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I <br />Figure 2. Mule deer density on the expanded survey area during winter aerial surveys <br />from 1994 through 2003. <br />0.9 <br />0.8 <br />0.7 <br />d <br />~ 0,6 <br />d <br />L C <br />~ 0.5 <br />Q' <br />N <br />0.4 <br />d <br />d 0.3 <br />e <br />~ 0.2 <br />0.1 <br />0 <br />1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 <br />Year <br />Eap anded survey area: 84.5 mil (1994-1995), 89.5 mil (1996-2003). <br /> <br /> <br />Seneca II-W Mine and Perimeter <br />Wildlife observations made within the 35.0 miz area that includes the Seneca II-W Mine <br />permit area and its one-mile perimeter are listed in Appendix I. Big game observations are <br />illustrated on Exhibit 1. During the 2003 aerial survey, 39 elk herds (392 individuals) were <br />observed in the Seneca II-W area. Two of those herds (34 animals) were located within the <br />boundary ofthe mine permit area and 37 herds (358 animals) were in the perimeter. Elk density <br />within the Seneca II-W area averaged 11.2 elk/miz; 14 % lower than that of the expanded survey <br />area. Other animals recorded in the Seneca II-W area included six mule deer and one coyote. <br />Ninety-four percent (368 individuals) of the elk observed in the Seneca II-W area during <br />2003 surveys were in mountain brush habitat (Appendix I). The remaining six percent were <br />associated with sagebrush-grassland habitat. As in the expanded area, most elk observed in <br />Seneca II-W area from 1994 through 2003 were associated with mountain brush. <br />During six of the ten surveys completed from 1994 to 2003, elk density in the vicinity of <br />Seneca II-W was slightly lower than the density recorded in the expanded area (Figure 1). In <br />2003 Seneca II-W Mine Wildlife Monitoring Page 6 <br />mss=s;~m~°Arn.~v+r rat..=~ ~T+rsnce=a art3 ~~.-'~:rs..xrna +,r~.av<,~. ._ --,.~~~yxm+af»nresn:a s*.wcvs.~m; +, ..r~nx..are if-...>:~..w zx..erarx,;.=mcaa¢s±axsr~~wen tt <br />aMro~+s~.~vx:.r• <br />