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<br />A wildlife survey of the project site, conducted on <br />1986, identified over 42 species of birds and other <br />in the area. No endangered species were identified <br />survey. The results of that survey are attached. <br /> <br />May 31, <br />animals <br />in that <br /> <br />While this survey did not identify any endangered species in <br />the area, it is possible that some of these species do <br />occasionally use the site. Therefore it is possible that <br />some endangered species may.be affected by the project. <br /> <br />11.2 CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />Some wildlife will be displaced during construction. Some <br />oak savanna and grassland areas will be replaced by roads <br />and homes. A large portion of the agricultural acreage will <br />be converted to either open grasslands and residential lots, <br />or if the 50 acre pond is constructed, agricultural acreage <br />will be converted to open water which will attract <br />additional waterfowl to the site. <br /> <br />11.3 WILDLIFE DISPLACEMENT <br /> <br />Some wildlife species initially displaced by construction <br />activities will return after construction is completed. <br />Some wildlife species will not return, and in the long term, <br />some animal species will decline in number. The production <br />within a wildlife species depends on the amount and <br />distribution of food, cover, and water. Changes in the <br />project area will decrease the quantity and accessibility of <br />food and cover. <br /> <br />However, some areas will be less changed than others. The <br />animal travel corridor between Eddy Lake and Lake Itasca <br />will remain, for the most part, unchanged. The east side of <br />Lake Itasca will probably still retain most of the open <br />acreage presently found there and continue to serve as a <br />source of food and cover. Also, the area south of Lake <br />Itasca to the proposed road will not be developed. <br />Therefore an east-west travel corridor will be' maintained, <br />although the east-west road proposed for this area will <br />reduce the quality of the cover. <br /> <br />The DNR's Area Wildlife Manager, Lloyd Knudson, surveyed the <br />project site on May 28, 1986 and made the following <br />suggestions to protect and enhance wildlife habitat in the <br />area and to reduce the impact to wildlife that this project <br />may have: <br /> <br />1. To protect the <br />area, an undisturbed <br />existing wetlands. <br /> <br />habitat value of the <br />fringe should be <br /> <br />wetl ands in <br />left aro'und <br /> <br />the <br />the <br /> <br />-28- <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />