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pg.-2 S.J.Aud.Soc. <br /> 2. The survey for Swainson' s hawk appears to be incomplete � ) <br /> and entirely casual_ . Was the entire area intensively surveyed? <br /> It appears not. One nest was overlooked for sometime. Other pairs <br /> were observed onsitelwhere are their nests? The impacts to Swainson' s <br /> D148 a <br /> hawk are not properly disclosed therefor the decision making; <br /> process with regard to this Threatened species is likely to be <br /> flawed.. The DEIR is deficient. <br /> 3. The Greater sandhill crane again slips through the cracks. <br /> We do not see the mitigation. measurer- that will purportedly reduce <br /> impacts- to Insignificance. We would like to introduce into the record <br /> D149 an- article which reveals just how critical this corner of San Joaquin <br /> county is to almost the entire Threatened subspecies."Distribution <br /> and Abundance of Large Sandhill Cranes, gnus canadensis.7 Wintering <br /> in California' s Central Valley".Pogsonand Lindstedt . Cooper Ornith- <br /> ological_ Societyr 19917. (attached). <br /> +.The absence of California tiger salamander ( Federal candidate <br /> 2),larva in one drought year search. does not verify that that species <br /> is not on site.. Particularly when. suitable habitat is available onsite <br /> ( grasslands r squirrel. .holesT vernal pools ). <br /> D150 <br /> Due to the significant-e of Brovelli woods and because of the <br /> controversy surrounding the Buckeye Ranch Development we are amazed <br /> and disappointed that a thorough and adequate investigation of the <br /> impacts to Special Status Taxa was not preformed. <br /> We would further wish to point out that impacts to the forested <br /> D151 section of the project are not adequately analysed.. The gof course <br /> fairways through tae forest w ll have a 25 foot wide swath on either <br /> VI-122 <br />