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-~^. <br />XBOW MINING, LLC <br />3737 Hwy 133 P.O. Box 535 Somerset, Colorado 81434 USA Tel (970)929-5122 Fax <br />(970)929-5177 <br />August 30, 2005 <br />Ms. Lynn. Lewis <br />USDOI, Bureau of Land Management <br />2465 S. Townsend Avenue <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br />Mr. Ryan Taylor <br />Paonia Ranger District <br />PO Box 1030 <br />Paonia, CO 81428 <br />Mr. James Stazk <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RECEIVED <br />SEP 012005 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Re: Oxbow Mining, LLC. Elk Creek Mine, Block Biological Clearance Project <br />Monarch and Associates and Michael Ward Outdoors, August 2005 <br />Dear Friends: <br />Attached, please find a copy of the report Oxbow Mining, LLC, Elk Creek Mine, Block Clearance Project, <br />Prepared by Monarch & Associates and Michael Wazd Outdoors, August 2005, <br />The report provides a block survey of vegetation habitat types, surveys of Threatened, Endangered and <br />Sensitive Species and Management Indicator Species, Biological Assessment and Biological Evaluation <br />for an approximate 18 square mile azea associated with the Oxbow Mining, LLC, Elk Creek mine. <br />The report is intended to be utilized to allow for surface disturbance activities within the block for the <br />foreseeable future with little more than the conduct of future nesting raptor surveys as appropriate. <br />Please contact me at 970-929-5806 if you have any questions or comments concer"'"g this report. <br />Sincerely, <br />~ ~ ~i~~ <br />es A. Kiger <br />nvironmental Coordinator <br />'1-b2 <br />z <br />Xc: Jim Cooper, OMLLC <br />Fi-es <br />