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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />II <br /> <br />The Old Field vegetation community provides shelter <br />and home to song and game birds, as well as mammals. <br />Destruction of this vegetation will have the least <br />heavy impact on the site in terms of wildlife, al- <br />though certain nesting, brooding and mating acreage <br />will be lost, especially for rabbits, woodchucks, <br />pheasants and mallards as well as shrews, mice and <br />voles. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The Lowland Hardwoods and Willow-Alder communities <br />provide homes and food for raccoons, songbirds, <br />woodducks, bats and shrews, mice and voles. These <br />species would be correspondingly decreased by loss <br />of their habitat. <br /> <br />Wildlife at the Salvation Army camp to the west of <br />the site will be affected adversely by the proposed <br />project. Adverse effects will outwardly manifest <br />in loss of brooding, feeding and nesting habitat <br />for migratory waterfowl as well as for numerous <br />related mammals, ovians, and invertebrates. As it <br />exists, the site provides a vital "buffer" to the <br />lake itself - protecting the lake, so to speak. <br />At the same time, the lake and its surrounding habi- <br />tat "nourishes" the marshes acting as an energy <br />magnet for many forms of wildlife and vegetation <br />(seeds and seed carriers, etc.). This complimen- <br />tary relationship will be lessened by any develop- <br />ment on the site in question. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />V-II <br />