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<br />, ','" <br />':~-! <br /> <br />. ' <br /> <br />C"':) <br />0::::1" <br />In <br /> <br />Similarly, the bird population will be <br /> <br />adversely affected by loss of habitat. <br /> <br />Sharp-tailed grouse are permanent <br /> <br />residents of the area to be mined. One <br /> <br />of the five sharp-tailed grouse dancing <br /> <br />~rounds in the vicinity will be destroyed. <br /> <br />Since good sharp-tailed grouse habitat, <br /> <br />of the kind afforded by the mining area, <br />is limited in the surrounding region, the <br />population may be significantly reduced <br />during the operation period. A successful <br /> <br />reclamation program will tend to restore <br /> <br />the sharptail habitat lost during mining. <br /> <br />Particular attention will be paid to the <br /> <br />needs of this species during revegetation. <br /> <br />Sage grouse ~o not use the area exten- <br /> <br />sively, but one strutting ground will be <br /> <br />closely approached at the western <br /> <br />boundary. This strutting ground was once <br /> <br />an important sage grouse area, but in <br /> <br />recent years most of the sagebrush has <br /> <br />been torn up and the land planted to <br /> <br />wheat. <br /> <br />-164_ <br />