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Table 4 <br />MANAGEMENT INDICATOR SPECIES -(MIS) <br />SUMMARY OF EFFECTS <br />Project Name: Oxbow Mining Company Block Clearance Project <br />S Gies Ststas No Im act a Im act ill Im sct * neficial Im ac <br />errestrialvertebrates: <br />Ik MIS X <br />bert's S uirrel MIS X <br />erican marten MIS X <br />orthem oshawk MIS X <br />erriam's Wild Turke MIS X <br />ed-na sa sucker MIS X <br />rewer's s arrow MIS X <br />ommon trout° MIS X <br />MIS =Region 2 Management Indicator Species <br />'' May Impact Individuals or Habitat; but will Not Likely Contribute to a Trend Towazds <br />Federal Listing or Loss of Viability to the Population or Species <br />a Will Impact Individuals or Habitat with a Consequence that the Acfion May Contribute <br />to a Trend Towards Federal Listing or Cause a Loss of Viability to the Population or <br />Species <br />~ Common trout include Colorado River cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, brook trout and <br />brown trout. <br />DETERMINATION OF EFFECTS AND RATIONALE <br />Elk: Elk populations within the analysis area move seasonally to and from higher to <br />lower elevation habitat. Shifts in distribution and habitat use patterns occur as a result of <br />elevational migration in response to snow cover. However, observations of elk during <br />this and other studies indicate that a few elk probably remain in the azea year azound. <br />Although cows with calves were observed, no elk production areas were specifically <br />identified in the project area. These cows and calves were observed in lazge aspen stands <br />west of Thousand Acre Flats. There are several hundred acres in the area elk could use <br />for calving habitat. There are also lazge expanses of suitable calving habitat at higher . <br />elevations in the forest. <br />An unknown number of acres of habitat will be disturbed by road and well site <br />construction. Habitat in this area is aspen and mountain shrub of which there are several <br />31 <br />