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(jlAnnison 3AMES o. COCHRAN <br />co u- <br />'lye Gunnison County Wildlife Conservation Coordinator <br />111+1 1 Phone: (970) 641.7604, Fax: (970) 641 -3461 <br />Email: jcochranQgunnisoncourrty.org <br />COLORADO Website: wwwGunnismCcuntyorg <br />TO: Neal Starkebaum <br />Assistant Director <br />Community Development Department <br />Gunnison County <br />FROM: James O. Cochran <br />Wildlife Conservation Coordinator <br />Gunnison County <br />DATE: January 3, 2012 <br />SUBJECT: Sage - grouse Habitat Site Specific Analysis <br />Pre - Application Conference Request <br />Gunnison Valley Properties, LLC <br />Location: 43950 U.S. HWY 50 <br />109 Acres Within a 206.82 Acre Tract in NE4, SE4, NW4. SEC 4,13 <br />AC +- TRACT IN NE4NE4. SEC 5 T49N R1E <br />Parcel #378900000057 (entire tract) <br />Applicant/Proponent: Gunnison Valley Properties, LLC <br />L. Richard Bratton, Co-Manager <br />864 West South Boulder Rd. <br />Louisville, CO 80027 <br />Agencies /Departments/Personnel: James O. Cochran, Gunnison County Wildlife <br />Conservation Coordinator <br />Notes: The applicant submitted a Gunnison Sage - grouse Pre - application <br />Conference Request on December 28, 2011. No intended use was specified in the <br />request, but prior conversations with Mr. Bratton indicate that the intent is to apply for <br />authorizations to conduct gravel extraction /processing operations on the east end of the <br />sub - parcel specified. No other uses were discussed. <br />The proposed activity is not within 0.6 miles of a Gunnison Sage- grouse lek. It is within <br />mapped Gunnison Sage - grouse Occupied Habitat. An onsite assessment was not <br />considered necessary because the reviewer was familiar with the property. <br />There is Gunnison Sage - grouse habitat north of State Highway 50 and south of Tomichi <br />Creek in this area. The 109 acre sub - parcel noted on the map provided is primarily <br />irrigated hay meadow, most of which is outside the 50m (155ft) sagebrush /wet meadow <br />200 E. Virginia Avenue + Gunnison, CO 81230 <br />