PERMFILE58802

• Permit No: C1981019A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: Wildlife Baseline Report for the Danforth 1 & 3 Federal Coal Leases
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 11 Wildlife Information Part 2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

• 2.0 OBJECTIVES
This wildlife baseline study focused on updating existing information and
gathering supplemental site-specific data concerning the following four
principal issues:
• Identification of important concentration, migration, or production
areas for mule deer, elk, sage grouse, blue grouse, and waterfowl.
• Presence and status, or potential for the occurrence of state or
federally-listed threatened or endangered species.
• Identification of nesting or other high priority of nesting habitats
for eagles, falcons, and other migratory birds of high federal
interest.
• Identification and characterization of, regionally important wildlife
habitats such as riparian and wetland areas.
Literature review and field study efforts were designed to ensure
• compilation of a comprehensive and up-to-date data base for the Danforth
Hills leases which is adequate to address all applicable state and federal
regulatory requirements. Methods which were employed to achieve these
objectives are described in the following sections.
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