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~ ~ MINED L~WILDLIFE STATEMENT/EVALUATIOt.~evised) III III IIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />for limited impact and select regular mine applications <br />The following information pertaining to wildlife is provided for use by Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board in their consideration of a mining permit for: <br />Oakleaf Pit; Sand and Gravel; Pueblo Co., T20S, R64W, portions of the NWZ of <br />Name/Type and Location of Mine (Legal) of the SW~ of the NW <br />Wildlife Species list: Mule and whitetailed deer, cottontail and jackrabbits, fox squirrel, <br />coyote, red fox, raccoon, striped skunk, rock squirrel, and assorted other small mammals; <br />Kestral, merlin, red-tailed hawk, Swainsons hawk, rough-legged hawk, bobwhite quail, <br />Canada geese, numerous species of ducks, killdeer, great horned owl, common flicker, <br />red-headed, downy and hairy woodpeckers, brown thrashers, magpie, barn swallows, and <br />numerous other small birds, chorus frog, leopard frog, and bull frog, bull snake and <br />coachwhip snake, great blue heron, night heron <br />Endangered/critical species/impacted: none known <br />Cully ~ ~, I~;~~~I <br />t71rNrED LAND CSC!"V~~nnv D~wSION <br />Critical habitats/vegetative communities impaCEed: The main habiC~ip' ~frt~a~L~~~dc~wi~Lh011ecsthe <br />Arkansas Riverbottom, which is vegetated primarily with tamarisk and mature cottonwood, with <br />an understory of a variety of grasses and herbaceous vegetation. A fair portion of the <br />area to be mined, either under this permit or proposed future permits, 3s a fairly <br />extensive marsh rimmed with cottonwoods and grown up in rushes and other marsh vegetation. <br />?ssessment of impact: The riparian habitat in the mined area would be lost. The area is <br />presently very densely vegetated and is inhibiting a northward progressing bend in the <br />river from doing extensive erosion. The loss of the mature cottonwoods and the marsh <br />area would be unfortunate as these vegetative types are declining. This area of the river <br />and the marsh is fairly heavily used in the fall and winter by migrating and wintering <br />waterfowl and as a resting and feeding area for herons. I would like to see a distance of <br />more like Og feet bu~fer left b ~w en th~ >~ned.area and the river to slow the river <br />er si n an o reven to ng p ~ u to e riyer <br />vine ~lec~amat on ~ecommen~at~ons linc~u~e ~:ey speciesfhabitats for which restoration <br />is designed), Excavated areas should be sloped 3:1 as a safety measure for humans using <br />the area. The area on the north end of the tract away from the riparian vegetation should <br />be recovered with topsoil and reseeded with a mixture of blue gramma, side-oates gramma, <br />galleta and western wheatgrass at a rate in pounds per acre of 0.2/0.6/0.3/1.0 <br />respectfully, and preferably drill planted in the 6 week period before April 1. This <br />would speed vegetative covering of the soil. The riparian area should be allowed to <br />revegetate with cottonwood and tamarisk. <br />'.e a-ed By: Rnnald D DobGOn. District Wildlife Manager Date: 5-3-84 <br />__ r:'Ced BT~_Rnh Day;PC_.. lJi lrll ifa_Riningict Date:. S_7-A(~_____ <br />-n°s state-:en[ is ~•oid if not processed cithin 1 ~•e ar. <br />-'_s =::=_1~'sis does not coas[itute a,proval of application. _ <br />