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• In addition to the dominant perennial vegetation on the proposed <br />lease site, there are also a number of lesser annuals scattered throughout. <br />These usually consist of a vac'iety of annual (orbs which blossom only <br />for a brief period in the spring and account for less than 5% annual <br />production. <br />t;o }.no,m locations for threatened, endangered or sensitive plant <br />species occur on the oronosed lease tract. <br />In regard to the revegctation potential of the site, many of the <br />native grass =_pecies may be rees[ablished if proper reclamation <br />techniques are utilized. Interseeding ,with a number of wheatgrass <br />hybrids and other introduced grass and forb species may be necessarv <br />an~or more favorable depPnding~:L~~ =~t~ ~~n~~*~~ns at the time of <br />reclamation. Proper seedbed preparation, slope contouring, fertfliza- <br />~_ <br />• tion, and snow fence construction may be used as effective tools <br />toward reclaiming this site back to a facsimile of its native condition. <br />H. [,'ildlife - The proposed lease area provides habitat for a variety of <br />wildlife species associated with the sagebrush-grassland ecosystem <br />following lists the more common wildlife species expected to inhabit <br />the proposed lease area: <br />Antelope . <br />Mule deer <br />Coyote <br />Red fox <br />Badger <br />Striped skunk <br />Cottontail rabbit <br />tfiite-tailed jackrabbit <br />Sagebrush vole <br />Sage grouse <br />Mourning dove <br /> <br />Bald eagle ..: <br />Golden eagle <br />Prairie falcon <br />Peregrine falcon <br />Kestrel <br />Red-tailed hawk <br />Swainson's hawk <br />Marsh hawk <br />Brewer's sparrow <br />Sage sparrow <br />Horned lark <br />Sage thrasher <br />The <br />r <br />20 <br />