2018-01-03_PERMIT FILE - C1981010A ‎(12)‎

• Permit No: C1981010A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/3/2018
• Doc Name: pages 2-58 to 2-169
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.3 Vegetation & 2.4 Fish and Wildlife
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

Table 2.4-3. Average minimum number of deer and elk present during the winter
months of 1973 through 1979 within the Trapper Mine mine plan area and adjacent
areas during aerial surveys for north facing slopes and south facing slopes
along the Williams Fork Mountains.
(1) Data derived from Ecology Consultants, Inc. aerial survey data.
(2) Data derived from Trapper Mine aerial survey data.
(3) Difference in the number of flights analyzed is due to weather conditions pro-
hibiting flights of the area during the same day or the location of the ani-
mals sighted could not be accurately determined.
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NORTH
FACING
SLOPES
SOUTH FACING SLOPES
Average
East
Portion
West
Portion
Number
Number of
Number
Average
Number of
of
Animals
of
Animals
Present
Flights
Present
Flights
Year
Deer
Elk
Deer
Elk
Analyzed (3)
Deer Elk
Analyzed (3)
73-74(1)
0.5
28.9
31.5
21.9
8
21.9 35.4
7
74-75(1)
7
20.5
29
34.3
4
49.9 37.6
11
75-76(1)
2.6
26.1
42.1
84.1
7
36.3 16.2
6
76-77(2)
19.3
25.7
46.3
16
3
63.7 52.3
3
77-78(2)
18
49.5
99
59.5
2
77.5 28.5
2
• 78-79(2)
4.5
97.5
34.5
64.5
2
59.5 54
2
X Useage
8.7
41.4
47.1
46.7
51.5 37.3
(1) Data derived from Ecology Consultants, Inc. aerial survey data.
(2) Data derived from Trapper Mine aerial survey data.
(3) Difference in the number of flights analyzed is due to weather conditions pro-
hibiting flights of the area during the same day or the location of the ani-
mals sighted could not be accurately determined.
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