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include looking for salamanders under rocks, moss and logs, and 

 stream sites will be surveyed for 40 minutes (Table 3) . If no 

 salamanders are found at a site, searches will be conducted again 

 the following year and each subsequent year until the site is 

 verified, or determined to be extirpated (at least five 

 consecutive years of proper examination) . 



Survey and monitoring at sites in areas already scheduled for 

 logging or other management activities will be incorporated into 

 the biological evaluation of the management activity. Sites will 

 be monitored at least one year prior to and three consecutive 

 years after activities occur (Table 3) . These sites will then 

 continue to be monitored at 10-year intervals under the extensive 

 monitoring protocol. This monitoring will be incorporated into 

 research on the effects of timber harvest on the salamander. 



RESEARCH 



Although much has been learned about the Coeur d'Alene 

 salamander in the last decade, several management questions have 

 yet to be answered. Specific questions critical to effective 

 management of this species by the Forest Service are: 



1. methods of reliable population estimation; 



2. effects of timber harvest and other management activities; 



3 . movements of individuals and genetic variability among 

 sites. 



This research can be accomplished cooperatively by the 

 National Forests and the Forest Service Research Stations and/ or 



