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1 . >~ <br />` STATE OF COLORADO • <br />Roy Rcmer, Governor <br />DEP~.RTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />James B. Ruch, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Telephone: (303) 2971192 <br />711 Independent Avenue <br />Grand .Junction, CO 81505 <br />Gregg R. Squire <br />Reclamation Specialist <br />titined Reclamation Division <br />123 Cenluinial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Der.cer, CO 80°C3-2273 <br />Dear Greg;. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~~I ~I~II~~I~I~I~II~ <br />999 <br />~JR_J~ <br />l ~~W <br />a" <br />YOF ~~~ <br /> <br />June 10, !^8i <br />I nave reviewed the material submitted by Bruce Humphries regarding :, shrub <br />densit•; standard for Trapper dine. CDOW personnel haze spent conside:~..ble <br />tine on this issue and feel that it is very difficult to establish a;: ieferd <br />a single standard for a'_1 sites. This led to our ef.`orts to suggest .=.ether <br />approach for Trapper Hine to calculate a standard for their mine base.:. on <br />CDGW's ob.jecti•+es f6r wintering elk near Craig. It must be noted that we had <br />ne idea how it would come out. 'Ne a.lso toured the mine site in April ~.nd had <br />an opportunity to review Trapper's reclamation efforts to date. CDOW <br />personnel think that the shrub clump methodology shows promise and the` it <br />wi1_1 produce wildlife benefits much more quickly than seeding methods We <br />would 1li,e to encourage innovative attempts at reclamation of wildliT~ <br />-. .. -s`= have reserv...tinr.s cpncarning setting standards based on '. .proven <br />tac,.!:~ques. _: is our understanding that some standard needs to be r=ached <br />soon so chat Trapper's permit can be renewed. <br />Based nn these ;actors we would like to see Trapper continue with the~r <br />presar:t :•!"orts ,.ith 3n ,._rall objective of establishing a minimum o: '100 <br />shrugs pe; ocr~ average Deer the total disturbed area. This recornmemaation is <br />condit_ene•.i on Trapper r_ontinuing with the present objective with the nature <br />shnibs. ;Ve ar= not prpposing that this standard he used at any other ,ine and <br />s:ou!d Like to s?= how this progresses before we consider this methodoiogy on <br />,nether m.ne. <br />C,_=:F'bt E`[i CF `iAT'J RAL RE=CURCE=. C'vtle O Mar; ~. Eracunve Director WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Raoecea L Fran R. Chauman <br />_..:Ge ianC rn cen} Y'ce .:hauman Roper[ L Fre ~u enperg ar. Sacretary Eltlon W. Cooper, Member Willie ^ R. Hegberg. Memoar <br />G en nis LuCr?il. \iemoer Ganz E. Paterson. Member Larry M. Wright. Member <br />