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<br />'"` ' ' '. STATE OF COLORA00
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<br />~'~~;'?:'~":~~DlV1SlOtd OF L"~JILDLIFE
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<br />- - _ ,' DATE: February 4, 1977
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<br />T0: :Rex Taliaferro ';:; ;:, ~~ ..
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<br />•''`~'';: On Friday, February' 4 in company with 4ir. Dean Schipper, I checked the site '
<br />.,`->'.~ ~'~:~::r'' for the proposed Gypsum mine on the Pionroe Ranch. IC will. be operated by the ~ .',"• .
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<br />`.Colorado-Lien Company of Ft. Collins, in Section 31, R. 691J„ T. 11N., 6 P.At..:`' "~•~
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<br />~' '~'•; '~'~The area to be mined will. be approximately 10 acres:• The overburden will be ~''~'~ `
<br />"`':''!removed and stockpiled and at the end o£ the mining will be replaced and "
<br />~~.;'.'~' • reseeded, as recommended by the SCS. ~ ;;:::
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<br />" 5~';::~ Presently, the area has au intermediate stand o£ ifountain Piahogany with oc- 1•„~,' '`
<br />".casional clumps of skunk bush. Also ,present are a few scattered yucca and ;~~~""J`
<br />-~ ~;in the very strong gyp areas are a few clumps of bluestem grass. However, - '
<br />' 'the lotoer area is grassed with gramma as the dominant species, with a good
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<br />~:~~' sprinkling ,of various forbs. '''`•
<br />`.~:~Nildlife in the area are deer, rabbits, small rodents,~coyotes,'several species.•'~ '
<br />~:,,:•:;•.:of hawks, and on rare occasions, antelope. ~ ;,,:.
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<br />'"` Probably, the greatest impaction wildlife would be the distruction of the ma-•`;' -
<br />''~ ~ ~ ~ hogany contained in the overburden.. However, this would not be considered ,..''.~', ~,,.~., .
<br />,'.as serious, as the deposit is on top of a dome and there is very little ~'`"
<br />utilization of the browse plants on top of the domes. This is due to the fact '
<br />~• that. there is excellent.forage•lower down in the draws. which also afford ~' •`'
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<br />' '.'The mine will probably not be in operation for andextended period of years
<br />W'`'and should, therefore, be back in production in a few years.' So the effect
<br />on resident. wildlife should be rather minimal. ~ '.
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