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to bald or golden eagle nests which may be established on the review area during the life of the project, the following special stipulations shall be applied: No new permanent surface facilities or disturbances except subsidence shall be located within a 1 /4 mile radius buffer zone around each bald or golden eagle nest site. 2. No above ground activities will be allowed within a 1!2 mile radius buffer zone around each active eagle nest site from November 15 to July 30 for bald eagles and February tp July 15 for golden eagles. .Any proposed surface facilities, disturbances or activities (noted above) in or adjacent to :these buffer zones will require approval from the surface management agency (BLM or IJSFSI on asite-specific basis, after consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service. Criterion 12 Bald and golden eagle roost and concentration areas on federal lands used during migration and wintering shall be considered unsuitable. Analvsis No bald or golden eagle roost or concentration areas are known to exist on federal lands within the review area. Bald eagle use in ih~s area, bath along the North Fork of the Gunnison River above Paonia and the uplands has been determined as light by the BLM and USFS. Bald eagles use this vicinity sporadically during wintenng. wth respect to bald ar golden sagle roost sites or concentration areas which may be established on the review area during the life of [he project the following special stipulation shall be applied: • 1. No above ground activity except subsidence shall occur within 1 /4 mile radius of winter roosts between November 15 and March 1 5, development may be permitted at other periods. If periodic visits are required within the buffer zone after development, activity should be restricted to the hours of 10:00 am and 2:00 pm from November 15 through March 15. - Criterion '13 Federal lands containing a falcon )excluding kestrel) Giff nesting site with an active nest and buffer zor~e of federal land around the nest site shall be considered unsuitable. Consideration of availability of habitat for prey species and of [errain shall be included in the determination of buffer zones. Buffer zones shall be determined in consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service. Exception. A lease may be issued where the surface management agency, after consultation with the Fish and Wildlite Service, determines that all or certain stipulated methods of coal mining will not adversely affect the falcon habitat during the periods when such habitat is used by the falcons. Analvsis No falcon cliff nesting sites are kncwn to exist on federal lands within the review area. Suitable cliff nesting habitat is not present in the immediate area of the review area. Criterion 1•~. • Appendix Z, Paqe 7