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Seeding will be done in the late fall or early spring. Following seeding, certified weed-free hay mulch will <br /> be applied at the rate of two tons per acre, and mechanically crimped (or netted where necessary) to <br /> anchor against blowing. <br /> Weed Management <br /> The operations of this facility will comply with all requirements of Douglas County weed management <br /> regulations. <br /> 2.0 EXTRACTIVE LAND USE SITE EVALUATION <br /> 3.1 Wildlife Impacts Analysis <br /> According to the Douglas County Master Plan, the proposed mine permit property is located at the edge <br /> of the boundary between a high value wildlife habitat area and a moderate value wildlife habitat area <br /> (Douglas County Master Plan Wildlife Habitat Value Map, January, 1992). The applicant is proposing to <br /> mine less than one-half of the total permit property. No more than 20.8 acres will be disturbed at any <br /> time before reclamation commences. While interruption to wildlife habitat is unavoidable in any mining <br /> activity, it has the advantage that interruption will be temporary when appropriate reclamation is <br /> implemented. Using this approach, wildlife impacts will be short-term and small scale. <br /> Mr. Richard Antonio, District Wildlife Manager for the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) has visited <br /> the proposed mine property and made comments and recommendations to the applicant to reduce <br /> wildlife impacts. A copy of Mr.Antonio's letter is attached in Appendix A. <br /> A review of the Colorado Latilong Studies for Bird Distribution, Mammal Distribution, Reptile and <br /> Amphibian Distribution resulted in the following list of possible occurring within the mine permit site <br /> area. This is not a site specific list, but based on records collected the CDOW for similar vegetation <br /> conditions. The site was reviewed as latilong classifications of Short-grass Prairie, Cholla <br /> Cactus/Grassland, and as Mountain Mahogany shrubland. <br />