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05/12/2019 18: 37 7195615321 PAGE 02/03 <br /> COLORADO <br /> Parks and Wildlife <br /> " Department of Natural Resources 10FIWER <br /> Pueblo Service Center MAY 1 2019 <br /> 600 Pueblo Reservoir Road <br /> Pueblo, CO 81005 <br /> P 719-561-5300 1 F 719.561-5321 DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br /> MINING AND SAFETY <br /> May 10, 2019 <br /> Jared Ebert <br /> Environmental Pr tectio» Specialist III <br /> Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br /> 1.313 Sher;m.an. St. Room <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> RE: White Wolf Construction Borrow Pit File No. 2018-029 <br /> Dear Mr. Ebert, <br /> Thank you for tbel opportunity to comment on reclamation as it prelates to the <br /> corrective action lior a half-acre pit excavated by White Wolf Construction and <br /> Landscaping, LL4. A Colorado Parks and Wildlife has reviewed the information <br /> and the site and dkermm' ed that seed mixture for Zone. 2 Foothills (Lower <br /> _._.Montane) might the most-applicable:Although-not a mazj-or water.-course this - <br /> tributary area dra' s into the Purgatoi.re River and downstream siltation. should <br /> always be a con.si eration. <br /> I <br /> It is imperative that any reclamation be complete as soon as possible for the most <br /> effective establishment of ground cover to prevent erosion. Again, although <br /> minimal in ecosystem stature, this side coulee drainage provides a travel quarter <br /> for predator/prey relationship such as mountain lions and bears and also for deer, <br /> elk and small game species moving from cover to the riparian zones. In that regard <br /> establishment of�rowse species such. as mountain mahogany and narrow leaf <br /> cottonwood coul.4 be a positive addition. <br /> i <br /> ,A.ltlaougb not regl,1red, consideration dpossi.ble ga.bion rock structures to slow <br /> water arovement during periods of 11.asb flood events through that area might also <br /> be a constructive 'addition. The cumulative effect of water movement through the <br /> side drainages bec oones a measurable issue for siltation un Trinidad Lake which <br /> or, SOW <br /> Actin Director,Colorado PaOks and Wildlife-Pads and Wildlife CommlAon:Robert W,9ra Matthew[iurkett•Charles Garda•Marie Haskett <br /> Jeff Ver Stee9, 4 y• � !• <br /> Carrie geRtette Hauser 4 John Howard,Chair Marvin McDaniel•Colleen Peppler+Jennifer Rieke?aylor•.James Vigi,Se-!Mary.Micht-lie Zimmerman,Vice-Chair <br /> w lg76 r <br />