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~. • EGOLOGSE` I r£.~, :. „_ _`_, • • III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />DEC : - 1919 <br />~~~ " <br />PAV/NG COMPANY <br />POST OFFICE BOX 229, BOULDER, COLORADO 80302 PHONE: (303) 444-2151 <br />December 3, 1979 <br />tdr. Alan Whitaker <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, CO 80216 <br />Dear Mr. Whitaker: <br />Flatiron Paving Company has applied to the Mined Land Reclama- <br />tion Board for a permit to mine coal at the Bourg Mine in Jackson <br />County. On August 14, 1979 Mr. Clait Braun of your division wrote <br />a memo to Peter Barrows making suggestions of ways the company could <br />mitigate the impact of the mining operation on the sage grouse in <br />the area. Flatiron has incorporated the following suggestions in its <br />permit application: <br />1) haul road speed maximum 30 mph; <br />2) no activity before 7 am or after 7 pm from March <br />20 to May 20; <br />3) revegetation with native forbs, grasses and big <br />sagebrush; <br />4) fencing of mine area to exclude livestock but allow <br />access to deer and antelope; <br />5) keep buildings, roads, mining as far from Denmark <br />strutting ground as possible; <br />6) no employee trespass near strutting ground, especially <br />during breeding period. <br />7) wildlife access to ponds on mine site if water is <br />potable. <br />Flatiron could not address the prefered location of the haul <br />road since that designation was BLM's perogative. Flatiron did not <br />plan development of a wet meadow because the MLRB staff felt that this <br />was not practical. <br />The only recommendation left is No. 6 of the memo dealing with <br />fertilization of BLt4 land near the mine site. Flatiron does not wish <br />to be involved in this program: <br />1) It involves design and funding of a research project, <br />and as such, it is not a known mitigation for sage <br />grouse. <br />