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• during 1979 and 1980 to discuss any additional resource information that is available and <br />also to assess the management techniques employed by Cotowyo. <br />CDOW personnel were contacted November, 1990 regarding any significant updates on their <br />Wildlife Value Maps. Map 14, Wildlife Agent Information was updated and reflects these <br />changes. <br />The following wildlife resource information has been developed from five years of <br />observations, site specific analysis, existing literature, contracts with wildlife biologists at <br />other mines in northwest Cotowyo, and numerous contacts with State and Federal Wildlife <br />officials. Most of the following information remains virtually unchanged as submitted <br />initially in the First Cotowyo Permit Application. Notations are made where necessary to <br />refer the reader to substantially updated information in the CDM November, 1985 report. <br />Wildlife Habitat Use Study <br />Cotowyo initiated a revegetation and wildlife habitat use study in 1974 to determine the <br />feasibility and techniques of revegetating with native shrub revegetation adapted to the mine <br />site. The study consisted of two separate but closely coordinated areas. The main objective of <br />the revegetation test plot study was to determine the most cost effective and successful <br />methods of establishing mature shrubs. The revegetation test plot study is set forth in Exhibit <br />10, Vegetation Information. The wildlife habitat use study was designed to determine the <br />condition, trends, and seasonal use characteristics within the anticipated areas of disturbance. <br />• Large Mammals <br />The wildlife habitat use study was primarily oriented towards evaluating the use of the mine <br />site and surrounding area by big game, i.e., deer and elk. The study which was conducted by <br />VTN, consisted of aerial and ground observations, browse utilization studies, and pellet <br />group transects. Specifically the studies were directed towards providing the following <br />information: <br />/~ <br />2.04. I I -2 <br />