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feet tall) vegetative community, before breaking out along the ridgeline on which the site <br />is located. The top of the ridge is narrow, 30-150 feet, and is covered primarily by <br />oakbrush, mountain mahogany, antelope bitterbrush and servicebeny. The canopy is <br />relatively low, 2-6 feet. Lupine is a main forb with grasses being primarily pons. Due to <br />the variety in soils, from deep and rich on the north facing slopes, to poor on the rocky, <br />eroded escarpments and ridge-tops, vegetation is diverse in quantity and quality. <br />Site and Access Road Bird Survey <br />Birds observed along the proposed road corridor and azound the drill site were what <br />would be expected for the habitat types that exist in this azea. Density and diversity <br />varied depending on the habitat type. Highest numbers of birds observed and the greatest <br />diversity occurred in the aspen stand found along the road corridor. <br />j Threatened & Endangered, Sensitive and Management Indicator Species <br />I No Threatened, Endangered or Sensitive Species were observed along the road comdor <br />or around the drill site. In the immediate vicinity of the site and access road, habitat is <br />lacking or is not suitable for neazly all the species. With the different habitat types found <br />in the nearby drainages there is suitable habitat for several of the listed species. <br />However, due to the short period of road construction and drilling activity, potential <br />• unpacts would be minimal. <br />Although none were observed, northern leopard frogs (sensitive species) could possibly <br />occur around Tenor Creek Reservoir. However, their presence would be dictated by <br />whether the reservoir remains at least partially full of water for the majority of the yeaz. <br />Activities associated with road construction and drilling should have no impact on the <br />reservoir and thus no impact on any of these species. The proposed road would cross one <br />inlet and one outlet at the reservoir. Some suitable habitat is located azound the reservoir, <br />but water fluctuations probably affect the use by amphibians. Timing of construction and <br />location of the proposed road would minimize potential impacts. <br />The only management indicator species observed was a hairy woodpecker in the aspen <br />stand located along the road corridor. Habitat does exist for other MIS, but none were <br />observed. <br />Raptors <br />No raptor nests in the lazge Douglas fir or in the aspen stand were observed during <br />nesting raptor surveys. No evidence of nesting activity was observed in the escarpments <br />and rock outcroppings to the east and west. No evidence of raptor nesting activity was <br />observed during wildlife surveys at this location in 2001. <br />• <br />12 <br />