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land management activities. 



Plethodontid salamanders have proven difficult to monitor for 

 population size and trends (Center et al. 1991, Scott and 

 Ramotnik 1992) . Surveys themselves can also be destructive to 

 salamander habitat. We recommend a comprehensive monitoring 

 agenda that addresses trends in habitat condition, presence or 

 absence of salamanders, and possible trends in population size 

 and status, while minimizing monitoring effects on salamander 

 habitat. 



Monitoring for the overall persistence of the Coeur d'Alene 

 salamander (Table 2) will be accomplished by annually surveying 

 sites in selected, accessible, areas of occurrence distributed 



Table 2. Sites to monitor annually (nonintrusively) for Coeur 

 d'Alene salzuuanders. 



Site name 



Location 



Forest 



Ranger 

 District 



