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EXHIBIT H <br />WILDLIFE INFORhIATION <br />The area between Oasis and No Name Creeks where the <br />proposed quarry will be located is mule deer winter range. A few <br />deer remain on the winter range from mid-December until early <br />April and then gradually move to higher elevations as snow melts <br />and new vegetative growth becomes available. They summer on the <br />Flat Tops just to the north of this area. <br />The lower limit of elk winter range extends about half- <br />way docan the ridge and they use the area in midwinter only in <br />years of greater than normal snow depths at higher elevations. <br />The area immediately north of the proposed site is black <br />bear habitat. Black bear commonly wander to lower elevations in <br />late fall and early spring in search of food and may use the <br />pinyon-juniper habitat type. <br />Species composition is typical of the oak brush, pinyon- <br />juniper, and mountain shrub habitat types. See species list at <br />Attachment #1. No significant changes are believed to have <br />occurred since this list was prepared by the Division of Wildlife <br />in 1977. <br />Alourning doves are the most common game birds occurring <br />throughout the area during the summer months. Chukars are also <br />found throughout the area, most frequently using rocky slopes and <br />patches of annual cheatgrass. On the higher ridges of the area, <br />blue grouse can be found in the summer in the mountain shrub type.' <br />The rocky cliffs in the area provide several miles of <br />suitable raptor nesting habitat. No active nests have been <br />identified, but active golden eagle and peregrine falcon aeries <br />are in Glenwood Canyon a few miles to the east. <br />