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<br />involved placing a small perforated plastic capsule supported on a thin <br />S wire four to five centimeters above ehe ground in the center of a one <br />meter diameter circle of sifted or moist soil. Capsules were filled <br />with a synthetic (amino acid) attractant. <br />Five scent attractant stations were established along each small <br />mammal trap line and run concurrently with small mammal trapping (see <br />Figure 2.1.1-1). Each morning tracks present were identified, soil at <br />disturbed stations was resifted, and missing or destroyed capsules were <br />replaced. <br />Additionally, predators and other medium sized mammals noted during <br />aerial surveys and all other field activities were recorded and noted as <br />to location. <br />2.1.3 Large Mammals <br />Aerial surveys wire conducted at sunrise on two mornings within <br />each of the months of February, March, and April and on one morning '.n <br />early June. The specific dates were: February 19 and 20, March 16 and <br />24, April 13 and 24, and June 11. February and March flights were flown <br />to determine general winter distribution and abundance of elk and deer <br />on and within one mile of the study area. April surveys were flown <br />primarily to locate sage grouse strutting grounds, however, transects <br />were identical to previous flights and elk and deer observations were <br />recorded. <br />These aerial counts were made by two observers in a high-wing <br />aircraft flown along parallel transects at an indicated air speed of 90 <br />to 100 mph. The first six surveys (February, March, and April) were <br />flown at one^half mile intervals and at an elevation of approximately <br />. 150 to 300 feet (Figure 3.1.3-1, in Section 3.1.3). Coverage by the <br />