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t CO June 10, 2015 COLORADO Parks and Wildlife Department of Natural Resources Pueblo Service Center - Area 11 600 Reservoir Road Pueblo, CO 81005 P 719.561.5300 1 F 719.561.5321 Amy Eschberger Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman St, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 RE: Notice of 112 Construction Materials Reclamation Permit Amendment Application Consideration Leone Sand & Gravel LLc, Leone Gravel Pit #2, Permit No. M-2006-085-AM01 a Dear Amy Eschberger: Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) would like to thank you for the opportunity to comment on the gravel pit being proposed by Leone Sand & Gravel, LLC. The general location of the proposed gravel pit is east of Trinidad on property owned by Biber Family. This request was forwarded to Trinidad East District Wildlife Manager Jacob Way for evaluation and comments. The area can best be categorized as short grass prairie transitioning into several hills. The focus of the impacted area will be on several hill tops expanding the present pit #2 operated by Leone Sand & Gravel. Wildlife species that may be commonly found in the proposed and surrounding areas are pronghorn, mule deer, scaled quail, western rattle snake, bull snake, black tailed prairie dog, burrowing owl, as well as other various raptor and song bird species. There are no known active black tailed prairie dog colonies within the boundaries of the proposed area. There are also no known state or federal threatened or endangered species occupying the site. Disturbance to the short grass prairie habitat will occur due to the proposed action; however this disturbance can be reduced if some recommendations are followed. • Care should be taken in the design and construction of access roads to the site to minimize erosion, taking into account proper drainage and sloping of road cuts. Slopes should be seeded with a native seed mix and monitored for successful vegetation establishment. • A stockpile of the removed topsoil should be set aside for reclamation purposes. This stockpile should also be temporarily seeded to minimize erosion losses, and then spread over the mined area prior to seeding with native grasses, forbs, and shrubs. • The site should be sloped to approximate contours that existed prior to mining. • It is recommended that livestock be excluded from the site until such time as the site is released and the bond returned. This will help ensure vegetation reestablishment. of Oto Bob D. Broscheid, Director, Colorado Parks and Wildlife • Parks and Wildlife Commission: Robert W. Bray, Chair . Chris Castilian, Vice Chair Jeanne Home, Secretary • John Howard, Jr. • Bill Kane • Dale Pizel • James Pribyl • James Vigil • Dean Wingfield • Michelle Zimmerman • Alex Zipp Av76 �