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TM cannot protect Little Turkey Creek or recreate the vital, fully evolved riparian corridor, which <br /> supports a large, diverse wildlife population and migratory users. Additionally, when the surface <br /> and ground water are disrupted and/or significantly disturbed, the ecosystem changes and can <br /> no longer support the complex life forms there today. Compromise the creek and you cannot <br /> replace it <br /> Of note, the existing pinion /juniper woodlands habitat, a cornerstone of the area's unique <br /> biological character, also cannot be replaced. When gone, there is nothing to support the <br /> indigenous wildlife population. <br /> Again, to compound the importance of protecting this habitat reclamation, please realize that <br /> there is already the Schmidt quarry in the Big Turkey Creek drainage and it has greatly <br /> disrupted the larger area's existing wildlife population and migration routes. Little Turkey Creek <br /> is now the region's main remaining drainage through which wildlife can move between the <br /> plains up into the higher country to the west. If the creek is compromised and its adjacent <br /> ecosystem affected, the wildlife impact will be large. You cannot simply reclaim such a complex <br /> and important keystone feature of an area. <br /> We object strongly to this proposed quarry. It is unnecessary as there are other quarries nearby <br /> and if they can't provide the granite for the area's demand, there are many other locations which <br /> can provide the granite with much less disturbance to surrounding existing residents, water, <br /> wildlife and the ecosystem. This is a unique, sensitive environment, critical to a much larger <br /> area. Please deny the permit application. <br /> Warren H Dean <br />