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<br />C <br />is relatively sRali and probably could not support over one pair of water- <br />fowl in a given year. ::o waterfowl nests or broods were located on the <br />study area in 1979, Due to the lack of waterfowl and riparian areas, the <br />study area cannot be considered good waterfowl habitat. The largest perennial <br />water bony harboring waterfowl populations near the study area is the Miguel <br />River, approxuciately six miles southwe=>t of the \'ucla mine. <br />BIG GAhE STUDIES <br />Mule deer is the only resident big game species on the study area. Elk may <br />rarely occur on habitats near the study area but none have been reported on <br />- - ttie study area tc~ date (personal coenmuu.cation, March 1980. Rich Sherman, <br />' DOW). E]k were sighted in apinyon-juniper area approximately two miles <br />north and east of the study area during the winter, 1978 (personal ooarmulication, <br />May 1979, Mr. Fritz Nyland, 1oca1 resident; personal m;mav~ication, May 19T9, <br />Mrs. Francis E'ort, local resident) . Rv.,+eves, winter habitat for el)c moving <br />•~ dawn from the mountains to the north and east is considered marginal by the <br />DOW (personal c~nmutication, :;arch 1980, Rich Sherman, DOW). <br />Mule deer are year-round residents of habitats in the vicinity of t3liCla mine <br />atxl are mcmron in pinyon-juniper woodlands east of the study area. Mule deer <br />were heavily concentrated in tyese woodlands during the winter, 1980. ~.l.y <br />three mule deer were observed in the vicinity of the study area during 1979- <br />1980 investigations 4'1ap 11-2, Appendix A) although tracks and droppings were <br />frequently encountered on the eastern boundary of the permu.t azea. Popula- <br />tion esturates are not available, i~»wwever (personal oaimnuLication, :'arch 1980, <br />Rich Sherrcan, DCW). ~C-.cod mule deer-habitat does not exist on the study area: <br />the habitat immdiately surrounding the study area is considered only <br />marginal. <br />MAFPtALTJLV PREDA1bRS <br />The scent-station visitation te,_;~nique (I,inhart and Wx7wlton 1973) was used <br />to determine the presence and mlative abundance of mat:malian predators <br />-SO- <br />• <br />JU11l1198~ <br />(Revised August 2006) Attachment 2.04.10-10-47 <br />