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11 <br /> } <br /> wildlife in this type include water tanks, exhaust portal fans, sub- <br /> stations, and in the case of Maxwell , a refuse disposal area which is <br /> immediately adjacent to both ponderosa- pine--oak and pinon-juniper types. <br /> The building, maintenance and travel on roads leading to these facili- <br /> ties represent another impact. <br /> Pinon-Juniper <br /> A representative area of this vegetation type was described by <br /> Uniscale Corp. (1980) at the Maxwell Mine. The elevation was 7,200 feet <br /> on a north to northwest slope of 17-22°. In addition to pinon pine and <br /> juniper, fringed sagebrush and milk vetch (AstragaZus striatus) were <br /> important plants. Forbs were more abundant than grasses in the under- <br /> story. <br /> Elk are not likely to spend much time in pin-on-juniper, which provides <br /> ideal winter habitat for mule deer. Turkeys utilize the pinon-juniper <br /> type at most times of the year. The coyote is a common predator. Other <br /> mammals commonly associated with pinon-juniper are the badger, Mexican <br /> wood rat and the hoary bat. Birds include the scrub and pi-non jays, <br /> plain titmouse and brown towhee. Among reptiles and amphibians, the <br /> latilong study lists presence of Woodhouse's toad, bullsnake, prairie <br /> rattlesnake and the eastern fence lizard. <br /> Essentially the same potential for activities and facilities to <br /> conflict with wildlife exist in pinon-juniper at the Maxwell as in <br />