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• TAB 11 <br />NILOLIFE RESOURCES <br />General Introduction <br />Tab 11, Wildlife Resources contains the reports and findings of baseline wildlife resource <br />studies at the proposed Yoast Mine. The studies were conducted by Powder River Eagle <br />Studies throughout 1993. The scope of the baseline studies was prepared in consultation <br />with the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology. <br />The study area encompassed the proposed mine permit area including a proposed haulroad <br />corridor. The study area for big game, raptors, end species of high Federal and State <br />interest encompassed an additional one-mile perimeter surrounding the main permit area end <br />e three-quarter mile buffer area on either side of the haulroad corridor. Locations of <br />the study areas ere shown on Exhibit 11-1. <br />All studies were conducted by qualified wildlife biologists. The project included <br />quantitative and qualitative studies of major faunal groups using methods approved by the <br />regulatory authorities during the consultation process (i.e., big game, upland game birds, <br />• raptors, non-game birds, small mammal s,amphibi ens and reptiles, non-game Cmedium-sized) <br />mammals, and species of high Federal and/or State interest). Species lists were developed <br />during the course of conducting all field work. <br />Vegetation communities on the proposed Yoast Nine and haulroad corridor permit area were <br />mapped in 1990 and 1992 (see Tab 10). These communities were ground-truthed in the field <br />by the wildlife biologists end were found to accurately depict wildlife habitats in the <br />study area. Where possible, the same nomenclature used to identify vegetation types was <br />used to describe habitats; hovever, some habitats were given names other than those used <br />during vegetation typing. In a few instances, two or more vegetation types were <br />considered to be a single habitat. Attachment 11-1, Table 1 gives a list of vildl ife <br />habitats recognized during baseline studies and their corresponding vegetation type names. <br />Attachment 11-1 also contains descriptions of the wildlife habitats. The information <br />given in Table 1 end the wildlife habitat descriptions, in conjunction with the maps of <br />the vegetation communities presented in Tab 10, constitute aerial delineation of wildlife <br />habitats in the study area. <br />• <br />1 <br />