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5~ <br />EXHIBIT H <br />WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br />The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has been contacted to determine the potential impacts <br />to wildlife habitat that this operation might have. <br />Attached is the response letter tiom Michael Babler of DOW. <br />The Riverbend site consists primazily of pastureland and fallow hay fields. <br />There are prairie dogs on-site. Lafarge will do their best to humanely remove these animals from <br />the site. <br />Bald Eagles are known to roost and feed during the winter months near the South Platte River. <br />The existing habitat will not be disturbed. Although this site is within their winter range, there <br />are no documented roosting trees on this property. <br />Species that might be expected to be seen on the site include the following: rabbits, ground <br />squirrels, opossum, raccoons, fox, ducks, geese, meadow lazks, magpies, robins, killdeer, and <br />pheasants. <br />It is not anticipated that the additional noise and human activity of the proposed operation will <br />have any significant impact on wildlife in the immediate azea. In fact, the reclamation plan for <br />the property should enhance wildlife habitat when complete. Previous mining operations have <br />demonstrated that the creation of an open body of water, with even minimal plantings of grasses <br />and cover along the shoreline, will quickly attract a wide vaziety of wildlife, even while mining <br />operations aze in progress. <br />H-I <br />