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WILDLIFE, TERRESTRIAL (includes a finding on Standazd 3) Affected Envirotunent: Section 9, which includes access and site locations for drill sites 6 through 10, is mapped as big game winter range. A small herd of pronghorn range across the desert. Other common animals include coyotes, bobcats, badgers, and a variety of small mammals and lizards. Environmental Consequences/Mitigation: Direct impacts to terrestrial wildlife would be minimal. Disturbance of big game (including deer, elk, and pronghorn) would be avoided by adherence to the standazd timing ]imitation, with no activity allowed between December 1 and May 1. This limitation would be applied only to the overland travel routes and drilling sites 6 through 10. Finding on the Public Land Health Standazd for animal communities (partial, see also vegetation and wildlife, Aquatic): Aland health assessment has not been conducted for this area, but incidental observations suggest that it is meeting the standazd or meeting it with problems. Problem factors in this aze include invasive weeds and OHV travel. OTHER NON-CRITICAL ELEMENTS: For the following elements, those brought forward for analysis will be formatted as shown above. Non-Critical Element NA or Not Applicable or Applicable & Present and Present Present, No T act Brou t Forward for Anal sis Access JC Cadastral Surve NA Fire NA Forest Management DPS 6-27-06 Geolo and Minerals BMF H drolo /Water Ri is JS Law Enforcement NA Paleontolo BMF Noise NA Ran a Mana ement LBR Real Authorizations TB Recreation BNL Socio-Economics NA Trans ortation JC Visual Resources VISUAL RESOURCES Affected Environment: This project is within an azea that is undesignated with regards to Visual Resource Management (VRM) class. There aze numerous roads, oil and gas facilities, and fences in the azea. Environmental Consequences/Mitigation: The upgrading of a short section of existing access road would be a small change in the landscape, repeating the line of other roads in the area. This change would be mostly screened by vegetation and topography and would not be viewable from any main access route or other key observation point.