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There are many varieties of Finch as well as different kinds of Sv+allows that nest here. i~;any psirs of I•It. Blue Birds return each year to hatch and rear their young. Each summer the ltumtning birds are every- where on these hills. I have also seen Thrush and many others I cannot identify. At about 1 ;30 to 2;30 F-.t~1, almost any sum+cer afternoon, vre have watched a pair of Golden Eagles that soar on tine warm thermal air currents above. Last year v+e watched them coach their young to fly, The Gunnison Valley and the small creek beds close by are so,.,e of the very fev+ exfisting i:esting areas left for the Great Blue Heron. I have seen many of these large gracefull birds flying over this land, The noise and pollution of the air, this proposed plant will cause, vrill put an end to the Bird-life that e:c~ists here now, Another concern is the erosion of land, a large scale operation vrould cause. This land around Gunnison is like an Artic tundra vrhere the grow- ing season is short. It takes rn~rny years to replace any foliage and undergroevth. Because of the short growing season, it takes more years to grow a tree to deter ground erosion, The spring run off v,aters vrash down over these hills in a natural way now, into the Antelope Creek.. Gouging tlis fragile land for Sand ;~ Gravel •:rill reurove much that can never be replaced. I believe once the pit is estaulished, the operation will grovr year after year. I believe it will destabilize the lower portion of these hills that slope into the Gunnison river farther belovr. This to roe is a very important point. I would seriously fear eventual r~ud slides, In years to come even shifting and movement of the lower sections may be a possiblity. In the lust 15 yrs, there have been homes built on these lower sections. I think the lives of these people will be effected greatly by the mud ar_d water run off, The devaluation of their property trill be immediate, to say nothing of the dust, noise,aand heavy truck traffic t~-rey vrill h.:ve to endure, :,ven tho these people and tlleir property would be so effected, they vrere not notified by letter. So unless they happeneu to have read the particular astical in the local news paper they still may not realize what might happen to their lives and property. I aslc your as board members to consider the grave consequences to all of the lives effected by your vote of permission to the Gravel Pit Co, If vre roust be burdened with this pit and pollution, can there be very strong provisions enforced? Schmalz Construction Ltd, should be regulated closely for the destruction of the foothills, the air Pollution of the valley, and the environmental habitat for the wildlife, The plant- ing of trees and foliage would help deter the erosion of the land. govever if these plants do not live, the habitat for the wildlife vrould not be replaced. You kno;, they could never replace the mountain as it is, In closing ::ray I say, people from around the vrould coure here to enjoy this land -x,u^,7 feQ1 we, as concerned people, must also protect it for the future, wildlife Respectfully yours, ~~ ~~~ ~~~