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EXHIBIT H <br /> WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br /> The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has been contacted to determine the potential impacts <br /> to wildlife habitat that this operation might have. <br /> Appendix H-1 is the response letter from A.C. Duvall of DOW. <br /> The Timnath Connell Pit site consists primarily of irrigated cropland. The land was leveled in <br /> the 1940's and has been in constant production since that time. No trees exist on the portion of <br /> the property that will be disturbed. Because of the extensive farming uses made of the land in the <br /> past, and lack of cover, wildlife habitat is minimal, <br /> i <br /> Species that might be expected to be seen on the site include the following: rabbits, ground <br /> squirrels, opossum, raccoons, fox, ducks, geese, meadow larks, magpies, robins, killdeer, and <br /> pheasants. <br /> It is not anticipated that the additional noise and human activity of the proposed operation will <br /> have any significant impact on wildlife in the immediate area. In fact, the reclamation plan for <br /> the property should enhance wildlife habitat when complete. Previous mining operations have <br /> demonstrated that the creation of an open body of water, with even minimal plantings of grasses <br /> and cover along the shoreline,will quickly attract a wide variety of wildlife, even while mining <br /> operations are in progress. <br />