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• Displacement of Mobile Wildlife Species. Wildlife utilizing the <br />immediate area of disturbance will probably be displaced during mining <br />activities. This displacement will probably not produce any negative <br />impacts on the adjacent range due to the small nature of disturbance <br />associated with the surface support facilities. The area to be disturbed <br />by the Bear No. 3 Portals is minimal, and the ability of the area to <br />support much wildlife is also limited because of past management <br />practices. <br />Some temporary and minor negative impacts are inevitable on wildlife <br />inhabiting the permit and adjacent areas. In the area of surface <br />support facilities, short term negative impacts to wildlife are to be <br />expected. With proper reclamation, enhancement of wildlife habitat is <br />expected to occur. As explained under Section 2.05.4 and Section <br />2.05.5, forage production on reclaimed sites should equal or exceed <br />those found on the pre-mining sites. The overall effect on the adjacent <br />area will be positive since the availability of forage on the reclaimed <br />• site may relieve some pressure on adjacent sites still being utilized <br />for mining activities. <br />Threatened and Endangered Species. Since no state or federally listed <br />threatened or endangered animal species have been reported to occupy the <br />area of planned surface operations and facilities within the permit <br />area, impacts on such species from mining will not occur. Some <br />cliffnesting raptor species might be affected in the proximity of the <br />surface facilities to the cliffs found along the North Fork of the <br />Gunnison River; however, since nesting of these species has been found <br />along the North Fork of the Gunnison River for many years and only at a <br />minimal distance from existing mining operations, no major impacts are <br />expected by mining activities in the area. <br />Aquatic Biota. Because of the small extent of surface disturbance to be <br />caused by the Bear No. 3 Portals, any impact of the activities on the <br />. aquatic communities of the North Fork of the Gunnison River wiTT be <br />minimal. As set forth in Section 2.05.3, a detailed sediment and <br />2.05-52 <br />