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COLORADO <br /> Parks and Wildlife <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> Lamar Service Center <br /> 2500 South Main Street <br /> Lamar, CO 81052 <br /> P 719.336.6600 1 F 719.336.6623 <br /> 08/22/2014 <br /> Riverside Aggregates, LLC <br /> 1750 County Rd HH <br /> Lamar, CO 81052 <br /> — -- — RE:E-onstruction #-112 application- <br /> File #M-2010-080 Friederich's Pit <br /> Dear Mr. Torres: <br /> Thank you for the opportunity to comment on File No. M-2010-080. Our goal at the Colorado <br /> Parks £t Wildlife (CPW) is to provide complete, consistent, and timely information to all <br /> entities who request comment on matters within our statutory authority and our mission- <br /> which is to protect, preserve, enhance and manage wildlife and their environment for the <br /> use, benefit, and enjoyment of the people of Colorado and its visitors. <br /> District Wildlife Manager Rick Gardner recently visited the site described as SE1/4 of SW1/4 <br /> section 81, Township 22S, Range 47W, in Prowers County which already has a gravel pit on the <br /> site. The land around the proposed site is agricultural and holds relatively tow wildlife value. <br /> Wildlife expected at the site would be primarily small ground-dwelling mammals, ground <br /> nesting birds, passerine and migratory birds, possibly waterfowl feeding, fox, raccoon, <br /> coyotes as welt as larger mammals including deer. There is no evidence at this time of any <br /> threatened or endangered wildlife using this area nor does this area appear to be critical <br /> habitat. <br /> Current CPW policy directs our efforts towards proposals that will potentially have high <br /> impacts to wildlife and wildlife habitat. The emphasis of the CPW's concerns is on large <br /> acreages, critical habitats, wildlife diversity, and impacts to species of special concern, or <br /> those that are state or federally endangered. Due to the current uses, size and location of <br /> the proposed site impacts of the development, as proposed, may be characterized as <br /> minimal. <br /> This may not mean that the landscape has no value to wildlife. Therefore, in this case, we <br /> want to focus our recommendations on planning and implementing your proposal to minimize <br /> negative impacts to wildlife at the site. Reclamation of the site following the mining should <br /> OF LOCO, <br /> Bob D.Broscheid,Director,Colorado Parks and Wildlife.Parks and Wildlife Commission:Robert W.Bray-Chris Castilian,Secretary-Jeanne Herne <br /> Berl Kane,Chair-Gaspar Perricone-Dale Pizel-James Pribyl-James Vigil-Dean Wingfield-Michelle Zimmerman-Alex Zipp * + <br /> �� 9& 4/114L/F1 <br />