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;~ ~II ~I~~I~~I~~~~~ ~I~ FLATIRON PAVING COMPANY POST OFFICE BOX 229, BOULDER, COLORADO 80302 PHONE: (303) 444-2751 January 23, 1980 Ms. Carol Pahlke Reclamation Specialist Mined Land Reclamation 1313 Sherman, #723 Denver, CO 80203 ~~ri 2.~ i98o r~P~~~ o Latin roc! ~?~~.~,~!ora Colo. Uept. o'! :(at~~ral Esc^rczs Dear Carol: Thank you very much for arranging the meeting last Friday, January 18, to discuss the sage grouse situation in North Park. It was really useful to have almost everyone involved in one place discussing the problem together. To re-cap, the following people were present: Don Bogart Ernie Gluesing Clait Braun Len Carpenter Al Whitaker Kent Crofts Rick Brown Carol Pahlke Ronel Finley Ron Naten Margie Winter Jim Miller Division of Wildlife BLM Division of Wildlife Division of Wildlife Division of Wildlife Energy Fuels Energy Fuels Mined Land Reclamation U.S. Fish & Wildlife OSM Flatiron Wyoming Fuels Clait Braun made a number of observations about the sage grouse in North Park. The population is interrelated throughout the area, so it makes sense to treat it as an entity. Flatiron, Energy Fuels and Wyoming Fuels all have strutting grounds near their sites. A good deal of background data on the sage grouse here have been gathered. Mr. Braun believes that mining and sage grouse can co-exist. The goal of the Division of Wildlife is to maintain the same numbers of sage grouse as currently in- habit the area. Currently 1000 to 1300 hunters use North Park. Mr. Braun proposes a 3 to 5 year study applying ammonium nitrate to fertilize the sage brush. Len Carpenter has had 12 years experience using fertilizer to increase sage brush production. The Division of Wildlife knows what fertilization will do to the