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<br />Page 10 <br />and three years of monitoring that: (1) during normal winters there is <br />little use of the Moffat area by deer and elk, (2) no key wintering areas <br />occur on or near the Edna Mine property, (3) the Moffat area is used by deer <br />for fawning, but not elk for calving, (4) the undisturbed aspen grove at the <br />south end of the property is an important elk calving ground, (5) suitable <br />habitat for fawning exists adjacent to the Moffat area, (6) there is a <br />positive response by both deer and elk from spring through fall to the <br />forage available on the reclaimed lands, (7) during the winters of 1982-1983 <br />there was and is a positive correlation between available (unfenced) <br />haystacks and elk and (8) continued feeding of hay to elk along Trout Creek <br />during the winter will most probably result in increased use of the Moffat <br />area. <br />