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~0~ <br />Uniterslty <br />December 4, 2002 <br />Edith Savage <br />Savage and Savage <br />4b4 West Sti(rlae COnrt <br />Louisville, CO 80027-2227 <br />Knowledge to Co Places <br />Colorado Natural Heritage Progr.+m <br />College of Natural Rcsources <br />254 General Services <br />Fort Collins. Colorado 80523-602t <br />(970)491-1309 <br />Fe~X: (970) 491-3349 <br />~~~avsv.cnhp.rnloste te.edu <br />Deal Edith, <br />The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) is in receipt of your request for information regazding <br />the proposed project azea at Nissen Farms. In response, I have searched our Biological and Conservation <br />Datasystem (BCD) for natural heritage elements (occurrences of significant natural communities and rare, <br />threatened or endangered plants and animals) documented from the vicinity of the azea specified in your <br />request, specifically within the S '/z of Section 12 in Township 5 N, Range b7 W in Weld County, <br />Colorado. <br />The enclosed report describes natural heritage resources known from this area and gives location (by <br />Township, Range, and Section), precision information, and the date of last observation of the element at <br />that location. This report includes elements known to occur within the specified project site, as well as <br />elements known from similaz landscapes near the site. Please note that "precision" reflects the resolution <br />of original data. For example, an herbarium record from "4 miles east of Colorado Springs" provides <br />much less spatial information than a topographic map showing the exact location of the occurrence. <br />"Precision" codes of Seconds, Minutes, and General are defined in the footer of the enclosed report. <br />The report also outlines the status of known elements. We have included status according to Natural <br />Heritage Program methodology and legal status under state and federal statutes. Natural Heritage ranks <br />are standardized across the Heritage Program network, and are assigned for global and state -evels of <br />rarity. They range from "l" for critically imperiled or extremely raze elements, to "5" for those that are <br />demonstrably secure. <br />You may notice that some occurrences do not have sections listed. Those species have been designated as <br />"sensitive" due to iheu rarity and Ulreats by human activity. Peregrine falcons, for example, are <br />susceptible to human breeders removing falcon eggs from their nests. For these species, CNHP does not <br />nomlally provide location information beyond township and range. Please contact us should you require <br />more detailed information far sensitive occurrences. <br />There aze no CNHP designated Potential Conservation Areas located within your project azea. In order to <br />successfully protect populations or occurrences, it is necessary to delineate conservation areas. These <br />conservation areas focus on capturing the ecological processes that are necessary to support the continued <br />existence of a particular element of natural heritage significance. Conservation areas may include a single <br />occurrence of a rare element or a suite of rare elements or significant features. <br />o` }{uuaBe~ <br />tioi <br />`qOfW- <br />