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<br /> <br />• <br />Big Game )tenter Range <br />To evaluate the proximity of the proposed exploration activities to any mule deer or elk <br />crucial winter range, the North Fork Coal FEIS and the database of the Colorado State <br />University Natural Diversity Information Source (recommended by the Colorado <br />Division of Wildlife) were consulted. Elk and mule deer winter range maps for Delta and <br />Gunnison counties were evaluated and aze contained in the Appendix <br />Bear Creek (USDA, USDI, 2000). <br />Elk and mule deer winter range is generally found on south and west-facing slopes in <br />oakbrush, mountain shrub, and pinyon juniper -for elk and mule deer where snow <br />accumulation is limited. Elk and mule deer severe winter range and winter concentration <br />areas are located along the North Fork of the Gunnison River below the confluence of <br />The winter range maps for both ells and mule deer for Delta and Gunnison counties <br />indicate that none of the exploration drill hole sites are located within crucial winter <br />range or winter concentration areas for elk or m <br />impacting elk or mule deer during winter is moot <br />during the winter months. <br />ule deer. The likel~ood of adversely <br />as exploration operations do not occur <br />-4- <br />