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This unit is used extensively as winter range and cover for mule deer <br />and elk because it is mainly on south-facing slopes, which are accessible to <br />the winter. <br />This unit is used for mineral resource development, the main <br />limitations are shallow depth to rock, the areas of Rock outcrop, and <br />steepness of slope. This unit is not stable and is subject to mass <br />movement. Care must be taken to identify wet areas and sloping rock <br />formations prior to any construction. Access roads should be designed to <br />provide adequate cut-slope grade, and drains are needed to control surface <br />runoff and keep soil losses to a minimum. <br />This map unit is in capability subclass VIIe. It is in Pinyon-Juniper <br />woodland site. <br />