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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I GJ;J73J Cl!!:bl:m\/('''1JI~.C"wTIJhms..'''''<In'RrltI{>rl Ful/.. C,..,..l;..1mm..u M"'mlmll -- .I1armal3 and Flllth (1997) considem:llhco;c SCparlllC I>recdingareas.hullh9'.....Crt:nolsimultanenusly<H.:cupicdinI9%(FallsClttkhad one yuung). 1997 tAnima._ r..lnuntain had greenery), or :!003 (IIOlh Falls Creek neSIS had {tTl.'Cllcryl. An incutmlinl( c\lglc was seen in the J~~I hils (reck nC5\ on IQ April. and II tN-tailed hawk (But,.o )<1mi<I,.,'nsi,f} Ill'.... ffllm near lhe second nest. The adull female and (me IW'gc downy young were \'isihlc in the nest on oJ May. The two large. > 50 day old chic"" were confirmed from Ihe ground un 4 June wcrc i1r[lllTCmly inthcretl:<;.S<:soflhelargcncsl and not SC'CTl during the fixed wing !light C'IltJicr that morning. Bolh ~.llunl! were old enuugh 10 a.,sumc the)" would ul1imnlcl} Ikdj,lc_ AlIlhrce ncst'i in the Animas Moun1ain area wc~ in disrepair or missing. )W".lion Cr..,.J;- This nest wa.~ not disco\'ered untill~7, wht-rt it was de'ICrihcd li5 Min ~o(lod condilion". Low in a deep canyon. OUl anemJ'ls to find it (rum the fixed-...ing ain:raft in 2003 werc unsuccCllsful. Tbe nest ....a.s mOn'easily found andlll"proached by helieopter on 19 March 100-1 No evidcnce of recent use wa.s visihle. and no adults were seen m the vicinity. Ikcau.o;cofthcrcmoteloclltion.nogooundllisils....ercmadetothissite. JlIMTSSI()~ \lie documented the occupancy of 6-7 golden eagle brce<:IioS areas during the 2004 Ilcsting season Four p;tin allemptoo nesting and ned~ed a towl ofS young, Thi, >l.lU II markeJ imprt,,'cmcnt n\l'er 2003. when only IWO pairs nested and "nl~' one: young hatched (&osphere 2003). llte kn.l''''TI I'>rccJing hi~toT). nfal!tcrritoril."S within the sludy area i, summaril.ed in Suh- ^fIPC"nJixA The hrttdmg population of goldcn eagles within a Io-mile radius ofCllfhon Mountam WiIS "s!>Cllliall~' the ~me (6 p;lirs +/-) during both 19'16-97 and 2003-04 (Figl.lrc I). Younll tledgcdi,>ccupied tcrrito!)' in 2004 ....as alw eoml"urahl" to lll%-'H (Figure 2). Low prndu<.tillity, such as thai whichoccurrcd in 2003,oceutsme\"cr:, golden easlepopulalionwh"n prey p"pulatinn.s are alOll) 10... ("'ochen.,1 a!. 20(2), Th., Dumngo area population i!l, o\'erall. pruducing more than the 0,5 nedglingsloccupicd tcmtoT). calculatcd asncces$llT)' to maintain a !<tahlel",-,pulationinSwitJerland(lIollerlQ%), The rt.'S/;T1I,'ir created by ALP in Ridlle!l Basin ",'ill uhimalcl~' remove more lhan 1400 a(lC~ of g<llden l:lIgle furaginll huhit.al ...ilhin the ('urtx", Mountain tcmtolj'. Thl: effcct of this hahiwt loss on occupancy of this tl'rrito!)' i~ cuntrovcrsial hut uncl"rtain Thl: Caroon Mountain tcrritolj.likcl}' contains m<Jstl~' puhlic and S"ulhern Ute lands, :-"losl oftheulhcr temtoril"s in this~1\1dyarcaincludcsignitieant Wllountsof pri\'aIC land. andb<:cau..e thelcrritorics iIl"C closc to l}umngo.mu<:hoflhalprivatelandha.shcensul'>dividl.'dinthcla..'itlhrccJecaJes. Humanland uS/; 11'1 La Plaia ('numy' hll.'l heen ducumented h~' the numbc:r of building po:mli15 appruved I'>y the count)'. Since 1<176.7.550 single.famil)' hou~ing and S.802 mnl'>ilc home building po:nni15 have2hc-enissuc:d, Uuring thc time pcriod thaI the stud)' area l:agle populalion has rl"mainc.-d stahle {l9'Jt>-2003l. 2.918 singh~-(wnily bousing and 1.629 mobile home t>lJlIding permits were issllcd (Figure 3). Eaeh l1<,us<' huilt outsided,'nl":ly urhan area.s rl"mu\'(:"S I'"t<'lltial eaJ1le foruginJ1 bahital. While il would he diflicult to ascenain OOW much of this construction and incrca'ICd human hahilatinn is ,>(:curring ....ithin the IO-mile laJius of Carl><", M,'u<\lllin, some clearly is and uu,t>Jfr" llt'.,w"mtmul ~,...ia.J 13