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EXHIBIT H <br /> Wildlife Information SCANNED <br /> General <br /> Buys and Associates, Inc. (B&A) was retained by Tetra Tech to assess wildlife habitats (including <br /> habitat for T&E species) on a property adjacent to the Greeley 35`h Avenue Mine in Weld County <br /> north of Greeley, Colorado. This assessment was conducted on the Lafarge Brown property. <br /> Wildlife surveys and habitat assessments were conducted by B&A biologists on February 5, 2009. <br /> B&A biologists surveyed the property on foot using a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx (accurate to < 10 <br /> meters). Photos and notes were taken of the wildlife habitats present on the Lafarge Brown <br /> property. <br /> The Lafarge Brown property, which is approximately 12 acres in size, falls within Section 34 of <br /> Township 6 North, Range 66 West (Figure H-1). The property includes a weedy area with an <br /> active prairie dog colony. Figure H-2 shows the Lafarge Brown property and the sub-region of <br /> land use/vegetation. For more information regarding the vegetation found on the Lafarge Brown <br /> property, refer to Exhibit J—Vegetation Information. <br /> The northwestern portion of the property is bounded by a fence. The Cache La Poudre River <br /> corridor, which includes a bike path, is located just outside and northwest of this fence. <br /> Approximately 1,695 feet of the Cache La Poudre River borders the Lafarge Brown property. This <br /> portion of the river is surrounded by a riparian corridor with a middle-aged cottonwood canopy. <br /> Although the area outside and northwest of the fence described above would not be disturbed, due <br /> to its proximity to the Lafarge Brown property information about this area is included in this report. <br /> Significant Wildlife Resources <br /> The Lafarge Brown property falls within the Central Shortgrass Prairie Physiographic Region (PIF <br /> 2009) or the Great Plains physiographic feature (Mutel and Emerick 1992). According to Mutel <br /> and Emerick (1992), the plains grasslands and lowland riparian areas in Colorado provide habitat <br /> for the following common mammals: badger (Taxidea taxus), coyote (Canis latrans), deer mouse <br /> (Peromyscus maniculatus), western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis), plains pocket <br /> gopher (Geomys bursarius), black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), eastern cottontail <br /> (Sylvilagus floridanus), muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), raccoon (Procyon lotor), stripped skunk <br /> (Mephitis mephitis), and fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). A large variety of migratory birds utilize <br /> these habitats, they include: red winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), American coot (Fulica <br /> americana), northern flicker (Colaptes auratus), western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis), <br /> eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullockii), Virginia rail (Rallus <br /> limicola), barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), house wren (Troglodytes aedon), western meadowlark <br /> (Sturnella neglecta), vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus), prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus), <br /> golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), and Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni). Reptiles and <br /> amphibians that utilize these habitats include: western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis), plains leopard <br /> frog (Rana blairi), Western chorus frog (Pseudacris triseriata), tiger salamander (Ambystoma <br /> tigrinum),painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), and the Great Plains toad(Bufo cognatus). <br /> Greeley 35`"Avenue Mine(M-1977-036) <br /> DRMS 112 Reclamation Permit Amendment Application <br /> Page HI of H9 <br />