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• <br /> significant numbers of people in and out of Boulder. This <br /> route passes through a "gateway" that provides a positive <br /> scenic transition from non-urban to urban land use. The <br /> site is visible from the top of Davidson Mesa and again for <br /> 30 - 35 seconds as the road levels at the bottom of the mesa. <br /> Other visual elements at that point, such as the mountain <br /> backdrop, the city itself, and traffic conditions at the <br /> interchange, lessen the visual impact of the study area. <br /> Traffic leaving Boulder has a broader view of the site until <br /> it passes South Boulder Creek. The area with high visual <br /> sensitivity is adjacent to U.S. Highway 36, the overpass on <br /> Table Mesa Drive, and the residences adjacent to the study <br /> area. However, the area with high scenic or visual quality <br /> • in this vicinity is South Boulder Creek and adjacent riparian <br /> vegetation, which supports the greatest diversity of wildlife <br /> habitats , and which, of course, is not part of the proposed <br /> mine site. <br /> The site is also visible as one approaches Boulder from the <br /> south on South Foothills Highway (Colo. 93) . However, <br /> northbound traffic has only a brief glimpse of the site; <br /> southbound traffic has none. <br /> • Housing west and to the north (Tantra) is screened from it <br /> by a recently constructed berm. Farther south the Hy View <br /> subdivision has an open view of the site and of the existing <br /> gravel operation. <br /> A-10 <br />