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1987, collection of additional premanagement fall and winter <br />• raptor data under a specific experimental design will not be <br />possible. This makes the collection of data in fall 1987 and <br />winter 1987/88 more crucial. Such a raptor study will probably <br />be required as part of the wildlife baseline study. Initiating <br />it this fall would be unnecessary from a regulatory perspective, <br />although it would provide important biological data which would <br />be valuable in permitting and would demonstrate good intentions <br />to resource agencies. <br />If there is interest in pursuing either of these studies, appropriate <br />agencies should be contacted to justify their necessity (in <br />a permitting context), define specific study goals, and agree <br />on methodology. At the request of Mike Figgs, I will be submitting <br />a proposal for ferret studies. <br />Finally, it is likely that a deer study will have to be conducted <br />to identify the seasonal use and importance of the study area <br />to deer. I anticipate that this study would involve radio-collared <br />animals which would be followed over 18-24 months. The duration <br />and scope of the study would have to be negotiated with the <br />resource agencies. This study should be initiated with adequate <br />lead time for study results to be incorporated into final design <br />considerations associated with the Special Use 9ermit. <br /> <br />• 18 <br />