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Savage and Savage Environmer:tal <br />practical solutions for environmental issues <br />4610 Haystack Drive 970 674 8080 telephone <br />Windsor, Colorado 80550 97067480&8 facsimile <br />savageandsavage0earthlink.net <br />July 1, 2013 <br />Craig Hansen <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />P.O. Box 25486 DFC (MS 65412) <br />134 Union <br />Denver, Colorado 80225 <br />RE: Bestway Concrete & Aggregate, Burch Project Site, Concurrence Request that <br />No Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat is Present at the Burch Site <br />Mr. Hansen: <br />On June 8, 2013 Savage and Savage conducted a site investigation at the proposed <br />Bestway Burch Project site in order to determine if habitat for the Preble's Meadow <br />Jumping Mouse is present. The proposed development site is slated for mineral <br />extraction. The Burch project site consists of approximately 32 acres contained within <br />Section 1, Township 2 North, Range 68 West of the 6th Prime Meridian, Weld County, <br />Colorado. The properties are bounded on the north by Weld County Road 26, on the east <br />by a fence line, the south by the existing Bestway mineral extraction operations, and on <br />the west by Weld County Road 11.25. Currently, the proposed Burch project site has <br />ongoing land uses including hayfields, grazing, and an oil and gas wellhead. (Burch <br />Property Location Map) (Burch Property Aerial Photo) <br />The Burch site is situated on the primary alluvial terrace of St. Vrain Creek, located 0.35 <br />miles north of the project site. The property is generally flat and slope gently to the north <br />toward the creek. The Last Chance Ditch is located toward the north boundary of the <br />site, flowing from west to east; and the Rural Ditch bisects the majority of the site into <br />east and west parcels, flowing from south to north. <br />