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• <br />• <br />During three surreys no I hrcatcncd, I:nd:tngertd. tipecies of Concern or migratory bird species <br />of high fcder;tl andlor s~tatc interest wcrc ohsc:rvcd along the proposed road corridor or around the <br />drill site. 'l~here is a diversity of habitat aMng the road corridor which Icd to the highest numlxr <br />01 spc•cics ubservexl ut any of tlx: prolxrscd locations. <br />the Nortttcrn leopard tiog rnuld possibly occur in the porxls lucatcd along the access road. <br />I lowcvrr, their presetnc +vould tx dictatrd by +clu;thcr the Ix>txis remain at (cast partially full of <br />water tix ttx: majority ofthc yc:tr. Activities asuxiatcd with road improvements and drilling <br />should have no impact on tltc ponds:ttxl thus no impact on this species iP it +vere to occur. <br />K:git<~n <br />I hn~c inactive ntptor nests wcrc found in aspen stands near llx prolx~sed access road and .frill <br />site. 7 he location and type; of nest structure indicated they +vere probably accipiter nests. Twu <br />of the nests wcrc within 1/4 mile of tlx drill site. Both +vere lucatcd in the aspen stands where <br />there would be a visual barrier bct+ve,~:n rxsy and drill site if birds were to use the nests at sontc <br />later date. 77tc nest near ttx access road ++:tic in s very deteriorated cotxlition indicating it }tad <br />been inactive for a number of years. Ilxre wcrc othrr large aspen st;mds well away from tl>c <br />road :uxl drill site that appcarttii to ofl'cr suitable raptor tasting habitat. <br />• <br />1 hrcatcncd e~ E?ndangcred ;md Sensiti+c tip~rics <br />