Laserfiche WebLink
IR+ndcrosa pine plantation and cliffs ncarhy drainages. the plantation ryas sun•cyed for raptor <br />• nesting activity, but no nests were obscn•cd during any sun~cys from 2000 through 2003. •ihc <br />~ Hung age cla_cs of the tmcs. low• height and spacing make this arcs Icss than optimum as raptor <br />nesting habitat. Rock outcrops in Dove and Sheep Corral Gulches were checked for nesting <br />activity, but no nest sites were located during any of the years. <br />Thcrc arc t.ao :aspen stand, within a Ccty hundred yards of the site. Both o1 these stands arc <br />deteriorating, and dominatcJ by old growth trees 60-70+ feet tall "1'he spacing, lack of a good <br />canopy cover and understory makes these areas low quality for accipitcr nest sites. <br />7ltcrc arc potential nest sites available in cliffs along ncarhy drainages, but none of these were <br />within 1 ~2 mile of the site. <br />Sitc• P-"fC-113-01 <br />Drill Sitc and Access Route Ifabitat Sunrv <br />Approximately 400 feet of now access otl'the main l"error Creek road kill be required for this <br />site. 'the proposed acce`ti route follows the edge of a drainage. "there arc some small patches of <br />willows in the bottom with gamble oak and sen•iceberry near tltc edges. 1'hc drill site lies at an <br />~ c!evation of 7200 feet in the oak vegetation community t~~th G-IO trot Gamlx~l oak and <br />scn•icchem• providing the ovcratory. Snow•hcm• mtd chokechem• make up a majority of the <br />I undcntory vegetation.:\long the drainage there are good stands of gracccs and forbs. Away <br />~ • from the drainage, gr;icscs and forbs arc limited except for a few small swalcs. An occasional <br />K~xky \4ountain juniper (Jrmiperus scopulorun:) inhabits the site as well. Side slopes arc gentle <br />~ .n 10°io and aspect is cast to northeast. <br />• <br />