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STATE OF COLORADO REFER TO <br />• Roy Romer, Governor <br /> DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> DIVISION OF WILDLIFE G~LU~O, <br /> AN EOUAI OPPORTUNITY EN.PICYER b <br />r~', <br /> Perry D. Olson, Director <br />6060 Broadway ~ ` <br />QN <br /> Denver, Colorado 60216 ~F <br />' Telephone: !303) 297-7192 For Wildlife - <br />Peo <br />le <br />F <br /> or <br />p <br /> February 19, 1996 <br /> <br />' Mr. Richard Tifft <br />The Whitewood Geologic Group, Inc. <br /> P.O. Box 881215 <br /> Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 <br />1 <br /> RE: Review of Notice of Intent to Explore, Cottonwood Land Company <br />' <br /> Dear Mr. Tiff t; <br /> I have reviewed your application for a Notice of Intent (NOI} to <br /> explore for coal in an area approximately 10 miles southwest of the <br /> town of Hayden, Colorado. I have been asked to make specific <br />' comments and recommendations in regards to wildlife issues and <br /> concerns. <br />' According to Division of Wildlife records there is no critical <br />habitat within the area of exploration for any listed State or <br />Federal threatened or endangered species. <br />' There are at least two active lek sites for Columbian Sharp-Tailed <br />Grouse within one to two miles of drill locations specified as <br />sites "F" and "G" on the Exploration Drilling Map 1 submitted with <br />' your application. Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse are listed by the <br />United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a category 2 specie. <br />While sites "F" and "G" are within potential nesting distance from <br />an active lek site for this specie they are not characteristic of <br />normal nesting habitat. Sites "A", "B", and "C" are located in <br />more typical nesting habitat however no active lek sites are <br />located within an expected nesting distance of those locations. <br />Haked on available information I do not expect the activities <br />outlined in your application to result in any negative impacts to <br />this specie. <br />t There is a historic lek site for Sage Grouse within two miles of <br />the drill location specified as loca*_ion "E" on the Exploration <br />1 <br />' DERARTMEN7 OF NATURAL RESOURCES, James S. Lochhead. Execuave Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Thomas M. Eve, Chavman • Louis F. S~xih, Vice-Chairman • Amold Salazar. Secretary <br />Jesse Langston Boyd, Jr., Member • Rebecca L. Frank. Member <br />William R. Hogberg, Member • Mark LeValley, Member • John D. Fuller Sr., Member <br />1 <br />