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- _ _- . <br />At each station, a small perforated plastic capsule oortaining about 1 gram <br />of a synthetic attractant (supplied by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Se-vice, <br />Pocatello, Idaho) was positioned at the center of a circle of sifted earth <br />3 ft in diareter. The capsule was supported twn inches above the ground by <br />a wall wooden stic}c. Stations were placed adjacent to the road edge <br />and alternated from left to right sides of t'ie road to reduce the influence <br />of wind direction. 7fie survey route was checXed daily for four consecutive <br />days. Ani.rral visits based on tracks were recorded for each station on a <br />standa_Yd field data form. <br />T^amRalian predator sightings and sign were rerorded on starrlasd wildlife <br />observation forms during all other field activities. A11 sightings or sign <br />were recorded by species, location, and habitat type. <br />F?ERP}:~I`DFAU~IA <br />Reptiles noted during s~mrrer_surveys were recorded according to species, location <br />i and macro and micro-habitat type. Potential ac~hihian breeding sites (ponds, <br />streams, etc.) were visited during twn nights in May, 1979th determine the <br />species and abundance of amphibians utili~; ++g the study area (see Results, <br />Page 94). <br />ANIIs.AL DISTRIBITICN STUDIES AND DOCCPfE21TATION OF ANIMAI, PRESE^'CE <br />a„:,,,at~ distribution on the study area was determined on the basis o.f a can- <br />pilation of wildlife observation data ob*a,.,~ during field investigations <br />and from previous data obtained by the DCW, Peabody Coal Company, and ot'zers. <br />Compiled information was plotted on study area maps to depict the distribution <br />of the following important wildlife groups: <br />1. D7ule deer <br />2. Raptors and raptor nest sites <br />3. Waterfodl <br />4. Leland gam birds <br />5. ,,+L~malian predators <br />~~ <br />-10- <br />JUM 1 1 1984 <br />• (Revised July 2006) Attachment 2.04.11-1-17 <br />