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• Aerial censuring of big game species was conducted over the Seneca 11-w tie across haulroad <br />by Peabody Nestern Coal Company in 1979. Flight lines overlapped a large portion of the <br />proposed loadout permit area, including ell of Sections 13, 14, 23, end 24 in T6N, R88Y. <br />The censuses were conducted during the mornings of January 30 end 31, and March 14 and 15, <br />1979, using seven east-west oriented lines spaced at one-half mile intervals. <br />Approximately 13.5 square miles were flown, using a fixed-wing Cessna 210. Flight speeds <br />ranged from 80-85 mph et an altitude of between 150 end 300 feet above ground level. No <br />big game sightings were made within two miles of the loadout area Csee application package <br />for Permit No. C-82.057 et Volume 6, Tab 11, p. 11 and Exhibit 11-1). <br />Site reconnaissanee conducted on October 7, 1992 resulted in the observation of <br />approximately 30 mule deer end one red fox within the permit area. The deer were flushed <br />from beds located below cutbenks along Dry Creek in the center of the permit area. The fox <br />was flushed from shrubland habitat near the creek bottom. In addition, numerous northern <br />pocket gopher diggings were observed along the first terrace of the stream. <br />Birds. Avian species of possible occurrence in the study area are listed in Table 11-3. <br />The list was derived from the Colorado Bird Distribution Letilong Study (Chase et. el., <br />• 1982), by crass-referencing hebi tat designation in the study with those found in the permit <br />area. The list is augmented with additional widespread generalists species of likely <br />occurrence, but which aren't reflected in the letilong study results. The habitat cotles <br />used from the letilong study were NS (marshes, bogs end wet hummocks), SaRb <br />(Sagebrush/Rebbitbrush), DS (Greasewood/Sagebrush), end Cr (Croplands). <br />A Greet Rorned Owl sighting was made at the facility area on October 7, 1992. The bird was <br />using a crusher tower as a roosting site. <br />Reptiles and Amphibians. Table 11-4 presents a list of herptiles that could potentially <br />occur within or adjacent to the loadout permit area. This list was derived from the <br />Colorado Reptile end Amphibian Distribution Letilong Study (Hammerson end Langlois, 1991), <br />by cross-referenc(ng l(kely habitats in the study with those found et the loadout area. <br />Letilong study habitats used includetl SaRb (Sagebrush/Rabbitbrush ), CrS a/Sb <br />(Greasewood-Saltbrush/Greasewood-Sagebrush), MS (Marshes, Bogs, wet hummocks), and Ag <br />(Agricultural). <br />• Fishes and Other Aquatic Organisms. No quantitative studies of fishes were made during the <br />7 <br />