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twncemed atixerts who want to yroua and preserve the tut and best butiaa of large scale <br />traditional ranching and grime. landscape scale private wildlife habitat in the area. <br />Thel'SnposedGravellitT.aymuiort iPtllllaveSgin~icarrtAadAdvnsaLtOracts <br />ling llfovataia'a Permit Cometoion Application ohould be denied because of the <br />aigaificaot sad adveroe impact the proposed expanaioa will have on wildlife, eosaervation sad <br />property values, tramporration sad safety issues, water tights issues, and other aesthetic and <br />rrrreadnnalrnneerns, <br />The statute under which you regulate misting activities states <br />I[ ia'!h a jur[hrr inlen[ uj[he genera! assemLly lu conserve rtataru! rnuurccsr <br />aid in [hepru[ec[iun ujwiWlj/caadaywa[icreauarccst «s[aGGsh agricallarai;t <br />recreational, residmrtial~ mad iredrrstrial tiksr and pentad sad protaate the <br />health, sr}fcty, acrdgoreral tvcjJaro oftkepanplo ojthis stars <br />Here, the foaner operation (before ire tramfer to Sing Mountain) wu a small, thirty-year <br />old, femtly-nwnrxl and nperaMd gravel pit that prndttr~l lass than 1,0(lp tons nt' gravel armtully <br />The old Hewes aarwal reports to DIG typically didn't step what amount of material had bees <br />atracted but only stated "very little mataid taken out" each year. The special use perunt <br />governing dtaz smstl-scale operetimt was set to expire because the yermit[ed area was almost <br />raslwuslerl. Kit41 Mutaslmn inlauls w uaratfam dre gravel pit inw a urajm tegisxtal adtwys <br />uycsafiun of up W 258 aces. Actvrdiugly, dw requestdl eapausiuu artd ils ubviutu and <br />intuitable cffccb arc sad will be aignifieaat sad dctrimeatal. <br />a. Wildlife Coneerna <br />The gravel pit u sdjaeeat to the most important breeding area for the soon to be <br />endartgerrd Rage (irrntae to an area nF sperul rnnrem, North Itiagle (;nnnryftirntth Itmnt (;ntmty <br />ladtxd the proposed expansion is of a very intense land use is close proximity to a significant <br />concesmation of grouse. In Pact, the world's kadiag Sage Grouse biologist, Chit Sraua <br />inspected zhe area in 2005 and unequivocally determined that the proposed pravrl pit expansion <br />would be severely detrimental to the Sage Crouse It is inrntediately adjacart m most critical <br />breeding areas in region sad lmedutg success is We key facror is Crouse survival. Aa such, rtes <br />proposed expansion h+u potcatially sigaiFieaat imposts to grouse populations and their habitats. <br />Although the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service hu not yet listed the Saga Grouse u either <br />an rndtuseered a a threatened speaes, the DOW has listed it es a "species of special concern," <br />(>~, low rtt drrlmtng ]tnlndattnn), and the I1S F'nrrct Berner and littreas of land Management <br />have idead5ed the bird u a "sensitive speaes." & has been peririoaed and will be again next <br />year. for Endangered Species protetAan. Ftrrthcasore, the State of Cdorado tees develoyed a <br />comprehensive statewide wildlife conservation plm (the "~irddGfe Conservation Plan's to <br />protect the species, which play includes regional and local caauetvatioa strategies, sucht u <br />