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• ti~rh'grass component that is well established on some areas around the site and not as <br />robust m others. 'There are small trnnsttton aspen stands in the immediate vicinity of the <br />drill site. <br />tiite and Access Road Bird Survt <br />PRP-BRI. 1-03-Ill. <br />During initial surveys the access road and drill site had not been constructed. During the <br />last survey construction had been initiated However, even with conswction of the pad <br />and access road both the density and dnersity of bird species remained high. The <br />combinatOn of mountain shrub, aspen and meadow areas around springs and ponds along <br />the access road were the primary reasons for high numbers 'the numbers remaining htgh <br />with ongoing construction were probably due to a combination of considerable suitable <br />hah~tat and the limited amount of habitat disturbance <br />'I'breatened & Endangered, Sensitive and Management lodicator Species <br />During three stuvcvs no "Threatened, I:ndangend. Sensuive Species were observed along <br />the road corridor or around the dell stte, Habitat is lacking or is not suitable for nearly alt <br />the species. 'fhcre is a diversity of habitat along the road corridor which led to the <br />highest number of species observed at any of the proposed locations MIS species <br />observed included mule deer and haiq woodpeckers. <br />• ~Ithough none were observed northern leopard bogs 1 sensitive species) could possibly <br />~~ccur in ponds located along the access road. However, their presence would be dictated <br />