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COLORADO RECEIVEDMaY162019 <br /> Parks and Wildlife <br /> Department of Natural Resources WS"OF RECLAMqTJW <br /> MININGANO UFN <br /> Pueblo Service Center <br /> 600 Pueblo Reservoir Road <br /> Pueblo, CO 81005 <br /> P 719-561-5300 1 F 719-561-5321 <br /> May 10, 2019 <br /> Jared Ebert <br /> Environmental Protection Specialist III <br /> Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br /> 1313 Sherman 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 the opportunity to comment on reclamation as it relates to the <br /> corrective action for a half-acre pit excavated by White Wolf Construction and <br /> Landscaping, LLC. A Colorado Parks and Wildlife has reviewed the information <br /> and the site and determined that seed mixture for Zone 2 Foothills (Lower <br /> Montane) might be the most applicable. Although not a major water course this <br /> tributary area drains into the Purgatoire River and downstream siltation should <br /> always be a consideration. <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 browse species such as mountain mahogany and narrow leaf <br /> cottonwood could be a positive addition. <br /> Although not required, consideration of possible gabion rock structures to slow <br /> water movement during periods of flash flood events through that area might also <br /> be a constructive addition. The cumulative effect of water movement through the <br /> side drainages becomes a measurable issue for siltation in Trinidad Lake which <br /> Jeff Ver Steeg,Acting Director,Colorado Parks and Wildlife•Parks and Wildlife Commission:Robert W.Bray•Matthew Burkett•Charles Garcia•Marie Hasketto�o� <br /> Carrie Besnette Hauser•John Howard,Chair•Marvin McDaniel•Colleen Peppier.Jennifer Rieke Taylor•James Vigil,Secretary•Michelle Zimmerman,Vice-Chair <br />