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Itelwrt on tic•n'icc'll•ip Rr SyIvrsU•r Gulch
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<br />• I:.u n ('. Juhustun. Botanist
<br />t'SIt:1 14,rest tirn ice
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<br />Igj~rltnst~ui~%t; twl.ti.
<br />._ 1. I'er;unnrl pres,mt ,.crc• \like 1'cacuck (1lnuntain CuaU. Itavid \Ichan (1~ ri};ht 11'ater Fnginrrrst.
<br />•_ Ihxt~hts ;\tkin ttiunrisc I•:n;;ina•rin4). ;ind ntvsrll. Phil tichmidt ul Vountain ('o:d ,cas prucnt part cdthr
<br />•_ tinu• in thr uffirr b,•ti,rr;utd after ihr field h•ip.
<br />'- •_. 1~'r lira had a ;hurt n•tieu of pt•uposals;uttl uptiun..:lpparcntl} in the i ur•rrnt rrt isiun of the P:\, a
<br />:: roar! is pn,pused tlnti nvndd nusth I'ullurv the currrnt old double-Irar•k read rxrcpt Grc sunu•drtiation..
<br />('urmnlh \lountaiu ('Hal is pruposinr a to ti "h•mporan roar!." hcsi};n of this road inrludcs an th Ft tcirlr
<br />._ base un which t~ in of a,~rc>;atc,enuld be laid, plus a •> ft ditch and 2:t r•ut and fill hank..'I'his road is
<br />•_ Weeder! b\ \luuntain Coal to access dt•ill sites ;uul other facilities al thr head of tit hcacr Gulch ti,r rey;ular
<br />-- nctinlannner. using eehiclcs of up to;;u tuns sits. ~hnuttain Coal alrcad~ has adcyuatr road ,recs. to thrse
<br />_ larilitia, using •t much longer and nu>tr circuitous routr.
<br />"" Uountuin C'nal had apparcnth Ix•en told that the road was possible if ihcv avoided impach to riparian areas.
<br />__ The ;oak of my inculvcment in this mretint; included drlinr•ation of am riparian areas and wctlaurls that
<br />__ might he impacted h. the pniiert. and dcterntinatiun .rf'cftcrts that the project might have nn those riparian
<br />•_ :nras and t,rtl,uuls.
<br />._ ;; 'I'hrn rcr Jruac to the pa,lx•rh boundary hoh,rrn >luuntnin ('oat prnperh and National Purcwt I:uuls,
<br />.. ll;r.rl~ll~~l~ ~I:Ir ~~,~In,~rn tirr'i!~gl~ .!I di:,l :!K II7 ~V n~~'~•: (,i;I•~h I,tI`;U-~~A'1•`.11t'I1 A?;Ilhin oT1+UU, ^1V' (PI'S pOlnt
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<br />. _ Fgure t Tne gate at'he Pnvale•NFS boundary iookrcg bwards tre NFS
<br />"- .{. prom the proltrrt}• huundan to titation ;;t-:;u (;;r~,) the prolmsrtii route follows the dnublc-track road
<br />__ wi•st and snutht,r~st of Ihr stream channcl.'Throu~{h this arra, wr saw no areas of am ;izc that „Hold yualil}
<br />,, t i;,arian areas, and no indicirluals of accepted rip;u'ian plant slx•cic. ('1'ahle t 1. In must areas near the
<br />-- ~t r~ .un rhannrl ,'r;;etatinn t.as dumin:ncd h< :rn icrbcrn l:Inu•lirnrhirr ulni!'nliu ur .i urtrArnsisl.
<br />-- h;~kvnc~rn I P,rc6rs rir•9inioncr ), snow hc•rn (.~t1rrri~hur•k•ur•l,os r•uhunti/i ~liu ), and Kenturl:) blur);t•ass (Nr xr
<br />r ~n;hwsi:l. I'he ,ide-aotxn alxnr the rhannrl ,n•n• dnntinotrrl M the same sprcirs phts patr•hcs of aspen
<br />- •~ N~q ,rlus n•rnnrLridcsl, oak ((Juercu. ilcrrnheiii), and I)uuglas-tic (Nseu<lnlstritu mrnzirsii) 'I'hr area had
<br />- - h, i n ntuderak•h heavily );razrd by rattle fur a lun;~ time, rstintatrd ao yt• ur murr, but I <;tw nu rvidenrc that
<br />~L~ ; ~ ,•vrr had horn am rip:n•ian vrgctation here.
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