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<br />, <br /> <br />,I: i"n',r;',J <br />. ..'.'.. c:: .......... <J <br /> <br />I, <br /> <br />Varmints <br /> <br />Varmints present in the area are coyote, red fox, bohcat, raccoon, <br /> <br />jack rabbit, rock squirrel, prairie dog and ma rmot. <br /> <br />The'exist in a variety <br /> <br />of habitat throughout the area. <br /> <br />The most common are coyote, jackrabbit, <br /> <br />rock squirrel and marmot. <br /> <br />A few bobcat are trapped for their fur and <br /> <br />frequent the lower elevations along canyon rims and broken terrain. <br /> <br />Raccoons <br /> <br />are scarce but prefer habitat along stream bottoms at lower elevations. <br /> <br />Some prairie dog colonies exist on rangeland at lower elevations. <br /> <br />Non game Manlmals <br /> <br />Non game manlmals present include pika, northern pocket gopher, <br /> <br />golden-mantled ground squirrel, Richardson's ground squirrel, least <br /> <br />chipmunk, Uinta chipmunk, bushy-tailed woodrat. Gapper's red-backed <br /> <br />vole, heather vole, montaine vole, long-tailed vole, sagebrush vole, deer <br /> <br />mouse, northern grasshopper mouse, western jumping 1110use, n1asked shrew, <br /> <br />wandering shrew, water shrew. long-eared myotis, long-legged myotis <br /> <br />and Townsend's big-eared bat. <br /> <br />These species are distributed widely throughout the area in a variety of <br /> <br />habitat. <br /> <br />Pikas are common to the alpine areas and most of 'the other <br /> <br />rodents prefer parks, meadows or open rangeland. <br /> <br />Migratory and Non game Birds <br /> <br />Migratory game birds which visit the area during the warmer months <br /> <br />are waterfowl, including ducks, 1Jcese and shorebirds; mourning dove and <br /> <br />,6- <br />