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~ -! <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />John W. Mumma, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 60216 <br />Telephone: (303) 297-1192 <br />October 10, 1996 <br />Johnny F. Tonko <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />600 Reservoir Road <br />Pueblo, CO 81005 <br />(719) 561-4909 <br />Phil Shafer <br />Planner II <br />Department of Planning and Development <br />1120 Court Street, Room 200 <br />Pueblo, Colorado $1003-2819 <br />Re: Special Use Permit No <br />Dear Mr. Shafer: <br />479 and Map Amendment No. 96-25 <br />REFER TO <br />For Wildlife - <br />For People <br />Please refer to the attached Mined Land Wildlife Statements that were <br />completed many years ago for other related permits in the area. The <br />most recent statement was completed on 9-18-87, nearly nine years <br />ago. The previous statement was completed eighteen years ago. I am <br />concerned that there has been no recent mined land wildlife <br />statement/evaluation completed for the requested operations and <br />amendments. <br />The previous recommendations included the reclamation to include <br />backfilling to be arranged into various sized ponds having undulating <br />shore lines and the creating of some shallow water shoals. The most <br />recent reclamation plan for this area shows that 42,25 acres will be <br />backfilled to create one large lake of 42 surface acres. <br />There are already several large ponds and lakes in the area, The <br />creation of additional "wetland" type habitats in the backfilled area <br />would be of great benefit to wildlife and has been the Division of <br />Wildlife's recommendation for nearly two decades. <br />Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposal. <br />SincerelyC~~' ^ ~ ' y. <br />-~, <br />_., ,~ ~;t,.,, <br />_ l . 111 <br />;~`. <br />ohnny F. Tonko ~;U ~','.... ~ ~ J tU <br />Wildlife Manaqer III ~ ~i(_l 6 <br />OCR ~ ~ 199 <br />APPROV IGNATURE , C.,,1cN <br />~:~~ -- <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, James S. Lochhead, Executive Director -+ ~ ~ ' <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Arnold Salazar, Chairman • Rebecca L. Frank, Vice Chair • Mark Le Valley, Secr '~ ~ E X ~ B ~ T <br />Louis F. Swill, Member • Jesse Langston Boyd, Jr., Member <br />William R. Hegberg, Member • John Stulp, Member • James R. Long, Member C , ~ ~'~~' <br />. w. ~.. <br />P~o-~s <br />