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• use these drainages as corridors Linking areas of suitable shrub <br />habitat. Blk are occasaionally found grazing in meadows that are <br />adjacent to heavy stands of aspen. The principal mammalian <br />inhabitants of meadows are white-tailed jackrabbit, gichardson's <br />ground squirrel, long-tailed vole, and northern pocket gopher. <br />Prairie falcons and marsh hawks are raptor species that <br />typically hunt meadow habitat. Killdeer, red-winged blackbird, <br />common snipe, mountain bluebird, western meadowlark and several <br />swallows are other species that utilize meadow habitat. <br />Mountain Shrub. The mountain shrub community represents one of <br />the moat diverse wildlife habitats in the proposed permit and <br />• adjacent areas. Topographical, structural, and vegetational <br />diversity of this habitat type serves to support a wide variety of <br />wildlife species. Predominant shrub species in this vegetation type <br />are sagebrush, chokecherry, snowberry, Gambel oak, aerviceberry and <br />bitterbruah. This habitat provides good browse for mule deer and, <br />to some eztent, for elk. Both big game species are likely to use <br />this habitat on a yearround basis. During winter, mule deer often <br />congregate in mountain shrub habitat since these areas provide ample <br />cover and browse. Winter use of mountain shrublands by mule deer is <br />dependent on the amount of snow present. If snow cover is heavy, <br />mule deer tend to migrate out of the area to lower elevations. 61k <br />are less affected by snw cover and tend to remain in this habitat <br />through the winter. <br />• <br />2.04-SS <br />