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<br />,_ STATE OR COLORADO <br />plcharA D. 4mm, Oonmer <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE8 <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />Jeak R. Grle b, Director <br />6060 Broatlway <br />- Denver, ColoreOO 8021¢ 826-1192 <br />Mr. Roy Parchini March 23, 1979 <br />PO Box 636 <br />Ft. Morgan, Colorado 80701 <br />R°: tour request for information concerning your Mining Permit application. <br />Dear Sir: <br />I have reviewed the proposed mining application, including the mining operation <br />and reclamation plans, and am forl.arding tqy comments concerning the wildlife <br />impacts. <br />I find the overall impacts on wildlife to be minimal on the 1J0 acre site, with <br />the proposed development and reclamation. The resident big game species of <br />Wildlife include only the Mule Deer and White-Tailed Deer. Small game species <br />include the one species of cottontail rabbit, the Eastern Fox Squirrel, as <br />well as muskrats, beavers, skunks, and an occasional ppposum. Coyotes, Red <br />Fox, and many small mammals also inhabit the area. Ducks and geese are migrants <br />as well as residents of the area, while Mourning Aoves and various species of <br />water birds are principally migrants, as are various types of raptors. The <br />surrounding river bottom is occasionally used as a roosting and feeding area <br />by one or two Bald Fsagles, the only xildlife species utilizing the area which <br />appears on the Endangered Species List. Fish are virtually nonexistent at this <br />time. <br />Impacts on the above species would be negligible. Some, including ducks, geese, <br />and many types of shore and sartorial birds, would benefit by the proposed <br />reclamation, since nesting and resting areas would be created by the pond as well <br />as the additional tree cover planted. This long term benefit would, I believe, <br />extend to the Bald Eagles. Fish habitat would be created. Squirrels would also <br />benefit if hardwood trees are planted. <br />My additional recommendations for reclamation include only the stocking of certain <br />types of fish, and possibly the planting of certain not now existing mast tree <br />species, such as xalnut, hickory and russian olive. <br />I hope this adequately summarizes the total wildlife i~~pact of the project. <br />Overall, I can see no serious adverse effects upon the wildlife resource. <br />Sincerely, <br />Ronald A, Zaccagnini, District Wildlife tianager <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Harris Sherman, Executive Director • WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Sam Caudill, Chairman <br />Michael Higbee, Vice Chairman • Jay K. Childress, Secretary • Jean K. Tod, Member • Vernon C. Williams, Member <br />Thomas Farley, Member • Roper Clark, Member • Wilbur Redden, Member <br />