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<br />• Occuring shrugs include: Sxun~corush sumac (ithus trilobata), <br />Bitterbrush (Furshia Lridentata), TnounLain mahogany (Cercocarpus <br />montanus), Cliff r''endlerbusn (Fendlera rupicola), and Gambel's <br />oax (Quercus Gambellii). The Sitterbrast~ and riountain mahogany <br />are severely hedged to the ~,oiat of ancnesis in some cases. <br />Several species of native 3r~sses occur, but iew are consiaered <br />desir:aole. Tae desires species LhaL do occur have lo~++ vigor. <br />Invader species are inc.reasin,; and mace up an estimates 3;a to <br />}/o of all veoet~tion. Total ~ro.:nd cov:r is estimst•~d as: <br />veoetationl:}o, litter 3~, rocx 4~5 xna baoe ground 20;0. The soils <br />are not stable, and o,:liies are increasiug,(Button, 131). <br />Generally, this habitat offers little ~:vinter forage for big <br />gaae,. nor can it support many species or numbers due to its <br />• low productivity anu climax condition. <br />SUtdluActY <br />I bzlie~re that little impact 'to wilalife will result <br />from this wining operstion.~that wits groper reclamation, _, <br />the forage species in the area of tre mina permit can be <br />improved. declamation would provide a greater diversity of <br />£orabe species, thus expansin~ the habitat to a greater <br />numoer of wildlife species. <br /> <br />~tutn &1. Le~r+is <br />4Yilalife Biologist <br />n <br />LJ <br />