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<br /> <br />However, public access roads into the pinyon-juniper habitat of <br />this ledge dominated landscape should be kept to a minimum to <br />provide a refuge for those bobcats which are found here. <br />In general, on a for to high perturbation scale of 0 to 10 we <br />estimate impact to be 5. <br />(9) MULE DEER (Odocoileus heminous) <br />Mule deer are common inhabitants of many habitats in the western <br />United States, and as game species are of considerable interst <br />to the public in general and a variety of state and federal <br />management agencies. Mule deer characteristically migrate <br />• altitudinally during the year. Generally they spend the summer <br />in high mountains where browse is plentiful, but migrate into <br />the lower foothills and flatlands for xinter survival. A few <br />stay in the loxlands and riparian communities year round. Since <br />the proposed mine and its attendant facilities are projected to <br />impact the wintering and periodic summering habitats, we <br />concentrated our efforts in the lowland and riparian <br />communities. During late April and early May many deer xere <br />present on the proposed mine area. During daylight hours they <br />spent most of their time in the pinyon-juniper and riparian <br />habitats where they had security cover, but during twilight and <br />nocturnal hours they utilized sagebrush and grass communities <br />for feeding. As summer approached most of the deer vacated the <br />• wintering habitat and migrated into the high mountains. A few <br />II.H-122 <br />