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Colo 0 <br /> University <br /> Knowledge to Go Places <br /> August 31,2012 <br /> Angela Bellantoni <br /> Environmental Alternatives Inc. <br /> 1107 Main Street <br /> Canon City, CO 81212 <br /> Dear Angela: <br /> The Colorado Natural Heritage Program(CNHP) is in receipt of your request for information regarding the <br /> Fremont Paving& Redi& Mix Inc. Proposed Site for Gravel Mine in Pueblo County,Colorado. In response, I <br /> have searched our Biodiversity Tracking and Conservation System(BIOTICS)for natural heritage elements <br /> (occurrences of significant natural communities and rare,threatened or endangered plants and animals) <br /> documented from the vicinity of the area specified in your request,specifically within a two-mile radius of the <br /> location provided by map to CNHP by Environmental Alternatives Inc. for the purposes of this request. <br /> The enclosed report describes natural heritage resources known from this area and gives location(by <br /> Township, Range, and Section),precision information,and the date of last observation of the element at that <br /> location. This report includes elements known to occur within the specified project site,as well as elements <br /> known from similar landscapes near the site. Please note that"precision"reflects the resolution of original <br /> data. For example, an herbarium record from"4 miles east of Colorado Springs" provides much less spatial <br /> information than a topographic map showing the exact location of the occurrence. `'Precision"codes of <br /> Seconds, Minutes, and General are defined in the footer of the enclosed report. <br /> The report also outlines the status of known elements. We have included status according to Natural Heritage <br /> Program methodology and legal status under state and federal statutes. Natural Heritage ranks are <br /> standardized across the Heritage Program network,and are assigned for global and state levels of rarity. They <br /> range from "1" for critically imperiled or extremely rare elements,to"5" for those that are demonstrably <br /> secure. <br /> You may notice that some occurrences do not have sections listed. Those species have been designated as <br /> "sensitive"due to their rarity and threats by human activity. Peregrine falcons,for example,are susceptible to <br /> human breeders removing falcon eggs from their nests. For these species,CNHP does not normally provide <br /> location information beyond township and range. Please contact us should you require more detailed <br /> information for sensitive occurrences. <br /> There are multiple CNHP designated Potential Conservation Areas(PCAs)and no Network of Conservation <br /> Areas (NCAs) located within the vicinity of your project area(see enclosed shapefile and PDF site reports). In <br /> order to successfully protect populations or occurrences, it is necessary to delineate conservation areas. These <br /> conservation areas focus on capturing the ecological processes that are necessary to support the continued <br /> existence of particular element of natural heritage significance. Conservation areas may include a single <br /> occurrence of a rare element or a suite of rare elements or significant features. <br /> a <br /> cOi 6iRDP <br />