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Ponderosa pine plantatii~n and cliffs ncarhy drainages. The plantation was sun•cycd for raptor <br />• <br />Thcrc are tw•o Aspen stands within a fe+v hundred yards of the site. Both of these stands are <br />deteriorating, and dominated by old gro++•t}t trees 60-70+ fret tall. '[he spacing, lack of a good <br />canopy cover and undcrston• makes these areas low yuality for accipitcr nest sites. <br />1 There are potential nest sites available in cliffs along nearby drainages, but none of these were <br />within U2 mile of tttr site. <br />nrsUng activiq•, but no nests +ccrc obscn•cd during any sun~eys from 2000 through 2003. -I'hc <br />:,dung age class of the trees. lo+v height and spacing make this area less than optimum as raptor <br />nesting habitat. Rock outcrops in Dove and Sheep Corral Gulches +vere checked for nesting <br />activity, but no nest sites +vere located durine any- of the years. <br />Site P=TC-l13-U1 <br />Drill tiitc and Access Route Ilabitut tiun cv <br />I Approximately d00 Ertl of ne+v access otTthc main -terror Creek mad ++~ll bC required for this <br />site. 'hhe proposed access route follows the edge of a drainage. -there arc some small patches of <br />willows in the bottom with gamble oak and sen•icebem• near the edges. -17u drill site lies at an <br />elevation of 7200 feet in the oak vegetation community with 6-10 foot (iambCl oak and <br />~ervicebcrry providing the o+rrston•. Snowberry and chokechern• make up a majority of the <br />undarstory vegetation. :long dtC drainage there are good stands of grasses and forbs. Away <br />• from the drainage, grasxs and fortis arc limited except for a few small scales. An occasional <br />Rocky Mountain juniper (Jtutipcrrn .rc•oprdorunt) inhabits the site ns +ecll. Side slopes arc gentle <br />~ at 10°,'o and :tspcct is Cast to northeast. <br />I • <br />