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STATE OF COLORADO' Q ~r ~~ ~! Roy Romer, Governor 1 l~v~ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE SAP 171992 AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER p1VlyyVp;',)Y 6060 Broadway' Director NORTHEAST REG-RA~S ~ ~'EOI.~ Denver, Colorado 80216 317 West Prospect Telephone: (303) 297-1192 Fort Collins, Colorado 80526 September 16, 1992 Carl 8. Mount Mined Land Reclamation Division 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 RE: Dokolioe Construction Company, Pit #`1 Permit ,#M-84-036 Dear Mr. Mount: This project has been reviewed and the site has been visited. III III~II!IIIIIIIII G~~~O ~~OF`~`" For Wildlrfe- Far People For the moat part the reclamation is OK, however, the plan indicates hat only grasses will be used for the revegetation. This ie somewhat inconaie ant with the stated plan of developing wildlife habitat. Several of the trees are to be removed and there is no reference to replacing them. Also if the area is to a developed along these lines, not only are trees essential, but shrubs should al o be a part of the finished project. One other item that appears to be a bit ambiguous, it is stated that he wetlands developed by this project can replace wetlands destroyed elsewhere. his area itself, although much of it ie cropland, has a considerable amount of wetland in the riparian area which will be destroyed by the mining, and will be rapt ced by open ponded water. This will certainly enhance the area for waterfowl, bu at the expense of terrestrial wildlife. Sin rely, n oga Environment Biolog DB/jk/L23 cc: R. Moss T. Lynch C. Leonard File DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Kenneth Sale~er, Executive Diroctor WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Eldon W. Cooper, Chairman • Lerty M. Wright, Vice Chairman • Louis F. Swift, ecrctary Felix Chavez, Member • Thomas M. Eve, Member • Rebccca Frank, Member • William R. Hegberg, Mcmbcr • George V nDenBerg, Member