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• Mule Deer (Resident Population Area, Severe Winter Range, Winter Concentration <br /> Area, Winter Range, Overall Range) <br /> • Wild Turkey (Winter Concentration Area, Winter Range, Overall Range) <br /> Figures 11 through 15 depict the CPW wildlife habitat maps and seasonal uses of the area. <br /> 9.4 Effects to Wildlife <br /> Mining will remove vegetation in phases allowing incidental use of the site by wildlife, if <br /> needed. Wildlife will likely avoid the parcel entirely once mining development commences, <br /> and the existing level of casual use will be displaced to adjacent unimpacted habitats along <br /> the southern bank of the Colorado River. It is expected that the itinerant species will <br /> continue to utilize surrounding habitats given the small area of the mine. After reclamation, <br /> the property will be converted back to irrigated pasture. However, the existing mosaic of <br /> meadows and riparian woodland will not be recovered, and the property will support a much <br /> less complex environment dominated by agricultural cultivars. This could continue to provide <br /> winter grazing habitat for elk and mule deer, although the habitat quality would be low due to <br /> a lack of woody cover vegetation. Wild Turkey would likely abandon the parcel. Bald eagle <br /> foraging is concentrated along the Colorado River, and would be minimally impacted by the <br /> proposed development. Most small mammal and passerine bird species will be able to <br /> resume use of the area once reclamation is complete; the longest-term potential habitat <br /> detractor will be persistence by noxious weeds. <br /> 33 <br />