2010-06-19_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1980007

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/19/2010
• Doc Name: Methane Drainage Project Winter Habitat and Wildlife Studies
• From: Mountain Coal Company
• To: United State Fish & Wildlife
• Permit Index Doc Type: Wildlife
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

spruce-fir in the immediate area.In oak/mountain shrub habitat an average of only 0.03 per mile
were encountered. This is the habitat type where nearly all development associated with the E-
Seam area will occur.
Chances of impacting marten from the proposed development activity are negligible due to their
being found most commonly in S/F/A along Deep Creek where there will be very little
disturbance.
TABLE 3
AMERICAN MARTEN
Number of pine marten tracks observed by habitat type

Date. MS & MS/,
As S/F/As R/MS As Total

Dec 17, 2007 4 4

Dec 31, 2007 2 2
Jan 18, 2008 1 3 4
Jan 31, 2008 1 2 3
Feb 16, 2008 2 2 1 5
Feb 26, 2008 1 4 1 2 8
Mar 15, 2008 1 1 2
Apr 11, 2008 1 1
Total 6 19 1 3 29
Miles of
transect 221 24 18 8 271
Average #
observed
per mile 0.03 0.79 0.05 0.38 0.11
Percent of
observations
in each type 21% 65% 3% 11%
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