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EXHIBIT H <br />WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br />The Colorado Department of Wildlife has been contacted to determine the potential impacts to <br />wildlife habitat this operation might have. <br />The Wellington Downs site consists primazily of irrigated cropland. Very few trees exist on the <br />portion of the property that will be disturbed. Most of the trees aze near the perimeter of the <br />property. Because of the extensive farming uses made of the land in the past, and lack of cover, <br />wildlife habitat is minimal. <br />Species that might be expected to be seen on the site include the following: rabbits, ground <br />squirrels, opossum, raccoons, fox, ducks, geese, meadow lazks, magpies, robins, killdeer, and <br />pheasants. No threatened or endangered species are known to exist in this azea. <br />It is not anticipated that the additional noise and human activity of the proposed operation will <br />have any significant impact on wildlife in the immediate azea. In fact, the reclamation plan for <br />the property should enhance wildlife habitat when complete. Previous mining operation have <br />demonstrated that the creation of an open body of water, with even minimal plantings of grasses <br />and cover along the shoreline, will quickly attract a wide vaziety of wildlife, even while mining <br />operations are in progress. <br />13 <br />