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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
M2004078
IBM Index Class Name
Permit File
Doc Date
12/9/2004
Doc Name
112c New Appl
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SW TKO Joint Venture LLC
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DMG
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EXHIBIT H -WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br />The following wildlife report was prepared by WALSH Environmental Scientists and Engineers, LLC, <br />located at 4888 Pearl East Circle, Suite 108, Boulder, Colorado 80301, 303-443-3282 on August 3, 2004. <br />INTRODUCTION <br />This report constitutes Exhibit H-Wildlife Information, in fulfillment of the Colorado Division of Mining and <br />Geology (DMG) requirements for a permit to mine sand and gravel (Section 6.4.8, Construction Materials <br />Rule 6). The report was prepared on behalf of Civil Resources, LLC, project planners and engineers, by <br />Walsh Environmental Scientists and Engineers, LLC (Walsh Environmental) of Boulder, Colorado. <br />Information presented in this report is based on a site survey in early July 2004 and information available <br />online from the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) Wildlife Resource Information System (WRIS) <br />database for Weld County. The site survey and review of existing information was performed by Allen B. <br />Crockett, Ph.D., Certified Wildlife Biologist and Senior Ecologist with Walsh Environmental). The site is <br />located east of U.S. Highway 85, west of Weld County Road 27, and north of Weld County Road 6. The <br />northern boundary lies approximately 3,000 feet north of Weld County Road 8. <br />(a) SIGNIFICANT WILDLIFE RESOURCES ON THE AFFECTED LAND <br />Results of the site survey indicate that the affected land does not suooort significant wildlife resources. <br />This finding is based on the fact that the site consists almost entirely of agricultural lands (primarily <br />vegetable crops) that provide very limited and low-quality wildlife habitat. <br />Although the croplands are nearly devoid of wildlife value, some areas along the margins of the proposed <br />sand and gravel mining operations provide some habitat for common farmland species. These areas are <br />located primarily in the degraded pasture and small wetland in the northwestern portion of the site adjacent <br />to U.S. 85 and around rural residences along the eastern edge of the site adjacent to Weld County Road <br />27. <br />Because of the obviously poor overall habitat quality for wildlife, particular attention was given during the <br />surveys to the use of the few mature trees for nesting by birds of prey (raptors) and use of the irrigation <br />ditches by wetland or riparian species. Results are summarized below. <br />Mammals <br />Due to the general lack of cover and either forage for herbivores or prey for camivores, the site does not <br />support significant mammalian resources other than small rodent species. An occasional vagrant mule <br />deer orwhite-tailed deer could move onto the site from the South Platte River corridor to the west, but the <br />wide and heavily traveled condition of U.S. 85 would limit such use, as would the nearly total lack of <br />suitable habitat. If deer were to occur, the only area offering some habitat is the degraded pasture <br />immediately east of the highway in the northwestem part of the site. <br />camivores potentially present include the ubiquitous red fox and coyote, although these species would also <br />be limited by the lack of natural habitats within the intensively farmed area. Either species could move <br />along the irrigation ditches or into the degraded pasture area in search of prey, but prey abundances are <br />likely very low. Two more omnivorous species, the raccoon and striped skunk, almost certainly occur <br />throughout most of the site, although primarily along the few ditches and northwestem area. <br />SW TKO Joint Venture, LLC. -Adams Sand and Gravel Mine -112 Reclamation Permit Amendment Page 21 <br />
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