montane vole analysis area; and 97 miles of motorized routes in the white-nosed coati, western red bat, and Arizona gray squirrel analysis area. These routes continue to cause habitat loss and the potential for direct effects like vehicle collision, poaching, and trapping to these species. The potential disturbance zone for hooded skunks and Botta’s pocket gopher is 311,967 acres, and 86,542 acres for Gunnison’s prairie dog and White Mountain ground squirrel. The potential disturbance zone for beaver is 6,748 acres, 2,256 acres for long-tailed and Arizona montane voles, and 4,713 acres for white-nosed coati, western red bat and Arizona gray squirrel. Within these potential disturbance zones motorized routes continue to cause the potential for indirect effects like disturbance, displacement, avoidance and harassment. Under this alternative you continue to have motorized cross country travel, dispersed camping, and big game retrieval allowed across the Gila National Forest. These three types of uses continue to have potential effects to upland, riparian, and wetland species of small mammals. Additionally, these three types of uses perpetuate the development of additional roads and motorized trails; potentially allowing for the development of higher road densities. Under the no action alternative through time the potential for the direct loss of individuals and habitat would increase, as would the potential for disturbance affects to these species. Action Alternatives (C, D, E, F, and G): Under all action alternatives motorized cross country travel (see assumption) is no longer allowed. The change from the existing condition is a 100% reduction in motorized cross country travel. In the hooded skunk and Botta’s pocket gopher analysis area motorized dispersed camping is reduced by 96 to 100% under all action alternatives; Gunnison’s prairie dog and White Mountain ground squirrel analysis area 93 to 100%; beaver analysis area 92 to 100%; long-tailed and Arizona montane voles analysis area 89 to 100%; and 93 to 100% in the white-nosed coati, western red bat and Arizona gray squirrel analysis area. For all small mammals the area of potentially affected habitat for motorized big game retrieval is reduced by 100% under Alternative E, 94 to 97% under Alternative D, 92 to 97% under Alternative G, 19 to 50% under Alternative F, and 5 to 25% under Alternative C. Motorized areas are locations where we have had traditional uses like motorized camping and OHV use. Under all action alternatives in the beaver, vole, and coati/bat/gray squirrel analysis areas no areas currently exist and no areas have been designated. Under Alternatives D and E in the hooded skunk and pocket gopher analysis areas there is a reduction of 17 acres of potentially affected habitat, and under the remaining action alternative there is no change from the existing condition. In the prairie dog and ground squirrel analysis area under Alternatives D and E there is a reduction of 3 acres of potentially affected habitat, and under the remaining action alternative there is no change from the existing condition. Miles of motorized routes and trails and acres of potentially affected habitat within the analysis area for small mammals that occur in upland habitats are reduced by 25 to 36% under Alternative E; 17 to 22% under Alternative D; 13 to 16% under Alternative F, and 14 to 16% under Alternative G. Under Alternative C motorized routes are increased by 54
2% in the Hooded Skunk and Botta’s pocket gopher analysis area, and reduced by 1% in the Gunnison’s prairie dog and White Mountain ground squirrel analysis area. Miles of motorized routes and trails and acres of potentially affected habitat within the analysis area for small mammals that occur in riparian habitats are reduced by 49 to 56% under Alternative E; 31 to 39% under Alternative D; 17 to 23% under Alternative F, and 17 to 27% under Alternative G. Under Alternative C there is
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