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r,:" <br />Coim~ent 4 (page 9) "CDO[a~rib longer uses=browse •cond'iti.oii and <br />avtilization analysis technique used by applca~ilti'$ecause of bias <br />introduced by lack of randa~ess of t3v.s techirfgtie': " <br />- 4'c. __ ._.. <br />Response We agree that lack of~raridonmess in sample site col- <br />lection can r€duGe the objectivity'-(~' ufc=ease `the bias) of <br />n: f, <br />T <br />;- a:, <br />any biological technique. ^' Iri ttii:s case of locatsng browse <br />ConSition and SStilizati.on transects-on`"tiv§'pioj~, a randan <br />technique was~~used== The" starting pow ~of ~Eacfi'tiansect was <br />de):ined a ` rbduction exclosur@ ` ' ,~.` . <br />by p samEr]:e poii`it;- wtuch was lo- <br />• .rated using random tiques (as"def2necl~ia tiie-3980 Vegeta- <br />._`:..., ...:.:. Lion Baseline r <br />eport-~oiv Seneca II tlir:e Ery tdaria}i Associates) . <br />,___ .- `The "specific pYOdtietios excIosures used• (llt=iit~~3lt'w~re de- <br />F " - .. . _ .termed by dr~wir~7. nubs from $ oonta'iiaer ~,~""~ direction <br />a of the transect was .determined using the_,first:.c~as~-direc- <br />tion in the order E ,- ,W . - N - S. #~a1: wow};ensure„ghat the tran- <br />~. .. - - - _ <br />sect remained within the miwed brush type (if the type rras narraaly <br />defined as along,a~draw, the transect~~was confined to the draw). <br />The methodology in the original report has been revise3 to in- <br />dude the random sample location procedure. <br />Also; the"large sample size utilized'•in the=br`oa+se study <br />-. serves to `reduce sampling iYias (the` larger ~tkie saii~ile is in <br />relation to the total population;~ the clo8er~tlie`sati~le para- <br />meters are to the true population"paraiiiefeis~':r:::7.ft~'this case, <br />data weYe collected frcnF 1000 shrubs iir ~tFie~'iiiize8~'fuvsh vegeta- <br />tion type at'the Seneca TI==Minn. x(10=tYanseet§-`,'~Otl~'sampling points <br />Garment 5 (page 10) "Elk calving areas-are.:one of;many habitat <br />car~ponents of elk range _ that are pritical -to.. suryiyal of elk <br />herds." <br />=, Response The statement in question"'i~as beesi revised` to read, "Elk <br />-.. ~ aalving areas are generally regarded by'sFate wildlife agencies <br />- ... as ~Cnte of several habitat cants-critiea3: to~the survival <br />of.elk bends." ,. ~-~--. . _, ~ ~;_.:~ :. ._.,,- <br />- ~ .. _ ..... .._ _ ..-,ar <br />r~ <br />LJ <br /> <br />_• <br />11-1-2 <br />