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<br />information was solicited from the following sources: <br />1. Colorado Division of Wildlife (DW7) - Bare av.-~a1 and raptor distri- <br />butSon, big game critical areas and population trends, threatened <br />and endangered species sightings, importa-ice of project area try <br />sport hunting, etc. <br />2. Peabody Coal C~npany -wildlife data suhni.t_ted in support of mine <br />permits near the study area. <br />3. Colorado State University (CSU) , University of wyQniu~g (Uta) ; Depart- <br />m~ts of Zoolog}• erred Wildlife Managanent -wildlife information for <br />the area gathered in .support of theses, disser•,,ations or otrpY <br />University research. <br />4. In-house library - a oonsiderahle voltu-ne of both puolished and <br />unpublished ecological information for western Colorado has been <br />• .y amassed as a result of our involy~sent i'e large-scale ecological <br />baseline studies in the area. <br />In addition, biologists working for state and federal agencies a^.d <br />private industry ise the area were interviewed to de'..errnine t1^x avail- <br />ability of site-speci.i:ic ecological information. <br />2Yie existing, site-specific wildlife information was reviEwed for its <br />relevance in describing baseline wildlife conditions for the project <br />area. •r:.e pertinent wildlife data were utilized . try. the ,raxirwn degree to <br />avoi6 duplicatic~ of effort in the present baseline proyzam and to supple- <br />~nt observatons and data gathered on-site during the course of field <br />studies. Data gathered over a period of years are particularly important <br />in developing predictions of populat:.on dynamics and seasonal patterns <br />of distribution of important biota. Such data are oonbined with infor- <br />mation gathered during the study to provide the most accurate possible <br />description of baseline wildlife conditions :or the project site. <br />L -4- <br />• <br />JiiM i 1 1980 <br />(Revised August 2006) Attachment 2.04.10-10-11 <br />