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iii iuiiiiiniii iii <br />sss <br />H-1 II <br />C~ <br />EXHIBIT H <br />WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br />H.1 Introduction <br />The IRI property 'is located within the Piceance Basin in northwest <br />Colorado. Wildliff~ habitats within the Basin consist primarily of <br />pinyon-juniper woodland, sagebrush shrubland, and mixed mountain <br />shrubland. Other habitat types which occur to a lesser extent include <br />grassland, agricultural lands, riparian woodland, and cliffs or rimrock. <br />Approximately 365 species of wildlife have been identified or are expected <br />to occur within the Piceance Basin. These animals occur either as <br />permanent residents., temporary or seasonal residents, or on a migratory <br />basis. Of these, 78 species are mammals, 255 species are birds, 15 <br />species are fish, 12 are reptiles, and 5 species are amphibians. Wildlife <br />• species which occur on the sodium lease tracts, or in the local vicinity <br />of the proposed projtact are discussed in this report. <br />H.2 Methods <br />From 1980 through 1982, the Multi Mineral Corporation (MMC) contracted LGL <br />Ecological Research Associates (LGL) to conduct biological baseline <br />studies to satisfy the requirements of federal, state, and local mining <br />and reclamation permits on the area covered by the sodium lease tracts. <br />These studies included evaluation of the following wildlife populations: <br />birds (songbirds, usage grouse, raptors), mule deer, feral horses, small <br />mammals, mammalian carnivores, reptiles, and amphibians. These studies <br />were conducted on approximately 18,000 acres, which encompassed the <br />8,360-acres of the sodium lease tracts. <br />In addition, supplemental wildlife studies were conducted in 1984 by <br />VTN to augment those earlier studies. These studies were conducted on <br />THIS DOCUM ENT CONTAINS TRADE SECRETS AND PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND - ,. <br />PROPRIETARY COMNIE RCIA L, FINANCIAL, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA AND , „ ., ~^~ ,~ <br />INFORMATION. PURSUANT TO LAW,THOSE PORTIONS MARKED"CONFIDENTIAL" +~ ~i' <br />MAY NOT BE DISCLOSED, COPIED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. ~ ~. - , <br />