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available in conjunction with lower snow depths. See ?'e?teca ?ac?tl?t?e 2006?4.??ualcla?rats'ar? deport, <br />ildlif? ?ort? for, f?r??er c'c?.?,?i?t?s. <br />The results of the past +1? years of annual winter aerial surveys at the boast Mine indicate that big <br />game whiter use is more a function of winter snow depth and general herd movements xathe? than <br />reclaimed vegetation success since na definitive use trends are shown based on the survey counts and <br />population densities within the boast survey area. I?aw that active miffing has ceased and <br />reclamation/xe?egetatior? activities have been ongoing far a number of years, ?C will cease <br />conducting annual ?Vitlter big game aerial surveys at the Yaast ll?ine. <br />eves of ' h Federal and ar Mate Interest, Impact assessments made in precious sections of this <br />tab indicate the potential far minor i?mpaGts an two species of high Federal and f ar Mate interest r <br />Columbian sharp-tailed grouse and greater sandhill cranes. The l]? has expressed concern <br />about potential impacts to sage grouse, staling this species should be gi?ren equal weight in impact <br />assessment, mitigation, and monitoring as the Columbian harp?tailed grouse. The .. Fish and <br />wild'e service has expressed concern about the peregrine falcon, bald eagle, whooping crane, <br />northern goshawk, <br />deduction of Manitorin ? As stated above the wildlife monitar?ng program was reduced in 207 to <br />eliminate the annual winter big game surveys and now that the recla?nataion activities are taming to an <br />end, ? would like to eliminate further wildlife manitoxing. <br />ACC is currently monitoring known Columbian sharp-tailed grouse leks and the all known golden <br />eagle nests far activity. During these storeys sandhi wane sightings are also documented. The <br />CDDw has also been manitoxingsharp-tailed grouse lek and the overall trends show that sharp- <br />tailed grausepopulations are an the increase. nth the results of these trends the C?0'?l has been <br />trapping bixds an the Seneca recla?natian to further increase populations in other locales. <br />There has been no retarded golden eagle activity in the Yaast area since ??03. results of the annual <br />surveys axe contained in the Annual Reclamatians rtparts submitted every Maxch for the Yoast Mine. <br />since there is no active mining ar blasting and 1?.nited human activities on the reclamation areas, <br />there is na longer any need far wildlife monitoring. beginning in 2U?9, ACC will. discontinue wildlife <br />monitoring an the Yaast Mne. <br />TR 41 13a Revised 6/09