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~l.l~ ~ b~~ y-~ <br />STATE OF COLORADO REFER To <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES L01AMp~ <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE b <br />AN EQUAL OPPOR NNITV EMPLOYER ,~ T <br />y <br />Perry D. Olson, Diieclor <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denvai. Culomdu tl0216 <br />Tuleyhane (707( [971102 <br />151 E. loth St. <br />Durango, Colorado <br />81301 <br />Uarry A. Ferguson <br />6000 W. tfansfield 815 <br />Denver, Colorado 80235 <br />Dear Mr. Ferguson, <br />`nro ~,Nq <br />`Y OF'D' " <br />For R'ilAlifc- <br />hbr People <br />December 'r, 1992 <br />uur office was contacted by Jim Hendricks to request clearance of <br />wildlife Threatened and Endangered species on the Carbon Junction <br />Mine. 'fo our Irn owledge l.here are no T & E species occuring on the <br />mine'pruperty. Bald Eagles are found on Lhe Animas River, within <br />one mile of the property, during the wiuCer months. The mine <br />property does not provide any nest:ing site that we know of, nor any <br />wiuY.er roosting Crees. liepending upon the route of the haul trucla <br />and frequency of trips 1 doubt that the birds would be disturbed, <br />as this stretch of the Animas R. has two major highways paralleling <br />both sides. <br />The one comment I would like to address is the continued support of <br />the Company toward the reclamation of the property. The entire <br />area surrounding Durango provides critical winter habitat for both <br />deer and ells. Reclamation should provide native browse species as <br />well as treed cover for these two primary species of concern. Deer <br />numbers are dwindling in the area, we believe, due to the loss of <br />habitat and the competition with increasing elk numbers. <br />If I can he of further help, please call 303-247-0855. <br />S cerely L ' <br />,,,/ I ~fiA~[f/il~L v t/ <br />Ruth Lewis Carlson <br />Hatlitat Riologist <br />cc:Hendicks <br />I(Nisely <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Kenneth Salazar, Execul've Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, George VanDenBerg, Chairman ~ Wdliem R. Hogberg, Member Eldon Cooper, Member ~ Feliz Chavez, Member <br />Rebecca L. Frank, Member ~ Louis F. Swift, Member ~ Arnold Selezer, Member ~ Thomas M. Eva, Member <br />