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~i <br />SHIPPS PIT - WELD COUNTY <br /> <br />EXHIBIT D: WILDLIFE, WATER RESOURCES, VEGETATION, AND SOILS INFORMATION <br />1. Wildlife <br />Please see enclosed letter from Division of Wildlife concerning <br />wildlife impact far the area. <br />2. Water Resources <br />Our excavation is in the channel and flood plain of the Lone Tree <br />Creek, which is a dry creek that flows only during periods of runoff. <br />The creek channel ranges from approximately 12' to 104' throughout <br />the pit area. During periods of high runoff water will be able to <br />pond in the excavation; however, it is felt that this will cause no <br />problems as the bottom of the pit will be granular material which <br />will allow the water to disperse and cause no stagnant water. In <br />addition, previous excavations made in the channel have been filled <br />by sand and gravel washed down the creek by occasional floods. This <br />will tend to lessen the water trapping capabilities of our excavation. <br />The excavation is to be such that ground water elevations will not <br />be encountered. <br />3. Vegetation <br />The area where we will remove topsoil is presently being used as <br />rangeland grazing. The following plant species with their estimated <br />percent composition by weight were reported by the U. S. Soil <br />Conservation Service after afield inspection of the site. <br />ESTIMATED "o <br />COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMPOSITION BY WT. <br />Blue Grama Bouteloua Gracilis 5 <br />Buffalo Grass <br />Wavy Leaf Thistle <br />Texas Tumblegrass <br />Fringed Sage <br />Sand Dropseed <br />False Buffalograss <br />Prickley Pear Cactus <br />Red Three Awn <br />Common Sunflower <br />Buchloe Dactyloides 15 <br />Cirsium Undulatum T <br />Schedonnardus Paniculatus 1 <br />Artemisia Frigida 1 <br />Sporobolus Cryptandrus 25 <br />Munroa Squarrosa 1 <br />Opuntia Polyacantha T <br />Aristida Longiseta 3 <br />Helianthus Annus T <br />