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<br />Derr Pit Project <br />DRMS 112 Permit Amendment <br />USFWS. For a more detailed explanation of the information obtained for the <br />investigation, refer to the attached report. <br /> <br />The DOW NDIS data provides lists of wildlife known to be common or abundant in Weld <br />County, and which might occur within or near the proposed project site. These lists <br />include a variety of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The following list is an <br />example of some representative species that occur on the list for Weld County and <br />could be expected to be present on or in proximity to the project site: <br /> bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) <br /> plains spadefoot (Spea bombifrons) <br /> tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) <br /> plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) <br />American robin (Turdus migratorius) <br /> bank swallow (Riparia riparia) <br /> black-billed magpie (Pica pica) <br /> common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) <br /> mallard (Anas platyrhnchos) <br /> mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) <br /> big brown bat (Eptescius fuscus) <br /> coyote (Canis latrans) <br /> desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) <br /> meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) <br /> racoon (Procyon lotor) <br /> white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) <br /> <br />Wildlife may utilize the site for breeding, feeding, and reproduction. The majority of the <br />site is active, 90% of the site is disturbed and weedy, which provides limited habitat <br />value as compared to native riparian areas and grasslands. The mining operation may <br />disturb some of the wildlife within the proposed site boundary, but seems unlikely due to <br />the amount of activities that are ongoing at the site. Mining activities will be confined to <br />specific areas and reclamation will be performed concurrent with mining to limit the total <br />disturbed acreage at any one time. This will help limit the disturbance to wildlife in the <br />area. <br />