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<br />Az each station, a small perforated plastic capsule containing about 1 gram <br />of a synthetic attractant (supplied by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, <br />Pocatello, Idaho) was positioned at the center of a circle of sifted earth <br />3 ft in diameter. The capsule was supporter) two inches above the ground by <br />a small wooden stick. Stations were placed adjacent to the road edge <br />and alternated from left to right sides of the road to reduce the influence <br />of wind dir.:cti-on. The suzvey route was checked daily for four consecutive <br />days. Aniral visits based on tracks were recorded for each station on a <br />standard field data form. <br />I•".3mralian predator sightings azxl sign were recorded on starr.7~ird wilaiife <br />observation forms during all other field activities. All sightings or sign <br />were recorded by species, location, and habitat type. <br />Reptiles noted during surtmer,surveys were recorded according to species, location <br />~` and macro and micro-habitat type. Potential amYhibian breeding sites {ponds, <br />streams, etc.) were visited during two nights in May, 1979 to determine the <br />species and abundance of a~hibians utilizing the study area {see Results, <br />page 44). <br />ANIP'*AL DISTRIBGTIQI STUDIES AND LOC[k~1VTATIC07 OF' ANIMAL PE2ESFt~'C:E <br />Anim31 distribution on the study area was deterndned on the basis of a cortr <br />pilation of wildlife observation dat:a.~obtained during field investigations <br />and from previous data obtained by the DCW, Peabody-Coal Co<R~anY, and others. <br />Coc~iled information was plotted on study area maps to depict the distribution <br />o£ the following important wildlife groups: <br />1. Mule deer <br />2. Raptors and raptor nest sites <br />3. Waterfowl <br />4. Gpland game birds <br />5. Mammalian predators <br />L: -10- <br />• <br />JtIM 1 i 198n <br />(Revised August 2006) Attachment 2.04.10-10-17 <br />