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EXHIBIT H WILDLIFE INFORMATION The ranch is located within the Red Table Mountain mule deer herd unit. The mule deer (Odocioleus hemionus) had a post hunt population of 4, 821 in 1995. White-tailed deer (Odocioleus virginianus) may be found on the property, but in limited numbers. Deer use the steep hill from the upper terrace to the lower terrace and the lower floodplain terrace as a wintering range. According to the Colorado Wildlife Species Database (Colorado Division of Wildlife, 1994), there azeg at least 13 species of raptors that potentially occur in the Gypsum Ranch area. These include: the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Swainson hawk (Buteo swansoni), red-tailed hawk (B. jamaicensis), rough-legged hawk (B. lagopus), northern harrier (Circus cyaneus), merlin (Falco columarius), American kestrel (F. sparverius), great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), and long-eared owl (Asia otus). The rough legged hawk are common winter residents. Many of the other species are infrequent fall and/or spring migratory. Also observed in the azea aze Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii), sharp-shinned hawk (A. striatus) and northern goshawk (A. gentilis). The only upland game birds expected to occur in the azea of the Gypsum Ranch is the mourning dove (Zenida macroura). The mourning dove may use the ripazian area along the Eagle River during summer months for nesting. There aze many species of migratory waterfowl that use the habitat provided by the Eagle River and the floodplain, including: common and red-breasted mergansers (Mergus merganser, M. serrator), gadwall (Arras strepera), American widgeon (A. americans), green-winged teal (A. crecca), blue-winged teal (A. discors), cinnamon teal (A. cyanoptera), northern shoveler (A. clypeata), pintail (A. scuts), redhead (Aytha americans), canvasback (A. valinsineria), lesser scaup (A. marila), common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), Barrow's goldeneye (B. islandica), bufflehead (B. albeola), and ruddy ducks (Oxyura dominica), and Canada geese (Branca canadensis). Probably the only small game species occumng on and in the area of the property is the nuttal's cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii). The nuttal's cottontail is found in all the vegetation types present on the Gypsum Ranch. However, their highest populations aze probably along the Eagle River floodplain. According to the Colorado Division of Wildlife (1994), the following furbeazers are locally occurring: beaver (Castor canadensis), muskrat (Ondatra Zibethicus), mink (Muste[a vison), badger (Taxidea taxus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), coyote (Canus [atrans), and ermine (Mustela ermines). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists six federally endangered and eleven federal candidate wildlife species for Colorado. The bald eagle is the only federally endangered animal known to occur in the vicinity of the Gypsum Ranch. Bald eagles hunt along [he Eagle River and the