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CaolMet{rone Drainage Pmjeet - Ponek Y6-24 Wat Elk Miae • Page 2-73 2.4:4 Livestock 27) Harassment of livestock is prohibited 28) Livestock access will be maintained during active operations. Cattle guards will be installed, as appropriate, at points where access roads cross fence-lines. Project personnel will cooperate with grazing permit holders to avoid or minimize conflicts with grazing operations. 29) MCC would be required to maintain stock ponds adjacent to project roads to assure their continued effective use. This would involve pond clean-out on an as-needed basis 30) Under Alternatives 2 and 4, MCC would be required to complete a stock fence and road crossing in Sylvester Gulch to control livestock movements 2.4.5 Wildlife 31) To minimi>e effects to wintering elk, FR 711 (Dry Fork Road) will be closed to public vehicular use from Dec. 1 through April 30. The gate on FR 711 at the corrals will be locked during this period. MCC will be permitted to operate motorized vehicles on FR 711 during [his period for trilning-related operation and maintenance activities between 10 AM and 2 PM. 32) Road construction, drilling, and MDW installation activities would be scheduled during the summer months Qune through August) to avoid surface disturbance during wet periods. These activities aze not allowed from December 1 to April 30. 33) Monitoring and inspection of MDWs from December 1 through April 30 will be conducted in one trip in and out of the area between 10 AM and 2 PM to minimi>e impacts on wintering elk. Prior to December ] of each yeaz, MCC shall notify the USFS of their projected winter use of the area (access routes and frequenry) so that impacts to wintering elk can be monitored. 34) Harassment of wildlife is prohibited 35) No activities shall be allowed within Y< mile of an active goshawk nest from Mazch 1 through July 31 (ot until fledging has occurred) if the activity may cause nesting failure or abandonment. The District Wildlife Biologist will determine the actual boundary of the closure azea for each potentially affected nest. 36) No activities shall be allowed within one mile of an active bald eagle or peregrine falcon nest from February 1 to July 31 if the activity may cause nesting failure or abandonment. The District Wildlife Biologist will determine the actual boundary of the closure area for each potentially affected nest. 37) Project-related water use may adversely affect the Colorado River endangered fish species. Water withdrawals related to the project for drilling, dust control, and road construction have been estimated to be 7.1 acre-feet per yeaz. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers any depletion to the Upper Colorado River Basin as potentially contributing to impacts on the endangered fish species. The USFS will comply with the reasonable and prudent alternatives issued in the Infra-Service Biological Opinion on Mazch 5, 1995 to mitigate water depletion. 38) Silt fences or appropriate sediment control devices shall be utilized to prevent siltation into the existing willow riparian area adjacent to Dry Fork Minnesota Creek Road 711 from the EneironmentalA.creetment ivamiaww.os~/tea/ay+~i,iaze, ~~~r'r urtozew