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The FACTS (Forest Service Activity Tracking System) database was also used to determine past <br />federal actions in the area which may have impacted lynx habitat. Again, MDW and road <br />construction for mining activity does not show up in this system. Within the past ten years, a total <br />of 2550 acres of other habitat alteration has occurred within the LAU, associated primarily with <br />big game wildlife habitat improvement projects, and none of it in lynx habitat. These acres <br />reflect some re -treatment of areas due to multiple entries for a single project, as well, so that less <br />than 2550 acres of the landscape have been actually treated. Table 5 shows the individual actions <br />which have occurred within the LAU in that time frame. There has been no timber harvest in <br />this LAU within the last ten years, and any prior activity is incorporated into baseline habitat <br />values for the LAU. <br />Table 5. Vegetation Management within the Mount Gunnison LAU since 2000 <br />Type of Treatment <br />FACTS ID <br />Acres <br />Date <br />Deer Creek Shaft and E Seam <br />MDW projects (minerals) <br />N/A <br />54 (within lynx <br />habitat) <br />2007 -current <br />Sylvester Gulch and Box Canyon <br />projects, Dry Fork coal lease <br />project (minerals) <br />N/A <br />71 (within lynx <br />habitat) <br />2004 -current <br />Lamborn Wildlife Habitat <br />Improvement (Rollerchop) <br />5807021001 <br />116 <br />2009 <br />BearPaw Rx Burn <br />1102031002 <br />983 (not all <br />actually done) <br />2008 <br />Lone Cabin Mechanical (hydro- <br />axe) <br />1017331001 <br />78 <br />2007 <br />BearPaw Rx Burn <br />1102031002 <br />561 <br />2004 <br />Wooten Mesa Roller Chop <br />N/A (not in FACTS) <br />158 <br />2003 <br />unnamed rollerchop <br />1017311001 <br />26 <br />2003 <br />Sams Divide Rx Burn <br />1102031001 <br />628 <br />2002 <br />Total <br />2550 <br />Other federal actions which have occurred in the past and are expected to occur in the future <br />include additional wildlife habitat improvement projects (BearPaw Rx Burn and Lamborn <br />Wildlife habitat improvement projects in oak and similar habitats, which are not lynx habitat), <br />permitted livestock (currently cattle) grazing and permitted outfitter/guided hunting. Road and <br />trail maintenance is expected to continue within the LAU. Travel management activities <br />including closing existing roads and trails may occur in the near future (NEPA pending). Non- <br />federal actions occurring in the area within the last ten years include recreational hunting , <br />mountain biking and ATV use on existing roads and trails, dispersed camping primarily <br />Sunset Lease Modification Biological Assessment 14 <br />