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emergent trees were cleared and the known nest tree remains secure. <br /> Planned Golf Course: Negative Impact. <br /> The woodland status of the site does not provide optimal foraging habitat for Swainson's <br /> hawk. However, Swainson's might forage in more open spaces between trees and thus <br /> might be expected to periodically hunt on the property. Interfairway grassland might <br /> provide some foraging habitat for the species particularly when managed with sequential <br /> mowing as per the grasslands plan. The interfairway habitat therefore should not be <br /> considered totally lost to the species. As such,only the acreage altered for fairways, 57 <br /> acres, will be impacted. The concept of time-share, as suggested in the Draft E.I.R. is not <br /> a practical solution to mitigate for course development and hawk foraging. Instead habitat <br /> restoration and management within the planned Tracy Lake Area could offset the loss of <br /> habitat. <br /> Twenty-six House Lots: Negative Impact. <br /> All will impact foraging habitat for the hawk and should be mitigated. Approximately 50 <br /> acres will be converted. <br /> Roads: Minimal Negative Impact. <br /> The presence of roads either through the forest or in the oak woodland should not impact <br /> the foraging activities of Swainson's hawk. The species often forages near roads in rural <br /> situations. <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 119 <br />