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<br />EXHIBIT "H" <br />WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br />Attached is a copy of a letter by the Division which was supplied to the applicant at the time of a <br />Special Use Permit application in Pueblo County. <br />The river corridor riparian habitat is being protected in [his project by [lie 200' Ripazian Area Buffer <br />Zone that will be maintained on [he south side of the project area and north of the Arkansas River. <br />There aze very few old growth cottonwood trees in the area to be mined, as most of these have been <br />logged off by commercial operators. The area has been used as irrigated farmland and dryland river <br />bottom pasture. <br />The applicant feels that the end result will be awildlife-friendly habitat with added water area for <br />aquatic fowl, which is scarce in this area. <br />