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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
C1996084A
IBM Index Class Name
Permit File
Doc Date
12/11/2001
Section_Exhibit Name
Section 2.05 Operation and Reclamation Plans Part 2
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D
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Rule 2: <br />• Minimization of Fish and Wildlife Impacts <br />Impacts on wildlife from construction and operation of the Lorencito Canyon Mine will occur. <br />General habitat loss, small mammal and herptile losses, and deer, elk, black bear, and turkey <br />displacements will be offset by reoccupation of the disturbance area after reclamation. In addition, <br />some animals will habituate to the on-going operational activities. <br />Conversion of the surface mine area from an oak/pinyon to a grassland community type will <br />decrease mule deer, elk, black bear, and turkey usage of the area. Although the approved seed <br />mix provides palatable species for elk, they typically only utilize these species during the non- <br />wintering period. Therefore, the conversion to grassland will decrease the attractiveness of the <br />area to deer and wintering elk. In addition, elk tend to avoid open areas larger than 30 acres and <br />generally do not utilize areas more than 600 feet from security cover (Hoover, 1984). However, <br />since the post mine topography will be similar to existing conditions, elk may fmd suitable security <br />cover (i.e., drainages and ridges) to utilize portions of the surface mine area during the non- <br />wintering period. Also during reclamation, boulder and brush piles will be placed throughout the <br />surface mine disturbance area. In order to provide shrubs within the surface mine azea, a woody <br />shrub component shall be added to the revegetation seed mixture. Shrubs included aze Woods rose, <br />mountain mahogany, skunkbrush, and winterfat. The percentage of woody shrubs to be added aze <br />provided in the revegetation section of 2.05. These shrubs shall be seeded concurrently with the <br />• oak/pinyon reclamation seed mixture. Also where practicable, a Madge Rotoclear shall be used to <br />incorporate native mulch into the topsoil to provide an additional seed base. <br />Rock piles shall be established for both small mammal habitat and raptor perch/nest sites. Piles <br />constructed for raptor perch sites shall be placed on the leewazd side of hills neaz but not on the ridge <br />top. The piles shall consist of two or three lazge boulders propped together. These boulders shall be <br />as lazge as construction equipment can safely handle. Rock piles constructed for small mammals <br />shall be placed in suitable aeeas along bottoms and/or other protected aeeas. These piles shall be <br />approximately 12' X 12' by 6' high. In addition to providing wildlife habitat, these piles will provide <br />microclimates for the establishment of native plant species. <br />Brush piles shall be constructed according to the following guidelines. Numerous small piles <br />constructed of brush debris left over from mining shall be place pazallel to the prevailing winds. Like <br />the rock piles, the brush piles will provide micro habitats for small mammals and provide an azea <br />for the establishment of native plant species. <br />Reclamation will replace existing mountain shrub, and oak/pinyon habitats with similar habitats <br />within the portal areas. Species in the revegetation seed mixtures were selected for their <br />palatability, nutritional, and cover values for wildlife species identified in the area during baseline <br />studies. After reclamation, these areas would again be available to wildlife. Post mine land use <br />within these areas will remain as rangeland/wildlife habitat. <br />• <br />PERMR.rtv\Apnl T). 199'! 2.05-02 (revised 4/21/97) <br />
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