PERMFILE43875

• Permit No: M1996082
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/9/1996
• From: DOW
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
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STATE OF COLORADO • III'll 111 111 "II'll •
Roy Romer, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RECEIVED
SAN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
John W. Mumma, Director
6060 Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80276
Telephone: [phone]
Carl B. Mount
Div.of Mineral and Geology
1313 Sherman Street, Rm 215
Denver, CO 80203
DEC D 9 1996
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REFER TO
For Wildlife -
For Peoyle
December 5, 1996
Dear Mr. Mount:
The major concerns regarding the Blair Mesa Gravel Pit (M-
96-082) have already been stated in my letter to Mr. Kirtland
which is a part of the application. The primary concern is the
continued loss of critical winter range along the White River.
As I tried to explain to Mr. Kirtland, the loss of 40 acres
of habitat to this mining operation is not necessarily critical.
However, this 40 acres combined with the other gravel pit less
than 0.5 miles away could create a problem for the deer in a hard
winter. With these pits so close together, it is critical that
the reclamation process be monitored closely, so that the winter
range is reclaimed as soon as possible.
Sin rely,
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Mark W. Caddy
District Wildlife Manager
P.O. Box 670
Rangely, CO 81648
(970)-674-5714
cc: D. Prenzlow
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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, James S. Lochheatl, Executive Director
WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Arnold Salazar, Chairman • Rebecca L. Frank, Vice Chair • Mark Le Valley, Secretary
Louis F Swift. Member • Jesse Langston Boyd, Jr., Member
William R. Hegberq, Member • John Stulp, Member • James R. Long, Member