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<br />EXHIBIT H: Wildlife Information <br />Ormiston Gravel Pit, M-94-048 <br />Copied from the San Juan National Forest Environmental Assessment for the Ormiston <br />Gravel Pit: <br />The plain titmouse, acavity-nesting bird, is an indicator species far this mal:rre Pinyon - <br />Juniper (P-J) type. The rufous-sided towhee, scrub jay, pinyon jay, western bluebird, acrd <br />great horned owl are common nesters in this vegetation type. <br />The proposed pit is located within deer and elk win[er range on the Dolores District. The <br />Division of Wildlife iden[ifred Narraguuutep Cmryott, north of [he pit site, as being a <br />major migrafiotr corridor for big game. Although there are resident deer and e/k that <br />occupy the Ormtstott Poittt area yearlong, the heaviest use occurs in the late fall and <br />early spring during the seasonal migration. <br />The mexicatr spotted owl is known to nest on steep slopes within mature mixed stands of <br />pinyon juniper, ponderosa pine, mtd/or douglas fir. Narragtrimrep Canyon, to the north, <br />is considered suitable spotted owl habitat although rro sightings have beets made to date. <br />Recent spotted owl sightings in Mesa Verde National Park raise the question of whether <br />the spoiled owl will Crest its pure pinyon juniper .s[attds in flatter topography. <br />There crre no larown [hrealened or endangered species [hat occupy the area on a seasonal <br />or yearlong basis. <br />** please also see attached Division of Wildlife report. <br />