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6 REFERENCES

The following changes were made between the EA and Supplemental EA:

 References were added: Aubry; Baker; Brock; Campbell; Chilton; Conservation Seeding and Restoration; Copeland; Domenico, Erdman; Feiger; Fisher; Forsgren; Freeze, Geoengineers; Hatler; Heinemeyer; Holmgren;

IDEQ; Inman; Jiao; Kaltenecker; Kelessidis; Kiilsgaard; Magoun; Nutt; Papp; Pullianen; Prentice; Ross; Squires; United States District Court; URS Corporation; Wisdom; Wu; and Zyryanov.

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Butts, Art. 2010. Personal communication between Art Butts, IDFG Fishery Biologist, and Herb Roerick. September 9, 2010. Campbell, M.D., and G.R. Gray. 1975. Mobility of Well-Drilling Additives in the Ground-Water System. In Conference Proceedings, Environmental Aspects of Chemical Use in Well- Drilling Operations. Office of Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency: 261- 284. Caribou/Targhee National Forest. 2004. Idaho Forests Practices Act – Timber Sales Best Management Practices Reviews Summary 1990-2004. Chilton, P.J. 1996. www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resourcesquality/wqachapter9.pdf Conservation Seeding and Restoration, Inc. (CSR). 2012a. Monitoring Plan Report. November 2012. . 2012b. Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) Monitoring Report, CuMo Exploration Project. May 2012. . 2012c. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Monitoring Report, CuMo Exploration Project. May 2012. Cook, P. G., Land, C., and Osmond, G. 2003. A Guide to Regional Flow in Fractured Rock Aquifers. Water, 115. Seaview Press. Retrieved from http://lwa.gov.au/files/products/river-landscapes/px020312/px020312.pdf Copeland, J.P. 1996. Biology of the Wolverine in Central Idaho. M.S. Thesis, College of Graduate Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. 1996. Copeland, J. P., et al. 2007. Seasonal habitat associations of the wolverine in central Idaho. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2201–2212. Copeland, J.P., K.S. McKelvery, K.B. Aubry, A. Landa, J. Persson, R.M. Inman, J. Krebs, E. Lofroth, H. Golden, J.R. Squires, A. Magoun, M.K. Schwartz, J. Wilmot, C.L. Copeland, R.E. Yates, I. Kojola, R. May. 2010. The Bioclimatic Envelope of the Wolverine: Do Climatic Constraints Limit their Geographic Distribution? Canadian Journal of Zoology. 88:233–246. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). 1997. Considering Cumulative Effects under the National Environmental Policy Act. January 1997. Domenico, P.A., and Schwartz, W.W. 1990. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 824 pp. Dudley, G. Jonathan and Victoria A. Saab. 2007. Home Range Size of Black-Backed Woodpeckers in Burned Forests of Southwestern Idaho. Western North American Naturalist 67(4). January 24. Duncan, James R.; Hayward, Patricia H. 1994. Chapter 14. Review of technical knowledge: Great gray owls In: Hayward, G. D.; Verner, J., tech. editors. Flammulated, boreal, and great gray owls in the United States: A technical conservation assessment. Gen. Tech.

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