_PERMIT FILE - M1985100 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: M1985100
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: LIMITED IMPACT 110 & SPECIAL TEN DAY 111 PERMIT APPLICATION FORM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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WILDLIFE STATEN T APPLICATION
1. Mine Company
Baca County, Coacnissioners
2. Mine type and location
Gravel Pit
Pit H23 Lots 17 and 19 in Section 16, T.34S., R.48W, of the Sixth P.M.
3.Duration of Operation
Perpetual as needed.
4. Total Area Disturbed
8.769 Acres
5. Wildlife Species List
Horned lark, black-tailed jackrabbit. scaled quail, ring-necked pheasant,
cottontail rabbit, Swainsin's hawk, meadowlark, English sparrow, rough-legged
hawk, kangaroo rat, western kingbird, mourning dove, rattlesnake, lark bunting,
bobwhite, eastern kingbird,mule deer, pocket gopher, loggerhead shrike,
killdeer, prairie falcon, Cassin's sparrow, coyote, white-tailed deer, golden
eagle, and. other nongame species which occur in sand-sage habitat type.
6.Endangered Species Impacted
Golden eagle, and peregrine falcon (very rarely, however).
7. Assessment of Mining Impact on Wildlife
No significant inpact during actual operation of gravel pit.
8. Proposed Mitigation Measures, Including Reclamation for Wildlife Habitat
Back- slope and revegetate, if possible (Lack of moisture might make
revege[ation difficult at best).
9. Only water recourses in this area is deep wells approximately 260 feet
for stock wells and domestic use. Irrigation water in this area is approximately
400 to 450 feet deep and is located in the Ogallala formation but being so
deep no irrigation exists in this area.
Pit No. 23 will be a dry pit with Drainage being in a southwest direction.
Pit No.23 is located on top of a hill, drainage from said hill being one-half
East of Pit No. 23 and Drainage one-half mile West of Pit No.23.
This Pit is High and dry.
10. Vegetation being none because of Farming Operation.
11. Soils information in this report made by the Soil Conservation Service.
Game and Fish Department Information
prepared by: Robert E. Humphrey
June 15, 1985