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L <br />P.ecommended Action: <br />The difr"iculty in recems:ending action for using the coal leasing suitability <br />criteria with Colerddo's pubic land r~rild]ife t;abitat is that, prinari]y, <br />a mental thought process by all personnel involved is really trhat is <br />needed. I stroocly recc.~~~end that: 1) all people ~•rorking ~+rith the <br />criteria zpply they based en t'r~eir o''+rn on-site field situation and t!re <br />fundar,entzl principles of biology for the wildlife species involved; <br />2) personnel do r;ot taY.e do across-the-board, "cookbook prescriptic:~" <br />approach; 3) it is impressed on biologists that they employ a positive <br />attitude and erork ~•rith the energy staff in trying to develcp methods <br />which permit cod] develop rent simultaneous with wildlife habitat protacticn. <br />in all U?;/i•ir-~s, E.'+~s, ESs dnd coal leasing stipulations. The .attached <br />table, Illustraiien 1, has been prepared to haip them in this regard; <br />dnd 4) Sp~CidliSu l"ork DrOfeS510na11)' ;7ith Ot!ier knoWiedgeable sciertists, <br />both v;ithin Q~`rl and t•:ith other agencies, to develcp soiuiions to coal <br />development-tvildiife habitat problems. i:o one perscn hds the ans',r2rs <br />nor should any one District or Rescurce .';rea cielcgist try to solve such <br />prUb]E~S hY Ii11TISclf. Ihcr2 l5 d r:ealth Of literature On many faca:a CT <br />coal deveiopm°117 and its relationships to wiid]ife tirhich can be or" great <br />help to `laid personnel. <br />r ~ /~ <br />~~..e C r -'~`-`~'~ <br />Ed•:rard C. Roberts, ,ir. ~ <br />Wildlife Qiologist <br />Attachment <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />:' <br />• <br />