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United States Department of the Interior ~. Rrrv utsx ro- BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT White River Resource Area P.O.Box 928 Meeker. Colorado 81641 28 July 1997 Mr. Jim Kiger Colowyo Coal Company 5731 State Hwy 13 Meeker, CO 81641 Dear Mr. Kiger, ~~L~~ V IS I JU1291997 - COLOWYO COAL CO. L.P. HSEQ AND LAND The following is provided in response to your request for information regarding specific threatened and endangered species that may be found in the White River Resource Area, namely: Graham's Penstemon White River Penstemon Dudley Bluffs Bladder Pod Dudley Bluffs Twinpod southwestern willow flycatcher bald eagle Colorado squawfish boreal toad Lescuerella congests (LECO), Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod, and Physaria obcordata (PROS), Dudley Bluffs Twinpod, are only known to occur in the White River Resource Area. Both species were listed as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. LECO is restricted to exposures of the Thirteen Mile Tongue of the Green Ri•rer Formatior_ along barren knolls and ridge crests that are generally under 15 percent slope along Piceance Creek and Yellow Creek and their tributaries (T 1 S, R 97W, 98W, and 99W and T 2 S, R 97W and 98W). PHOB is restricted to exoosures of the Thirteen Mile Tongue of the Green River Formation along Piceance Creek and Yellow Creek and their tributaries where slopes of the exposure are barren, loose scree and generally exceed 20 percent slope, and to exposures of the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation on the west side of Calamity Ridge where slopes of the exposure are barren, loose scree and have southerly to south-westerly aspects (T 1 S, R 97W, 98W; T 1 S, R97W: and T 1 N, R 100W). Penstemon grahamii (PEGR) and Penstemon albifluvis (PEAL), both Candidate Species for listing as threatened or endangered, occur A/7`c.G....J S