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~~ ~, III III III III IIII III • STATE OF COLORA00 RICHARD D. ~. G DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES D. Monte Pascoe, Executive Director MINED LAND RECLAMA 423 Centennial 8uilding,1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. (309) 839-3567 David C. July 23, 1981 Director TO: FROM: Lbmin gue Savage ShVIa(.t~ RE: Wyoming Fuel Permit Application: Fish ~ Wildlife File No. C-026-81 Canadian Strip Mine Rich - I have reviewed appendices G and H of the Wyoming Fuel permit relativelto Fish and Wildlife Resources (2.04.11) and Mitigat Wildlife ((2.05.6). The following are my preliminary question This memorandum is for your information and should not be rel to the operator. I. In perusing the BLM map publication, Ranking of Wildli Coal Lands, several portions of the proposed permit area fall ranked will dli fe habitat. The NW corner of section 10 (R78W, T as an antelope fawning area. Sage grovse strutting areas are same general Locale. The South half of sections 10 and lI (R7 designated as areas of mule deer critical winter range. Secti are designated as mule deer migration zones. The applicant nc grouse and mule deer migration zone, but does not address ante or mule deer critical winter range in terms related to potenti or the need for such. If the applicant has more site-specific which indicates these should not be concerns which may require this info~rmlation should be submitted. ~2. TI e applicant should submit a map which documents the location relative to the proposed permit area and existing fac surface disturbance. 3. The applicant should Zikewise delineate the proposed 8 logical study area on a map (may be the same map). 4. The applicant makes the contention that forage product if livestock exclusion occurs from the study area, therefore, will not be required. If the study area is typical of overgra in North Park (indeed, the applicant claims the area is in dys sage has become such a dominant component that many of the "de will not ieturn without some chemical or mechanical stimulatic Restoring~Big Game Range in Utah, Plummer, 1968). To this enb strat ni g vegetation potential) the applicant may need to invok and/or dragging to stimulate growth. applicati n ~n for Fish and and concerns. 3sed verbatim fe on Fed raI into highly 4N) is designated noted in the 9W, T8N) a,re ~ns10and11 tes the sage lope fawning al mitigation in forma ti~on mitigation, Perdiz Lek ilities avid I acre eco- ion will increase ~ferti 1 i zat~i on zed rangelands climax) , the ~sirable" species ~~ (see eg (i.e. demon- = fertilization