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extreme south central. Most deer have been associated with mountain brush habitats, but those <br />. in the south central portion of the survey area were often on steep, exposed/relatively bare, south <br />facing slopes. <br />Figure 2. Mule deer density on the expanded survey area during winter aerial surveys <br />from 1994 through 2003. <br />o. <br />o. <br />0.' <br />v <br />E O.i <br />,~~ <br />u <br />d <br />L <br />R O,! <br />O' <br />N <br />y ~[ <br />Y <br />Y <br />d ~._ <br />~ 0.. <br />0.~ <br />( <br />1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 <br />Year <br />Expanded survey area: 84.5 mil (1994-1995), 89.5 mil (1996-2003). <br /> <br />Seneca II Mine and One-Mile Perimeter <br />Observations obtained from the 17.5 mil area that includes the Seneca II mine permit area <br />and its perimeter are listed in Appendix I, and illustrated on Exhibit 1. During the 2003 aerial <br />survey, 30 elk herds (365 individuals) were observed in the Seneca II area. Two herds (10 <br />individuals) were on the mine permit area, and 28 herds (355 individuals) were in the perimeter. <br />The only other animals observed in the Seneca II area were three lone coyotes. <br />Elk density in the Seneca II area was 20.9 animals/miZ, the highest value observed since <br />1998, and was 39 % higher than that of the expanded survey area. Elk densities in the Seneca II <br />area have ranged from 12.9 to 20.9 elk/mi2 during 1994-2003. The observed trend in density <br />generally followed that of the expanded area (Figure 1). During six of the ten survey years <br />2003 Setteca II Mine Wildlife Monitoring Page 6 <br />