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• 2.04.11 Fish and Wildlife Resources Information <br />In December of 1981, the Colorado Division of Wildlife was contacted and <br />requested for an update on wildlife impacts associated with the Peacock <br />Coal Mine. Sunbelt is still awaiting a response from the Colorado <br />Division of Wildlife concerning the impacts associated with the Peacock <br />Coal Mine; a copy of the request is set forth in Exhibit 10, December <br />15, 1981 Letter to Mr. Rick Sherman of the Colorado Division of <br />Wildlife. <br />Information on fish and wildlife in the permit and adjacent areas was <br />obtained primarily from existing sources, published references to <br />Colorado Wildlife (Bailey and Niedrach, 1975), Birds of Colorado, <br />Denver: Museum of Natural History; Lechleitner (1969), Wild Mammals of <br />Colorado, Pruett Publishing Company, Armstrong (1972), and Distribution <br />of Mammals in Colorado. <br />• The wildlife of the region encompassing the permit area and adjacent <br />areas form a varied complex of various animals. A number of <br />environmental factors such as soils, vegetation, climate, influence of <br />distribution, composition, and population of fauna within the region <br />influence wildlife populations. While several smaller species of <br />animals are closely tied with two particular habitats, larger ones range <br />over the region and may be found in different habitats depending on <br />climatic conditions and the season of the year. <br />Only two of the ten species classified as big game by the Colorado <br />Division of Wildlife are located within the region in substantial <br />numbers. These two species are mule deer and black bear. No critical <br />habitats for the two principal big game species are found within the <br />area to be disturbed by the Peacock Coal Mine. Likewise, because the <br />Peacock Coal Mine has been in existence since 1905, no critical habitat <br />is expected to be impacted. <br /> <br />2.04-22 <br />