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` ;. <br />~~ <br />• -3_ <br />high in nitrogen. This is especially true in winter when diets are <br />usually monophagous and frequently nitrogen deficient. <br />Area Affected <br />The principle area to be investigated is along and adjacent to the <br />coal belt in northeastern Jackson County lying north of Colorado Highway <br />14, east of Colorado Highway 125, and south and west of the Canadian River. <br />Specifically the area lies within Township 9N and portions of T8 and lON <br />and Range 7814 and part of R79W. <br />Objectives <br />1. Maintain six active sage grouse leks in the area to be impacted. <br />2. Maintain number of male sage grouse present on leks (Denmark, <br />Raven, Prague, Canuck, Perdiz and Pronghorn) in the area to be <br />impacted by mining during the breeding season consistent with the <br />average for 1977-1980. <br />3. Alter sage grouse distribution patterns in the area to be impacted <br />by mining to maintain the present (1977-1980) sage grouse resource <br />in less habitat and area. <br />4. Enhance habitats that will not be impacted by mining that are <br />seasonally used for nesting, brood rearing, feeding-loafing, and <br />wintering so as to maintain numbers of sage grouse in less habitat <br />and area consistent with 1977-1980 levels. <br />Expected Results and Benefits <br />Since nitrogen fertilizer has been shown to increase forage quality <br />~- and quantity and plant density, it is expected that the quality of habitat <br />for sage grouse will be enhanced by fertilizer application. <br />Consequently the same number of sage grouse that presently use the region to <br />