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s <br /> Banks and Gesso, LLC <br /> EXHIBIT H —WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br /> Farming for agricultural crops has significantly altered the wildlife habitat on the <br /> entire proposed permit area. Review of wildlife data for this area does not show <br /> that any critical wildlife habitats for the Ft. Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine permit <br /> area exist. Based on a search of the Colorado Natural Heritage Program <br /> records, there are no known Threatened and Endangered species of plants or <br /> animals on this proposed permit site. See the letter in this Exhibit from the <br /> Colorado Natural Heritage Program dated July 1999, confirming these <br /> statements. <br /> Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (a Federally protected species) habitat is not <br /> present along the Lupton Bottom Ditch that flows through the central portion of <br /> the proposed permit area. The mouse requires wet, grassy meadows and dense <br /> riparian vegetative cover, usually within 100 feet of a stream. An investigative <br /> survey conducted by Savage and Savage in August 1999, encountered no <br /> potential critical habitat for this mouse and this fact was later confirmed by <br /> correspondence from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) dated <br /> September 3, 1999. The USFWS concluded that mining development on this <br /> proposed permit area will not affect Preble's habitat. A copy of this report and <br /> the USFWS correspondence is contained within this Exhibit. <br /> Ft. Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine.CDMG.112 Permit 31 99024.WD <br /> L.G.Evenst, Inc. December, 1999 <br />