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0 K <br />3.0 RESULTS <br />3.1 Greater Sage-grouse and Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Lek Surveys <br />3.1.1 Greater Sage-grouse Leks <br />A total of nine greater sage-grouse leks have been documented within the Collom wildlife study <br />area (see Table 1 and Figures 1A and 1 B). No new additional sage-grouse leks were located <br />during the 2007 Cedar Creek grouse lek surveys. All known lek locations were checked for <br />sage-grouse breeding activity. <br />Cedar Creek surveys found that five of the known greater sage-grouse leks were inactive and <br />four were active in 2007. Lek location coordinates, activity status, and high count data for each <br />lek in 2006 and 2007 are summarized in Table 1. In 2007 the Morgan 2A lek had the highest <br />attendance count with a high count of 42 males and 3 females. The SG7 lek had the second <br />largest attendance count with 21 five males and 3 females. The Morgan 3 lek had the next <br />highest count with 19 males and 3 females. Only 2 males were recorded at both lek SG4 and <br />SG8 Upper Morgan. The two males at SG8 Upper Morgan flushed as soon as the survey <br />vehicle approached near enough to observe breeding activity. Breeding bird counts at Morgan <br />2A and Morgan 3 were considerably higher than the counts for 2006 while the 2007 count at <br />SG7 was slightly lower than in 2006. <br />3.1.2 Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Leks <br />A total of nine sharp-tailed grouse leks have been documented within the Collom wildlife study <br />area by CDOW and Cedar Creek (2006) surveys. All known lek locations and areas of suitable <br />habitat were searched for sharp-tailed grouse breeding activity in 2007. Cedar Creek located <br />one additional lek (STLEK3) in 2007 in addition to the known lek locations. Lek location <br />coordinates, activity status, and high count data for each sharp-tail lek are summarized in Table <br />1. Sharp-tailed grouse lek locations are plotted on Figures 1A and 1B. <br />The two small leks (STLek1 and STLek2) first located in 2006 by Cedar Creek were inactive in <br />2007. Two other known lek locations (Jubb and Wilson) that were inactive in 2006 were also <br />inactive in 2007. High counts for all previously recorded leks were down from the 2006 high <br />counts (see Table 1). The Burn lek had the highest attendance count at 14 (12 males, 2 <br />females). The Morgan and Straight Gulch had the next highest counts at 13 (13 males, 0 <br />females) and 12 (12 males, 0 females), respectively. Five birds were observed from a distance <br />5