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intprovcments and drilling should have no impact on the pond and thus no impact on this species <br />• if it +vcm to occur. <br />Rotors <br />\o nests were located during sun•cys of the. aspen stands along the road and near the drill site. <br />Some pemions of the stand further from the road appeared to have conditions more suitable for <br />nesting accipitcrs, but no nests +verc located. <br />Drill tiitr II'94-1G <br />\\'c•II tiih• and :\ccess Road Habitat tiuncv <br />'Ibis site is Icxatcd along a ridge top adjacent to the Dove Gulch Ponderosa Yinc Plantation at <br />approximately 77C0 feet.:\n estimated G50 feet of access road has been constructed to the drill <br />site. hhc area is dry with no water features ++ithin the sun•ey area. The habitat is dominated b}' <br />late-scral stage oakbnrsh, sera iccbem• acid chokechcrn• nosh of the drill site and road. l'hcre is <br />a good understory oCgrasses and fortis in this area. <br />:~ dra+v is located in the northeast quadrant of the sun•ry area +vith a rclativeh• decadent stand of <br />±0-SO Coot aspen. '1•hc canopy is open and there arc several snags. •Ihe drill site is well buffered <br />to the north by a band of dense, t;dl oakhrush, scr+•iccbctty and chokcchcm• which will protect <br />;hc areas bclo++• from disturbance by drilling activities. •Chc south half of the survey site is <br />• predominantly ponderosa piny. 11ten is e+•idcnce of considerable elk use and a limited amount <br />~~I deer use. This area probably receives the greatest amount of use: during the fall mtd spring <br />transition periods. <br />the young age structure and sire of tltc ponderosa pines in the stand provided little suitable <br />nesting habitat for birds. During all bird surveys and nesting raptor sun~cys no nests were <br />ohscn•cd within these stands. <br />13ecausc of the slopes and ecgetative buflcrs found in the area, there should be minimal impacts <br />of drilling operations on wildlife. <br />