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