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"" 4 <br />- - _ ~ ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />AleMrd D. Lamm, Gorarnor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />D~d0~0~~ ®~ ~vul~~~.i~~ <br />Jack R. Grle6, Dlre ctor <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Coloratlo 00276 825-7192 <br />RECEIVE® <br />A~ R - 2 1979 <br />RE~LAP~iA I tOfJ SECTION <br />Colo. Uept. of ldatural Resources <br />~ow~aoo\ <br />+.~~- F <br />p ~.~. <br />. ~r ~~ ia?i~~ <br />rp~~O~O~ <br />March 30, 1979 <br />1800 Hiway 550 South <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br />7~ -~~~ 1 <br />Mr. Kenneth Schlagel <br />Sunflower Energy Corporation <br />Suite 100 <br />770 Grant Street <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Schlagel: <br />We have received your request for an evaluation of the impacts of the Blue <br />Ribbon Mine on wildlife and submit the following comments. <br />(a) The primary significant wildlife resources in the area of the <br />mine include deer, elk, small rnam,rlals, non-yame Ilirds; (including <br />raptors) and a trout fishery in Hubbard Creek. <br />(b) All species, except elk, use the area on a year round basis. <br />During an average winter, the area provides important winter <br />range for both deer and elk. <br />(c) There are no threatened or endangered species ~inhahiting the <br />area to the best of our knowledge. The IVortFlern Rald Eagle <br />does ti;inter in the North Fork Valley and Inay occasi;.nal7.y <br />hunt in the Hubbard Creek drainage. liowever, the aline should <br />not impact the eagle's activities• since there are infrequent <br />occurrences in the Hubbard Creek drainage. <br />(d) "ihe general impacts during and ai`t•~r the proposed operation <br />are typical of any mining activity irl a significant wildlife <br />area. Construction activities wild alter or ctest.roy vegeta- <br />tion and land features necessary for food, cover and wildlife <br />survival under natural conditions. some species will be <br />destroyed during construction, while others either move out <br />of the disturbed area or learn to co-exist with the operation. <br />Improved accessibility and knowledge of the area will <br />increase human activity in the area, resulting in additional <br />noise, harassment, poaching, traffic mortalities and general <br />decline in habitat and wildlife populations. The activity <br />of the Blue Ribbon M1tine is rather small by itself, but in <br />combination with other land use activities, primarily mining <br />from other companies and their associated developments (high- <br />ways, railroads, physical plants, increased human activity; <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Harris Sherman, ERecutive Director • WII.ULIFE COMMISSION, Sam Caudll 1, Chairman <br />Michael Higbee, Vice Chairman Jay K. Childress, Secretary !eon K. Tool, Mernber Vernon C. Wil iiams, Meir,oer <br />Thomas Farley, Member Roger Clark, M~rciber \Nilbur Redden, IJ~ember <br />