III. TARGET SPECIES 



The primary purpose of the target species list is to focus 

 potential mitigation efforts toward those species which experienced 

 the greatest impacts, and those which will receive the greatest 

 benefit for a given mitigation effort. As mitigation projects are 

 developed, they will be designed to benefit one or more of the 

 target species. In additioi, they will provide benefits to many 

 non-target species. 



The target species list addresses two categories of mammals 

 affected by the loss of habitat: 1) big game and 2) furbearers. 

 Primary avian target species impacted by the project were 

 classified as: 1) upland game birds; 2) waterfowl; and 3) 

 raptors. Detailed impact analyses are included in the Results 

 (Section IV). The order the species are listed does not 

 necessarily reflect the order of importance or ranked degree of 

 inpact. 



Mantnals 



1) Big Game 



White-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) 



Mule deer {0_^ hemionus) 



Bighorn Sheep ( Ovis canadensis ) 



Elk (Cervus elaphus) 



Moose ( Alces alces) 



Black bear (Ursus americanus) 



Grizzly bear ( Ursus arctos horribilus ) 



Mountain lion ( Pel is concolor ) 



2) Furbearers 



Beaver ( Castor canadensis ^ 

 Wuskrat ( Ondatra zibethica) 

 River otter ( Lutra canadensis ) 

 Pine irartin (Martes americana ) 

 Mink ( Mustela vison ) 

 Lynx ( Lynx canadensis ) 

 Bobcat (L^ rufus) 



Birds 



1) Upland Game birds 



Ruffed grouse ( Bonasa umbel lus) 

 Blue grouse ( Dendragapus obscurus ) 

 Spruce (Franklin's) grouse (D^ canadensis) 

 Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus t±iasianellus 



columbiahus) 



