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• highest elevations. Rolling rangeland and agricultural fields arc in the north-central, extreme <br />nurth+vest, and s+uuheast portions of-the area. Bottuntland habitat occurs along major creeks <br />iGrassy C'rcek, 5agc Creek, Un Crcckl and their larger tributary dra+vs. <br />On the Seneca II permit area, elevations range from 6,750 to over 8,1(10 feet . 'I-he terrain <br />steadily slopes up++'ard from +sest to cast across the permit sera and steep slopes occur along hvo <br />drainages in the north-central and southeast corner of the permit area. Mining and reclamation <br />;tctivity is largck confined to the central portion of the area. <br />Mountain hntsh is the predominant native habitat un the. pemtit area. Sagebrush <br />(:Irfevnisiu fridwuufu) habitat occurs primarih in the wuthwest part of the permit arcs. There arc <br />a few aspen stands on the area, but they arc limited to north- and cast-facing dra+vs at upper <br />clcv:uions. Batwmland is limited to nartuw bands along larger drainages. Rcclainted areas arc <br />dominnte+i by gr.[ssl:uuis ++ith some shnth-grasslands. <br />~Ila 11OUti <br />I(I(: (::~~IE <br />• [ )rte aerial survcv f~rr big game, prim;trip elk (<'rrrn.c e•lulr/rrrs t :utd mule deer <br />t ldrrrurlwe+ he•nrtiumsl. +vas conducted on 2 I~chruary 2(101. The 8').5 mi' survey area was <br />searched from a helicopter (Bell 47; Olaths Spr.[y Scn-ice. Olaths. CY>.) by systematically (lying <br />each drtinage and atljoining slopes in the area. the survey was started ci[t the cast side of the <br />area at 09(10 h and completed in the west ut 1540 h. +cith a one hour break to allo+v tier refueling. <br />Twu f~'(' biologists and the helicopter pilot looked for big game and othcr+viWlil'c <br />during the survey. 'fhc locations of all nnimal sightings (including big gumr. mammalian <br />predators, and grouse) ++cre plotted on 1:24,000 tolxtgraphic maps. I labitat associations were <br />also recorded liar each observation. <br />\ t ~~lum}tc:n ,harp-t,uled grouse lek (Scneua YI: \IibS ~WY, Section 2. 'fSN. K87W) <br />~~.r. ~f,:~,~rr:,l in rcrLnratrm at the tiCtl~'Ca II dine itt 19rr~ h~ mine personnel IK. Karp, pets <br />i,~n;nt i \ .cc~m.~i !rl. in ~~'.l,nn.i!i„i~. ~rn~:a :,~ ~`\1''-:~ n\l' ~ tirrtiun I_. 15\, KS71V), +vas <br />n <br />~ J <br />