PERMFILE123364

• Permit No: C1996084
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 11 Wildlife Technical Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LORENCITO CANYON MINE WILDLIFE TECHNICAL REPORT
SECTION 1-INTRODUCTION .......... ........................1
SECTION2-METHODOLOGY .......... ........................1
Ungulates ..................... ........................1
Pellet Group Transects ....... ........................ l
Aerial Survey .................. ........................2
Roadside Count Survey ............ ........................ 2
Small Mammals ................. ........................3
Birds ........................ ........................3
Raptors ................. ........................3
Breeding Bird Survey ........ ........................ 4
Gallinaceous Birds .......... ........................ 5
Other Wildlife Groups ............. ........................ 5
Threatened or Endangered Species ..... ........................ 5
Level of Field Effort .............. ........................ 5
SECTION 3 -RESULTS AND DISCUSSION . ........................ 7
Habitat Types .................. ........................7
Wildlife Resource ............... ........................ 8
Big Game ..................... ........................8
Elk ...... ..8
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Mule Deer ......................
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Small Mammals ................. .......................14
Birds ........................ .......................15
Gallinaceous Birds .......... ....................... 15
Raptors ................. ....................... 17
Other Birds ............... ....................... 17
Other Wildlife Groups ............. ....................... 20
Reptiles and Amphibians ...... ....................... 20
Furbearers/Predators ......... ....................... 21
Threatened and Endangered Species .... ....................... 22
Black-Footed Ferret ......... ....................... 22
Bald Eagle ............... .......................22
Peregrine Falcon ........... ....................... 23
Mexican Spotted Owl ........ ....................... 24
Swift Fox ................ .......................25
Texas Horned Lizard ......... ....................... 25
Mountain Plover ........... ....................... 26
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher . ....................... 26
Baird's Sparrow ............ ....................... 27
Ferruginous Hawk .......... ....................... 27
Burrowing Owl ............ ....................... 27
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