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STATE OF COLORADO <br />Bill Owens, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DiVtSION OF il'V11.DLdFE <br />AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />Bruce McCloskey, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Telephone: (303) 297-1192 <br />March 18, 2005 <br />Kathryn Cloutier <br />5231 South Quebec St. <br />Greenwood Village, CO 80111 <br />RE: Worthing Gravel Pit Expansion. <br />Dear Ibls. Cloutier: <br />G~~~O <br />a ,, <br />~~N OF ~y9y <br />For ~Idlife- <br />ForPeople <br />I have received your request for species information and habitat concerns in the area of the above <br />referenced project. <br />This project will involve expanding the Worthing pit to the South of lit°d Avenue. The proposed area <br />is also on the east side of the South Platte River and west of Brighton Rd. <br />Tbreatened or endangered species that may occur in this azea include: <br />Bald Eagle -(Federal Threatened) -Bald Eagles hunt prairie dogs, fish and waterfowl in the azea <br />during the winter. There are no known Bald Eagle nests in the azea and they would likely be in the area <br />for a short period. <br />Burrowing Owl - (State Threatened) -Burrowing owls live and nest in prairie dog holes. Burrowing <br />owls migrate out of the state during the winter months. For more information, please read the enclosed <br />information. <br />Black-tailed Prairie Dog - (Species of Concern) -this species was recently given the status of <br />"Warranted but precluded" by the US Fish and Wildlife Service meaning that protection of them through <br />the endangered species act is warranted, but due to other priorities is precluded from such protection. <br />Also, please be awaze that we do not have information on threatened or endangered plants or insects. For <br />that information, I refer you to: <br />Colorado Natural Heritage Program <br />254 General Services Building <br />Colorado State University <br />Fort Collins, CO 80523 <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Russell George, ExeaWe Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Philip James, Chair • Jeffrey Crawford, Vice-Chair • Brad Phelps, Secretary <br />Members, Bernard Black • Tom Burke • Ridc Enstrom • Claire O'Neal • Robert Shoemaker • Ken Tomas <br />Ex O(fido Members, Russell George and Don Amerd <br />