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• i<<. I+as been increasing slighth each year since 1997, with a substantial increase ubsened in <br />'~ ~~ ~ I Liable I ).:\ total of I t male sharp-tailed erouse wetr also heard and seen at carious <br />6~,;uions in SL•''.: SE'/. Section 3S and tiW!; S1V':, Section +b. T6\. RR7W on t5 il4av. dale <br />grouse were also recorded in that area in '_004. A nrw~ lek has not been identified yet, but the <br />area will Ix closely moniamd in future years. <br />•I~hr second Ick in rcrlamutiun. ~Cnrl'9 rr2, was active file the li+urth ronscrutivr year in <br />2001. (ht d \fav. a total of ? I males and d females were counted on the Irk. 1'rertation and <br />terrain allowed for a a+mpletr visual count at the Seneca rig Ick. Peak male attrnd:mcc h:ls <br />increased amsidcrably since the Ick was discovered in 1998. <br />I?ach spring from 1998 through 2040. a few male sharp-tailed grouse were obsrn•rd <br />displayine :u a third site in reclamation. That site is between the Seneca ~ I and "_' leks in NF'; <br />Nli!; Section 11. 1'>\. R87N'. '\o grouse were rccordeil in tha[ area in '001. <br />I'hr relaticrh high grouse counts at the Seneca ~~ I and n2 Irks in 2000 and _'001 arc <br />~a~istent with increased Ick counts throughout northwestern Colorado (Colorado Division of <br />~~ il~ilifr unpublished data, ohtuinrd from R. I Intl~manl. Although increased Ick attendance b.' <br />• m,iir~ is an indication of increasing populations, the numlrr of leks in an area is a better measure <br />i .~ hupulation's status (Cannon :md Knopf 19811. The establishment of two new Ieks at Seneca <br />II since 1991 is a positive indication. <br />f•:aeh spring from 1995 through 2000, a male blue grouse (Derr+h•u~~nprr.e uh.ccuru.+- was <br />Bern near a mine road at Seneca ll. No blue grouse were seen or heard on the permit area in <br />2001. <br /> <br />l rn golden eagle nests have been ti+und :u four diflcrrnt sites within one mile of the <br />Srnrca II ~1inr pcmtit buundan I lixhibit I ). Fiac of those nests wire in a single golden eagle <br />traitor}' ISrction ?. 1'~\, R57L1'). ;\ second golden eagle lrriitory (Section 27. IY,N. RR7\~') had <br />there clill~ nests. :\t bast nor nest has been identified in a third tetriror~ i Section I?. 'I'?N. <br />RS711 1. In April 2(100, a nick nest was luurtd on a rlitTin N1\'.. N1\'',tirction 7. fSN, RR6\1'. <br />It is not known if that nest is in the s:unr trrriton• a.. the Section I + nest. <br />n <br />~J <br />