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<br />$ICUIK a^.d raccoon also visited scent-szatiors. Rela eve abunc'.arce inci..ices <br />for Goth species exceeded those obtained from nearL-y ti5_WS surveyes lines <br />and t):e state average. However, c~.e scent-station te.,^ :ic,~ue was desires to <br />inventorf canid populations and :ray not provide data inaicative of raccoon <br />and skutic populations in the area. N':ule bock tY:e spotted skun;c and the <br />striped skunk occur in the region, the nor: ~zr s-~ecies prefers rocky areas <br />with shrttihs while the latter species is rorn oom;nnly found in habitats <br />similar to these near the Nucia mine (I.achleitner 1969). Moreover, a <br />stsi~°c? skunk (road kill) was observes approxi.-ately l~s rules southwest . - <br />of the study area in October, 1979. ^_.:e striped 'sk-,:nt, nice the spotted <br />skunk, is omniwrous. Major foods corsist o£ carrion, irsects, arpk•,.i:oians, <br />reptiles, birds, X11 mammals, and fruit (Lechleitner 1969). <br />Raccoons are abundant in moist areas (e.g., swacrps, rivers, pa^.ds) and <br />agricuitw-al areas where there are trees to provide den.-iir.g op _oortuztities. <br />Raccoons are ~ivorous, t}:eir diet oorsists of a very large variety of <br />plants and anvtr~ls (Zechleitner 1969) . Lre raccoon tracks recorded fiwiry- <br />•~ this survey wE>se observed near an apple orchard approxirately 1 mile south- <br />west or the stuffy area. <br />Other r•:arrnalian predators known to occ.-s in t're vicirii.ty oi. the study area <br />but not encountered during the wildlife investigations in 1979-1980 were- <br />t~.e bobcat (cells ru£us) and t:ountain lion (Fells mrcoior) . ='::ose species <br />have been sighted in tre pinyon-jivziper woodlands east o° the study area, <br />(personal carmuriication, March 1980, Rick 5i:e_^ran, DC74d} . <br />x~ruJrs at.~ A.*~xzau,Ns <br />Habitats at trz tiucla mine supoor few reptiles and a-,Y hwians. F~esterr, <br />garter snakes (Thanrn~his eleaans) were observed on t:.e site and c:.e choiZts <br />frog (PSeudacris triseriata)~and c~eat'?3asin sradei;oot (~caahiopus inter-cn- <br />tanus) were encountered during the spring breeding oeriod in ponds near tk:e <br />study area. ^ne sagebrush lizard (SCeiopor,:s cracios::s) and eastern £en.-a <br />lizard (S. undulatus) were observed ir. r+ock ~sd brusF, piles on t..e w.~stern <br />wire of the stiu3y area. The hull snake (PitcooSis re's.-.: n'. ~:c:nis), racer <br />-yS- _ .__ __._. _. <br />JUN i i 1980 <br />• <br />(Revised July 2006) Attachment 2.04.11-1-51 <br />