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• <br /> <br />• N'cll Sitc and Access Road \Yiklli(c tiun•cy <br />j}ir n•~; <br />i3oth the diversity anti density o(birds observed along the access road and at tllc site was what <br />would tx cspcctcd fix the existing habitat. Scr'I'ahlc I (itt species obsrrvcd:tt this silt. <br />1•hn;itencJ, Fndangcrcd ani Scnsiticc.SIxC1S~ <br />:\long the access road corridor wxi at tlx: drill site species obscn•ed were similar to thou <br />obsen•cd in other arras. Suitable habitat was gencrdly lacking fix ncarh all spccirs of concern. <br />As with the other silts, there ix alw:gs a Ix~tibility that one or ttxxc o(tltc listed sprcirs could <br />be obscn~ed in tln arcs. f iowcvrr, this would prolutbly he a chance oceurrctxr as Wont of the <br />ftabitnt at this site is comidcnd yuulity habitat for ally o(th~sc spt~cics. ll»s is a very dry <br />locution +vith no nearby ~~;ttcr thus, eliminating the possibility o(amphibians occurring at this <br />silt. Nalcntial impacts to lishcrirs would not Ex a conccm at this site. <br />$-snL'~S~ <br />I ixtrc arc atras that raptors could use for rtcsting within 1/2 milt o(thc read and drill site. 1'hcre <br />is a large :\spcn stand in llovc Gulch whrrc asharp-shinned hawk nested in 200(1. The nest site <br />• was checked again in 2001. 2002 and 20(13, httt was not active. "Ibis mst is approsimutcly 1•'~1 <br />mile liom the: sift, but Ixuh the distatxc and visual cover would preclude it Isom bring affected <br />by the proposed drilling activities. Other areas where raptors ntay nest include tlx 1>nec Gulch <br />