lacking throughout all, but a very minor portion <br />of the project area. There is little chance that any potentially suitable habitat will be <br />affected by the proposed project. <br />USFS REGION 2 SENSITIVE SPECIES <br />The USDA Forest Service, Region 2 lists a total of 58 terrestrial vertebrates, fish, <br />invertebrates and plant species, which occur, potentially occur, or habitat for which <br />occurs in the GMUG as sensitive. A review of information on these species shows that <br />for 17 species either they are known to occur or suitable habitat exists in this portion of <br />the Gunnison National Forest (See Table 3). The purpose of this section is to analyze the <br />effects of the proposed project, to determine if the proposed activities are likely to cause a <br />' loss of viability or a trend toward Federal listing under the Endangered Species Act for <br />any of these species. <br />20