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Topaz Mine Permit Expansion: Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species Evaluation
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<br />8.0 PREPARES
<br />Field Biologist and Report Author was Debbie Valliere, Wildlife Biologist at BIO-Logic
<br />Environmental. Ms. Valliere holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology with an emphasis in
<br />Environmental Biology and Ecology, and a minor in Environmental Studies from Western State
<br />College of Colorado. She has worked for the Curecanti National Recreation Area and the Black
<br />Canyon National Park as a seasonal Biological Science Technician where she conducted long-
<br />term studies on Neotropical migrant songbirds, peregrine falcons, bighorn sheep, and
<br />Gunnison's prairie dogs. Ms. Valliere was also a seasonal Biological Science Technician for the
<br />U.S. Forest Service on the Gunnison, Uncompahgre, and Grand Mesa National Forests. She
<br />assessed habitat conditions and management needs for several avian and mammalian species
<br />including neotropical migrant songbirds, goshawks, golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, American
<br />martens, pronghorn, deer, and elk. Her work also included old growth forest inventorying and
<br />vegetation studies. As an Environmental Remediation Technician for Millennium Science and
<br />Engineering, Ms. Valliere managed and maintained a soil contamination site where she
<br />preformed regular system checks, adjusted biotic and abiotic factors, and collected composite
<br />soil samples for laboratory analyses.
<br />Project Manager and Report Author was Steve Boyle, Owner and Senior Biologist at BIO-
<br />Logic Environmental. Mr. Boyle conducted the site visits and authored this report. Mr. Boyle
<br />holds a Master's degree in Wildlife Biology (Colorado State University, 1981) and has 26 years
<br />of experience in biological assessments, natural resource planning, and surveys for threatened
<br />and endangered species in the western U.S. and overseas. He has carried out more than thirty
<br />Biological Assessments, Environmental Assessments, and Environmental Impact Statements.
<br />Mr. Boyle has been the Principal Investigator for funded research on pronghorn, wild horses,
<br />bats, and songbirds, and has field experience investigating the biology of spotted owls, kit fox,
<br />mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep, wild turkey, and desert tortoises. He has conducted western
<br />Colorado bird surveys, validated theoretical models linking vertebrate species distributions to
<br />habitat characteristics for the Colorado Gap Analysis Project, and co-authored the Colorado
<br />Breeding Bird Atlas. Mr. Boyle was formerly District Wildlife Manager for the Colorado Division
<br />of Wildlife in Dolores County, and has held research and field positions with the U.S. Fish and
<br />Wildlife Service, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology at Colorado State University, U.S.
<br />Bureau of Land Management, and the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in Western
<br />Australia.
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<br />March 27, 2007
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