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types on site and characteristically has a more open, highly productive understory during the <br />growing season. <br />During the winter, common understory species were buried by snow which resulted in the stands <br />being very open with very little in the way of exposed understory shrubs - see picture 2. Shrubs <br />that did occur in the aspen stands were gambel oak and serviceberry. During winter months <br />wildlife activity in this habitat type is low throughout the project area. This would even be true <br />during winters when snow cover is not as deep. <br />The only continuous stands of the Spruce/Fir Vegetation Community are found along the Deep <br />Creek drainage. There are some small pockets along the Dry Fork of Minnesota Creek and Lick <br />Creek drainages. There are also some very small isolated pockets in other areas and pockets <br />interspersed with Spruce/Fir stands. Elevations nominally range from 6,800 to 8,000+ feet. <br />Picture 3 - Spruce-fir community <br />7