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i III IIIIIIIIIIIII III • <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />Perry D. Olson, Director <br />6060 Broadway ' <br />Denver, Coloratlo 8021 fi <br />Telephone:13031297-1192 <br />151 E. loth St. <br />Durango, Cu Bi301 <br />Tom Gillis <br />Uiv, of Minerals ~ Geology <br />14 i4 Main Rm 223 <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />Received <br />MAR 0 6 1995 <br />Durango Fleld Office <br />Oivis!on o} Mirera!s & Geology <br />®~~~~R <br />®~=rrc;~ <br />G~~~o <br />O®~ <br />`~'OF~ <br />For ~ldlife- <br />For People <br />March 3, 1995 <br />Re: Dolores County, Black Snag, File ivo. Pf-95-010 <br />Dear Tom, <br />I forwarded the Application Notice for this gravel pit to UWM Uave <br />Harper for his review. We offer the following comments for your <br />use in permitting this activity. <br />The site is located in designated big game winter concentration <br />area. This designation implies that this is the most important <br />habitat for big game survival. Therefore any activities regulated <br />in this area should provide for the least harassment of big game. <br />Winter operations should not be allowed, or ai most be restricted <br />to the hours of 1Gam - 2pm during the months of Gctober to the <br />following April. Workers should not be allowed to have firearms or <br />dogs with them while working this site during the winter period. <br />The habitat is primarily sagebrush and pinyon/jltniper. Reclamation <br />should account for the potential use of this area by big game. <br />Reseeding with native grasses should include a variety of cool <br />season and warm season sod and bunch grasses. Gravel extraction <br />should be conducted so as not to allow runoff from the site into <br />Lisappointment Creek. Further, contamination of groundwater or <br />surface water from petroleum products should not occur. The <br />Division recommends slopes of a matiim>tm 3:1 be used at final <br />reclamtion in order to obtain optimum bank stability and <br />revegetation. <br />If you have any question, please feel free to call me. <br />Si~nc~erely, <br />/..'tit "` /j1. ~rv~- <br />Ruth I.1. Lewis <br />Habitat biologist <br />cc: Clark, Zgainer, Harper <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, James S. Lochhead, Executive Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Thomas M. Eve, Chairman ~ William R. Hegberg, Member ~ Louis F. Swift, Vice Chairman ~ Mark LeValley, Mamber <br />Eldon Cooper, Member ~ Rehecca L. Frank, Member ~ Arnold Salazar, Secretary ~ Jesse Langston Boyd, Jr., Member <br />