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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 2 <br />230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Proposed Action and Alternatives <br /> PAGE 2-95 <br /> <br />Table 2-19 Action Alternative Comparisons: Wildlife and Vegetation Resources <br />RESOURCE/ISSUE ALTERNATIVE A ALTERNATIVE B ALTERNATIVE C ALTERNATIVE D ALTERNATIVE E ALTERNATIVE F ALTERNATIVE G ALTERNATIVE H <br />NNR ALTERNATIVE – <br />OVERHEAD DESIGN OPTION** <br />NNR <br />ALTERNATIVE – UNDERGROUND DESIGN OPTION <br />NNR <br />ALTERNATIVE – MR SUBROUTE <br />Wildlife <br />Sage-Grouse Active or Inactive Leks (#) <br />Within 0.6/2.0/3.0/4.0* mile 0/2/3/4 0/2/3/5 0/1/3/5 0/1/3/4 0/2/2/5 0/2/2/4 0/1/2/5 0/1/2/4 0/0/0/2 0/0/0/2 0/0/0/2 <br />Sage-Grouse Historic Leks (#) <br />Within 0.6/2.0/3.0/4.0* mile 0/8/9/15 0/10/13/21 0/7/12/21 0/5/8/15 0/10/13/21 0/8/9/15 0/7/12/21 0/5/8/15 2/5/7/10 2/5/7/10 1/4/7/10 <br />Sage-Grouse Population Range (acres within ROW) <br />0-80% Core Population Range 10.2 10.2 7.9 7.9 9.7 9.7 7.4 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 <br />95% Population Range 25.1 25.1 22.1 22.1 25.4 25.4 22.4 22.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 <br />Miles within the YTC Sage-Grouse PAC 41.5 56.7 58.5 43.3 57.1 41.9 58.9 43.7 38.7 38.7 46.0 <br />Disturbance to Sage-Grouse Habitat (acres) <br />Suitable 187.7 162.0 119.2 144.9 151.2 176.9 108.4 134.2 144.0 180.2 161.3 <br />Marginal 94.7 74.0 84.0 104.8 97.9 118.6 107.9 128.7 48.1 62.5 68.5 <br />Unsuitable 54.5 87.0 113.2 80.7 86.9 54.3 113.1 80.5 11.8 11.8 30.3 <br />New Transmission Line Structures (#) <br />Total Number of New Structures 482 477 485 490 480 485 488 493 328 251 383 <br />New Structures Greater than 0.25 Mile from an Existing <br />Transmission Line 391 432 376 335 435 394 379 338 50 50 135 <br />Direct Disturbance to Wildlife Habitat (Acres) 337 323 316 330 336 350 329 343 204 254 260 <br />Wildlife Habitat of Moderate or High Sensitivity (miles crossed) 35.1 31.8 25.0 28.3 28.6 31.9 21.8 25.1 31.1 31.1 31.5 <br />Documented Special Status Species (miles crossed) <br />Raptor Nest within 1 Mile 10.0 14.3 19.6 15.3 14.0 9.7 19.3 15.0 10.5 10.5 9.1 <br />Point within 0.5 Mile 12.5 19.4 17.5 10.6 19.2 12.3 17.3 10.4 8.6 8.6 8.6 <br />Priority Species Regional Areas (miles crossed) 29.6 48.4 50.2 31.4 45.2 26.4 47.0 28.2 5.0 5.0 5.5 <br />Impact Levels (miles crossed) <br />High 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <br />Moderate 43.4 51.1 46.1 38.4 47.3 39.6 42.3 34.6 29.8 29.8 30.8 <br />Low 21.3 10.1 16.9 28.1 14.3 25.5 21.1 32.2 10.7 10.7 17.0 <br />No Identifiable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0