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page 8 #326 <br />5. Recreation and Natural Beauty <br />A few flowering plants are present during spring and <br />fall. Hunting pronghorn, coyotes and rabbits along <br />with bird watching provide limited opportunities for <br />recreation. The deer generally have not migrated to <br />this site by deer hunting season. <br />6. Endangered Plants and Animals <br />It is probable that bald eagles and peregrine falcons <br />use this site for food hunting. <br />7. Counties in Which this Ranqe Site Occurs <br />081 <br />103 <br />113 <br />Moffatt <br />Rio Blanco <br />San Miguel <br />8. Other Interpretations <br />This site is generally grazed during the winter and <br />spring. It lends itself to "low frequency" grazing <br />systems. Care needs to be exercised to prevent year <br />after year use during the spring. This can be very <br />detrimental to range condition. This site is subject <br />to severe wind erosion if the vegetative cover has been <br />grazed excessively. <br />9. COMPETING RANGE SITES <br />Sandy Saltdesert is slightly lower in elevation and <br />slightly drier than this site. Sandy Foothills is <br />slightly higher in elevation and slightly higher <br />precipitation. It also has more Wyoming big sagebrush <br />than the Semidesert Sandy Loam. Also antelope <br />bitterbrush may be present on the Sandy Foothills when <br />in high range condition. <br />