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Drill Sitc and :\ccess Road \\'ildlifc Sun•cv <br />Bird Sun~cv . <br />\'cry fe+e birds were obscn•ed along the proposed access road or at the well site. The presence <br />of evergreens along Terror Crcck resulted in some species txing obscn•ed that ++•ould not have <br />been on the mountain shnrb hillside. liahitat requirements for those species observed arc not <br />limited in the general area. <br />Threatened, findanecred and Sensitive Species <br />Along both the road corridor and at the drill site +vildlite obscn•ed ++•tLC similar to that obscn•ed at <br />other locations in the study area. Again, suitable habitat ++•as generally, lacking for nearly all <br />species of concern. The proposed road about "1'crror Crcck is far enough removed that chances <br />of any siltation getting into the stream and aflccting aquatic species is minimal. With the <br />implcmcntation of proper safeguards no silt should reach the stre.•mt. <br />77tere were no TES species obscn yd either along the proposed mad corridor or at the drill site. <br />Rantocs <br />There is no suitable habitat around the drill site for raptor nesting. 77tcrc arc potential nest sites <br />~ in evergreens tinurd alon?t I•yrror Cn•rk. I lo+ccvyr, durint: multiply suncys no ny++ or i~ld nests <br />• ~+cre obscn•cd in they t:yyx. <br />tiitc I'-BR[.-1-03-III <br />Drill tiitc and Accts. Road I lahitat tiun•cv <br />"I'he proposed access routs to this site ++ill rcyuire the construction of appro~imatch• 1.9 miles of <br />road. Prom l~error Crcck the proposed route follo++s an existing A"f\' trail from the main Terror <br />Creek road for approximately .8 mile. From that point the route +rill Ji~llrne art old cxplontion <br />mad to the Jrill site. "Ihc proposed road traverses through mountain shnrb habitat and sc+•crtl <br />small meadows. In some nteado+vs there arc springs +vhich feed small constructed ponds that arc <br />usrd for livesta:k gracing. The road also goes through or immediately adjacent to several <br />transition aspen stands through an clevational range of 7160 to 7840 feet. <br />The drill sits is located on the referenced road in a mountain shnrb vegetative community at an <br />elevation of 7840 tcet and is situated on a 30-40% side slops ++ith vt cast to nonhcast aspect. <br />l.atc scral Gambol oak I S to 20 fret tall and serviceberry are the prntt.•tn• ovcrston• species. <br />Snowbcm• and chokcchcrry arc the priman• understory shrubs. 'I•hcre is n forbigrass contlxmcnt <br />that is well established on sonic areas around the site and not as mhust in others. Thcrc arc small <br />transition aspen stands in the imntcdiatc vicinity of the drill site. <br />• <br />