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Table 3. Monitoring schedule and guidelines for Coeur d'Alene 

 salamander sites. 



Type 



Interval 



Criteria 



Methodology 



Nonintrusive annually 



Extensive 



every 10 

 years 



Experimental 

 and control 



1 year 

 before and 

 annually for 

 3 years 

 after 



management 

 activities 

 occur , then 

 included in 

 extensive 

 surveys 



selected 

 accessible 

 sites located 

 across the 

 species' range 



all sites 



sites 



potentially 



affected by 



logging or 



other 



management 



activities 



Nocturnal searches 

 of the surface 

 during spring or 

 fall, during or 

 one day after 

 rain, nighttime 

 temperatures above 

 7°C (48°F) , for 20- 

 40 minutes per 

 site 



same environmental 

 conditions as for 

 nonintrusive 

 searches but 

 include moving 

 surface material 

 to look for 

 salamanders under 

 rocks , logs or 

 vegetation, stream 

 sites surveyed for 

 40 minutes 



same as extensive 

 surveys 



