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Drill tiitc and :~ccccs Ruad 11'ilJlifc Sun•cv <br />• laird tiunc+ <br />\'cry few birds were obscn•e<I along the proposed access road or at the well site. The presence <br />of evergreens aloes 'I'crror Creek resultc~ in some species lxins obscn•cd that +voutd not have <br />~ been on the mountain shrub hillside. Habitat requirements tier those slxcics obsen~ed arc not <br />limited in the general area. <br />71mr;ttened, F.ndanycrcd and Scmiti+~c S~ccicti <br />Wong both the road corridor and ai ilte drill site wildlife obsen•cd was similar to that obsen"ed at <br />other locations in the stud)' area. Again. suitable habitat was generally lacking for nearly all <br />species of conccm. 71tc proposed road above Terror Crcck is far enough r<moved that chattccs <br />of any siltation getting into the stream and atTecting aquatic species is minimal. With the <br />implcmcntation of proper s~•tfegu;trds no silt should reach the stream. <br />'I here were no "f GS spyciys obsen•cd either along the proposed road corridor or at the drill site. <br />Ra on <br />There is no suitable habitat around the drill site for rnptor nesting. There arc potential nest sites <br />in evergreens found aloe); "?"error Crccl. I l~~+vyver, during multiply .un r_+'s no new or old Hats <br />i • ~+cre obscn•ed itt these irry>. <br />~itt• P-11121.-I-03-ltl <br />11ri11 tiitc and Acycs. 12uad I I:Ihit:+1 ~un•cv <br />The proposed access route to this site ++ill rcyuire the constnlction of approximately 1.9 miles of <br />road. From 'Ccrror Crcck the proposed route follows an cxistins A'IV trail from the main Terror <br />Crcck road for approximately .3 mile. From that point the route ++•ill follow an old exploration <br />road to the drill sits. "17te propoud road travencs through tnount;tin shntb habitat :Ind several <br />small meadows. In some meadows there are springs +vhich feed small constntctcd ponds that are <br />used for livestock grazing. 'fhc road also rocs through or imntediatcly adjacent to several <br />transition aspen stands through aft clevational rutge of 71G0 to 7330 feet. <br />'fhc drill site is located on the referenced road in a mountain shnlb vrgcultive contntunity at an <br />elevation of 7340 feet artd is situated on a .i0-4Q% side slops ++ith an cast to nonhcast aspect. <br />late scral Gambol oak I5 to 20 feet tall and scn•iccbcrry arc fhc. priman• o+•crstor}• species. <br />Snowbcrry and chok+~chcrry are the priman• understory shntbs. •I~hem is a forb-grass component <br />that is well established on sonic areas around the site and not as robust in others. -There arc small <br />truuition aspen stands in the inunediate vicinity of the drill site. <br />• <br />