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STATE OF COLORADO <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />µ EQUAL OPPORTllw11'EMPLOYER <br />Petry D. Olson, Director ~ !\ / ! ~ V / / ~ . <br />sos Broadway <br />Denver, Coloredo 80216 <br />Tet~pep[~3mBer 112, 1994 <br />'7 i::' _ .r:_: <br />Division of Minerals and Geology $EP 1 d~99~ <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver,. CO 80203 ....;:;:fi+~~:~.:i~.,::_.;.~~_.•,..~;;y <br />Dear Barb Paulik, <br />REFER TO <br />For Wildlife - <br />For People <br />I met with E. Peter Matthies on August 16, 1994 to do an on <br />site of NCEC proposed reclamation work to be done at the mine. I <br />agreed with Mr. Matthies reclamation plan but would suggest a <br />drought resistant variety of alfalfa to be included in the dry land <br />seed mixture. This suggestion is primarily for deer providing a <br />higher nutritional food source during transitional periods (fall- <br />winter, winter-spring). I also requested revegetating the steeper <br />slopes with woody species which Mr. Matthies agreed to do. On those <br />particular reclaimed slopes the gradient is the same as existing <br />'topography. I also requested mulch to be used on the steeper <br />slopes to expedite revegetation. <br />Yh~.~espopse to reclamation of the terraces, I~sugsgested Rotrl <br />rerlaimiflg bank to original steeper slolpes frsr P1s7~pseS .o£ soi]~ <br />Stab9:Ii.'ty, revegetation estabiisHme~t, and inroi~s'tvtre . i'~eNC3ot>a <br />A~.so sROa depti~,_.~yen on a north faciatt~~ scope .such as, times s%te,r <br />wi,il he reduced providing greater fAOd availability to winteringi <br />uegalates. <br />I felt NCEC had done a good job of back filling topsoil <br />material to an adequate thickness and had provided a good seedbed, <br />eliminating any compacted conditions which would inhibit <br />revegetation. <br />In conclusion I feel this proposed reclamation satisfies our <br />wildlife concerns by encouraging diversity of species as well as <br />providing improvement of wildlife habitat for.game species. <br />Since~~JyGI/.GL~ <br />rry ~W'i 11 <br />~ is 1ct Wildlife Manager <br />PW/lmp <br />xc: E. Peter Matthies <br />Steve Yamashita <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, James S. Lochhead, Executive Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Thomas M. Eve, Chairman • Louis F. Swift Vice~.hairman • Amdd Salazar, Secretary <br />Jesse Langston Boyd, Jr., Member • Eldon W. Cooper, Member • Rebecca L Frank, Member <br />William R. Hogberg, Member • Mark LeValley, Member <br />U <br />