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• herd had been stab]e and sustaining itself. Now the <br />herd appears to be declining; but, once again, no <br />hard data is available. <br />(2) Seasonal Use Areas <br />(a) Winter, summer or yearlong ranges - <br />See (b). <br />(b) Location. <br />Antelope range throughout the area outlined on <br />overlay i+2 yearlong. There are two possible con- <br />centration areas that are not delineated because <br />of lack of information. The first is between the <br />Escalante Canyon Road and the Dominguez Reservoir <br />Road on the west side of Highway 50. The second <br />is the area between the Mesa-Delta County line <br />and Wells Gulch; and Highway 50 and the edge of <br />the pinyon-juniper zone. <br />• The antelope also utilize the pinyon-juniper, <br />which could account for the extreme variations <br />in the aerial trend counts, but the use is <br />limited. <br />(c) Food. <br />Among the plants present that are utilized by <br />antelope are: Browse, Artemisia sue. (sagebrush), <br />Artiplex sue. (saltbush), Chrysothamnus ~. <br />(rabbitbrush), and Gutierreaiz sarothrae (broom <br />snakeweed); fortis include Chenopodium album <br />(lambsquarter), Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce), <br />and Descurainia inp nata (tansey mustard); grasses <br />include Aristida ~. (threeawn grass) and Hilaria <br />Jamesii (galleta grass). <br />• NF-WL-III-9 4/76 RWM <br />