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to species assessment form.

McAllister, Kelly. Washington Department of Transportation, February 6, 2008 email



Oertley, Jill. U.S. Forest Service, September 28, 2005, email communications with Deanna


spotted frog – update on activities.

Pearl, Christopher and J. Bowerman. October 5, 2005, email communications with Deanna


spotted frog assessment, additional remarks

Pearl, Christopher. U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, October 5, 2005,

email communications with Deanna Lynch, USFWS Western Washington Fish and

Wildlife Office, Regarding Oregon spotted frog assessment, additional remarks.

Pearl, Christopher. U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, March 15, 2010,

email communications with Deanna Lynch, USFWS Western Washington Fish and

Wildlife Office, Regarding Oregon spotted frog assessment

Pearl, C.A. USGS_Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, November 19 and 26,

2012, email communication with Tia Adams and J. O’Reilly, USFWS Klamath Falls

Field Office and Bend Field Office, regarding egg mass collections for genetics.

Pearl, C.A. USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, November 19, 2012, email

communication with Tia Adams and J. O’Reilly, USFWS Klamath Falls Field Office and

Bend Field Office, regarding Bullfrog predation on Oregon spotted frog in Oregon.

Roninger, R. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), November 5, 2012, email communication

with Tia Adams, USFWS Klamath Falls Field Office regarding bullfrog detections and

removal program.

Simpson, Terri. USDA-Fremont-Winema National Forest-RETIRED. December 2002, USFWS

Klamath Falls Field Office files, regarding grazing on Jack Creek.

Simpson, Terri. USDA-Fremont-Winema National Forest-RETIRED, October 11, 2012, email

communication with Tia Adams, USFWS Klamath Falls Field Office, regarding beaver

relocation in Jack Creek.

Skyles, Ken. Jackson County Planning Division, November 16, 2012, email communication

with Tia Adams USFWS Klamath Falls Field Office, regarding Jackson County’s

wetland ordinances.

Tinniswood, William. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, September 21 and 24, 2012,

email communications with Tia Adams, USFWS Klamath Falls Field Office, regarding

fish stocking in the Klamath Basin.

Wray, Simon. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. May 21, 2012. Email communications

with Jennifer O’Reilly, USFWS Bend Field Office, regarding egg masses discovered in a

pond adjacent to Crane Prairie Reservoir that had received a rotenone treatment in the fall

of 2011.

Ziller, Jeff. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. April 8, 2013. Email communication with

Simon Wray, ODFW High Desert Office, and Jennifer O’Reilly, USFWS Bend Field

Office, regarding coordination between ODFW and USFWS on issue of fish stocking and

management and the effect to Oregon spotted frogs in the Mink Lake Basin in Oregon.

Database and Spreadsheet Sources (cited as multiple data sources in proposed

listing and proposed critical habitat)

Washington:

Multiple data sources. Compilation of 1996 through 2011 egg mass census data for all

Washington known breeding locations. File Name: WA_OSFsites_eggmasscounts 1996

to 2011

Oregon:

Bureau of Land Management. Received by USFWS in 2012. Geo-BOB database for 1994-

2011: eggmass through adult survey data. File Name:

2012_3_19_GeoBOB_RAPR_Extract.mdb

Sunriver Nature Center. Received by USFWS in 2009. Oviposition location data for 2006. File

Name: 2006 Ovip data_USGSandJB.xls

Sunriver Nature Center. Received by USFWS in 2012. Sunriver, Crosswater and Thousand

Trail eggmass survey data for 2000-2012. File Name: eggMassSurvey.2012.xls

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Received by USFWS in 2012. U.S. Forest Service

NRIS database for 1934-2011 (database contains data for years 1934 through 2011, but

only 2005 through 2011 data were used): eggmass through adult survey data. File Name:

NRIS_OSF_Mar2012.mdb

USDA. Received by USFWS in 2012. U.S. Forest Service Deschutes adult Oregon spotted frog

locations for 2012. File Name: OSFDeschutesNFAdults2012.xls

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2012. Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge for

2008-2011: eggmass survey data. File Names: KM_2008_OSP_survey.xls;

KM_2008_OSP_survey.xls; KM_2009(2)_OSP_survey.xls; KM_2010_OSF_survey.xls;

KM_2011_OSF_survey.xls

USFWS. 2012. Old Mill Pond Location for 2012. GIS point location of newly identified site.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Received by USFWS in 2009. Oviposition location and

eggmass data for 2006. File Name: USGS_2006_OSF.mdb

USGS. Received by USFWS in 2012. Oregon spotted frog adult survey data for 2010-2011.

File Name: 2010-11 OSF Monitoring v10.mdb

USGS. Received by USFWS in 2012. Deschutes River Oregon spotted frog breeding data for

2012: eggmass data from April through May 2012. File Name: OSF Eggmass Surveys

2012.V2.accdb

USGS. Received by USFWS in 2012. “Overall Oregon Distribution” summary data for 1999-

2011: eggmass through adult survey data. File Name:

2012_OSF_Data_Summ.USGS.xlsx

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