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<br /> <br />Page 13 <br />depths increase <br />Animals observed are normally in small groups and are <br />located in areas where there is less snow and suitable forage is available. <br />These areas are located on the south and east facing exposures along <br />Arrowhead Ridge, between the Trout and ididdle Creek drainages and, west and <br />north of 20 Mile Park. <br />As was discussed in the 1982 annual report, most deer and elk leave <br />the area regardless of the intensity of the winter. With few exceptions, <br />the animsls leave the area moving west through 20 Mile Park to the Llilliams <br />Fork area south of the Hayden-Craig area to winter. This westward movement <br />by elk is substantiated by telemetry data collected by biologists of the <br />Colorado Yampa Coal Company (CYCC) (unpublished data) over the last four <br />years. Deer migration to the west usually starts in mid-October and is <br />more or less over by mid-November. A few deer have been observed remaining <br />in the study area during the winter. The majority of these animals having <br />been observed on steep south facing slopes north and west of the Colorado <br />Yampa Coal Company (CYCC) office. To date no deer have been observed <br />wintering in the ~'dna Mine permit area. <br />