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The pellet group sampling consisted of counting and recording the number of pellet Groups of <br />deer, elk, or cattle within the plot each spring and fall. After they were counted, the pellet <br />groups were swept off the plot to provide a clear base for the subsequent count. <br />Information on pellet counts for deer, elk, and cattle in set forth in Table 3, Pellet Group Plot <br />Transects For Deer, Elk and Cattle; Table 4, Pellet Group Plot Transects For Deer, Elk and <br />Cattle - Habita[ Improvement Areas; and Table 5, Pellet Group Plots -Intensive Transects. <br />Observations through six winters have indicated there are more deer on the site when snows <br />are minimal and, therefore, movement has not been limited. As the snows become <br />increasingly deeper and conditions more severe, the deer either move to the sagebrush- <br />covered south and southeast-facing exposures above Highway 13 adjacent to the mine site <br />and Streeter Mountain, or they move out of the study area. <br />• <br />\_I <br />2.04.11-5 <br />