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Savage and Savage Environmental r `: <br /> practical solutions for environmental issues <br /> 4610 Haystack Drive 970 674 8080 telephone +;r1= <br /> Windsor, Colorado 80550 970 674 8088 facsimile s, 1, <br /> savageandsavage@earthlink.net <br /> fir. . . <br /> April 9, 2019 <br /> Alison Michael <br /> U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> P.O. Box 25486, DFC (MS 65412) <br /> Denver, Colorado 80225 <br /> RE: Concurrence Request for Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat <br /> Disqualification—Bestway, Bernhardt Site, Milliken, Colorado <br /> Ms. Michael: <br /> The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) has requested a <br /> Preble's meadow jumping mouse habitat evaluation for two areas at the Bestway <br /> Bernhardt mineral extraction site. The habitat evaluation is being conducted in <br /> conjunction with the Bernhardt site DRMS permit # M2002-120, Amendment 1. The <br /> amendment will add a six acre parcel located north of the Milliken Wastewater Treatment <br /> Plant to the mining permit area(Figures 1&2, Mining/Amendment Plans). <br /> The Bernhardt site is situated between the Big Thompson River and Colorado Highway <br /> 56 within the Town of Milliken, Colorado. It is located within the S1/2 of Section 1, <br /> Township 4 North, Range 67 West of the Sixth Prime Meridian in Weld County, <br /> Colorado. The latitude and longitude of the center of the Bernhardt Resource site are <br /> 40°20'14" North and 104°50'20" West. <br /> Peter Plage (formerly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Colorado Field <br /> Office) visited the site in the summer of 2006 and recommended our firm submit a <br /> clearance request for Area 3. He concluded Area 3 did not contain suitable mouse habitat <br /> due to lack of vegetation cover and stratification. Mr. Plage also concurred at the site that <br /> Areas 1, 2, 3A, 4, 5, and 5a were, by definition, disqualified as mouse habitat as these <br /> areas were in row crops (corn). <br /> A habitat disqualification for the Preble's meadow jumping mouse was submitted to the <br /> USFWS dated June 23, 2006 and a clearance letter was received from USFWS dated <br /> August 2, 2006. <br />