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STATE OF COLORADO Bill Owens, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER John W. Mumma, Director 6060 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80216 Telephone: (303)297-1192 151 East 16`h Street Durango, CO 81301 March 7, 2003 Bob Oswald State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources Division of Minerals and Geology 701 Camino Del Rio, Room 125 Durango, CO 81301 R~eTvey BAR ~' 7 ?003 ~ ~SfO c r190e ~~ 601 °9Y APR t 1 ?003 Division ollb,., i ~ RE: WESTSIDE GRAVEL, LLC, WESTSIDE GRAVEL, FILE NO. M-2003-003 Dear Mr. Oswald, For IPildlife- For Peaple ~4't' YWl 1 d- / ~dGvWt.EO~~ The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) reviewed the permit application mentioned above and would offer the following comments for your consideration. The applicant, Rick Shaw, contacted and involved the CDOW early in the county's review and planning process during 2002. We appreciated the Shaw's consideration for wildlife and at this time, we addressed specific concerns related to wildlife. Along with this process, we also provided proactive measures and mitigation to help reduce impacts to and conflicts with the wildlife in the immediate area. These concerns included: timing of the gravel pit operation during the winter; control and maintenance of noxious weeds; reclamation of the area during and once the operation was completed; and possible bear- human conflicts. These comments were included and addressed in a letter to the La Plata County Planning Department dated 10/07/02 (see enclosed letter of CDOW comments for Westside Gravel Pit, 10/07/02). During the planning and review process, Shaw told the county commissioners that he would follow and implement CDOW recommendations and mitigation into the gravel pit operation plan. In reviewing the112 permit for the Westside Gravel Pit, we noticed that the application lacked any mention of wildlife mitigation or a reclamation plan once the operation was completed. We contacted Shaw during the week of February 10`h for a copy of the application and asked for a clarification to the Zack of wildlife mitigation and reclamation within the application. Shaw said that he would follow CDOW recommendations and that he had provided this information during the county's planning process. He just had not included it in the application. With this in mind, the CDOW will continue to concur with the issues addressed in the enclosed CDOW letter dated 10/07/02 (e.g., timing and seasonal considerations for wintering big game species in the area; prevention and maintenance of noxious weeds and proactive measures to prevent possible bear -human conflicts) and have included this letter as part of the comments for your consideration. The CDOW would also recommend that the applicant develop and include a reclamation plan with in DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Greg Watcher, Executive Director WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Bernard L. Black, Chairman • Rick Enstrom,Vke-Chairman • Phil James, Secretary • Tom Burke, Member • Mark LeValley, Member • Marianna Raftopoulos, Member • Robert Shoemaker, Member • Olivia Valdez, Member