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WILDLIFE INFORMATION - EXHIBIT H <br />The following resources were used in evaluating wildlife impact: <br />- Essential Habitat for Threatened and Endangered Wildlife in Colorado - Wildlife <br />Management Section, DOW, Department of Natural Resources, State of Colorado, 1978. <br />- Colorado Bird Distribution Latilong Study, DOW (1978). <br />- Colorado Mammal Distribution Latilong Study, DOW (1978). <br />- Park County Select Species List, Wildlife Inventory Information, DOW - (1977) <br />- Park County Wildlife Resolution, No. 31. <br />- Colorado Threatened or Endangered Wildlife - Designation of Species DOW (1983). <br />The proposed mine site is located .2 miles northwest of the town of Fairplay, Park County, south of <br />Colorado Highway 9 and immediately surrounding the Middle Fork of the South Platte River. The site is <br />at the 10,100 foot level east of the crest of the Continental Divide, and a significant portion of the permit <br />area has been significantly disturbed by years of previous on -site mining dating to the 1860's. <br />Vegetation surrounding the site and on the undisturbed portions of the site consists of the conifer over - <br />story (Lodgepole pine and Bristlecone pine), Aspen (located on glacial moraines north and east of the <br />site) and the herbaceous under -story ( Kinnikinnick , mixed grasses and forbs). Pinewoods are found <br />along the banks of the River and along portions of Sacramento Creek. Dry high altitude meadow exists <br />on areas of the western side of the permit area. <br />Both cottontails and jackrabbits have been sighted, and there are elk, deer, coyote and fox present. The <br />gravel tailing piles (which have been present for many years before initial permit approval in 1984), <br />Colorado Highway 9 and the Town of Alma have acted as a deterrent to land migration for years for big <br />game. The start-up of the mining operation would therefore not interrupt any migration routes. <br />Based on the referenced visual observations, and using the habitat types present on the site as described <br />and seen on Map C -1, generalized descriptions of non - threatened and endangered wildlife species <br />potentially present on the site were developed. Common mamalian species known to inhabit the area <br />around the site include a number of rodents, snowshoe hares, white - tailed jackrabbits, coyotes, red fox, <br />stripped skunks, badgers, mountain lion, bobcats, elk, mule deer and bighorn sheep. <br />Sullivan Aggregate Pit March 2015 H -5 <br />