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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Bi11 Owens, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />John W. Mumma, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80276 <br />Telephone: 13031 297.1 192 <br />Mr. Mark Austin <br />RG Consulting Engineers, Inc. <br />336 Main Street, Suite 203 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501 <br />January 31, 2000 <br />Re: Monument View Gravel Pit <br />Dear Mr. Austin, <br />For 6Yildlije- <br />For Peop/e <br />The Division of Wildlife (DOW) has reviewed your gravel mining proposal and conducted a <br />site review. Because of the sparse vegetation, mostly greasewood, few species inhabit the area <br />at present. These species include cottontail rabbits as the largest, aside from an occasional <br />coyote or redfox, as well as assorted rodents, songbirds and herptiles. Hunting raptors will be <br />mostly affected by the loss of a hunting area and the prey animals that once occupied it. <br />However, these birds will merely "move over" into adjacent undeveloped lands as the other <br />creatures will do. This project alone will have a minimal impact to the local wildlife. But as <br />this area continues to develop, there will be less "vacant" or undeveloped land and fewer <br />places for the local wildlife populations to be able to move. It will be the cumulative impacts <br />of many projects in the area that will affect and change the local wildlife populations. Thank <br />you for the opportunity to comment. <br />Sincerely ~, <br />L-I k ~ ~ ~l C9~x-- <br />Terry M. Ma~eson <br />District Wildlife Manager <br />cc: Yamashita. Toolen <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES -Greg Watcher, Executive Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION -Chuck Lewis, Chairman • Mark LeValley, Vice-Chairman • Bernard L Black Jr., Secretary <br />Rick Enstrom, Member • Philip James, Member • Marianna Raftopoulos. Member <br />Arnold Salazar, Member • Bob Shoemaker. Member <br />