2022-01-03_PERMIT FILE - M2022001 (8)

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Exhibit H - Wildlife Information Wildlife Assessment Site Description Savage and Savage biologists conducted an on-site wildlife assessment for the proposed Red Tierra Equities project site on October 26, 2021. The project site is comprised of an approximately 650 acre site within Section 20 of Township 4 North, Range 66 West of the 6`h PM, Weld County, Colorado. The center of the project site is located at 40.297143' latitude and -104.801470' longitude. The property is located west of Gilcrest, Colorado between Colorado Highway 60 on the west, Weld County Road 44 on the north, Weld County Road 29 on the east, and Weld County Road 42 on the south (Figure 1.). The project site is accessed from any of the above roads. Weather during the site investigation was warm, dry, and clear with a temperature in the mid-60's (OF). The topography of the site is dominated by the primary alluvial terrace of the South Platte River. The elevation of the center of the project area is 4760 feet and slopes gently to the west toward the river. The soils that dominate the site are formed from alluvium, with the predominant soils being sandy loams and loam and are underlain by aggregate with varying groundwater levels (USDA, 1981). The significant hydrologic feature near the site is the South Platte River. The project site has been developed for irrigated agriculture, oil and gas production, and a solar energy array, with little native vegetation remaining. The project site has no tree canopy or shrub understory, with the only trees and shrubs located within the yards of homesteads at the edge of the agricultural fields. Agriculture within the project site is irrigated by pivot and flood irrigation methods. Only one vegetation community or type is found within the proposed Red Tierra Equity project site: irrigated agriculture, either flood or pivot-irrigated. Significant Wildlife Resources Tables 1, 2, and 3 list wildlife species that potentially occur on-site according to the Colorado Distribution Latilong Studies (CDOW, 1981, 1990, 1998). The latilong studies address mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. A further review of wildlife species for which the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife has distribution maps on the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission web site (http://cogcc.state.co.us/infosys/Maps/wildlifemap.cfm) did not reveal any sensitive wildlife habitat or surface restricted occupancy areas within or immediately adjacent to the project site (Figure 1.). The closest wildlife feature of significance to the project site is a bald eagle nest and buffer zone located approximately 2200 feet west of the closest project site boundary. Exhibit H Page 1