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Fauna dependent on diverse vegetative structure and un-even aged cottonwood galleries and <br />patches of shrubs currently have little habitat under present management. With an anticipated <br />buffer of' 100 feet along the river. the little remaining remnant tree and shrub cover will he <br />mostly prescrwed. BOCC avifinma may be obser%cd from N%Ithin or nearby active mining but no <br />currently occupied habitat Nkill be affected. While not ?Nanting to overlook the potential presence <br />of these species in other vegetation h pes adjacent or near the GRGP or %coetation Mlich may <br />have once; existed at pit sites it is not expected that these species will be affected by the proposed <br />alining. <br />A monotvpic stand of `greascwood of 18-36" height, canopy cover >20"o (Terry and Chiliingar <br />1955) with no fork or grass component is shown in Photo 1. Greasewood heavily hro\%sed h% <br />cattle is of little value to significant wildlife resources potentially in the GRGP \ icinit\ <br />Fisheries concerns near GRGP are related to non-sportfish conservation. With a minimum 100' <br />buffer and ponds outside the 100-year floodplain, issues related to fisheries conservation should <br />not arise due to this mining. As long as flooding above the I00-year Iloodplain does not occur <br />there should be no fisheries established in the pits. <br />I lerpetilcs potentially in the area rely can much higher quality habitat with a greater diversity in <br />the vegetatlun ColllpOnCIlts including structure of their habitat than %?hat exists at pit sites. <br />Photo 1, Pit Cwen-aged, mono-ty pic stand of over-grazed greasewood.