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Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />Exhibit H -Wildlife Information <br />The proposed reclamation permit site is a degraded pasture with some developed areas <br />for defunct farming and ranching activities. As a result, the condition of the site is <br />generally conducive to wildlife migration and light foraging, but it does not contain any <br />significant values as a wildlife resource. <br />The Grand River Park Project contains a fringe area including the Colorado River <br />riparian corridor. However, this fringe is proximate to the embankment for the Interstate <br />70 bridge over the River and appears to have been heavily disturbed at some point in its <br />history. <br />A review of the Wildlife Habitat Profile Map, Garfield County, Colorado, indicates habitat <br />of the following species may be present on the subject site: <br />• Elk <br />• Mule Deer <br />• Black Bear <br />• Bald Eagle' <br />• Golden Eagle <br />• Canada Goose <br />• Other Stream Fish <br />The bald eagle is the only listed Threatened or Endangered Species with potential <br />habitat on the site (currently proposed for de-listing). Eagles have been observed in the <br />vicinity but not specifically nesting or roosting on the site. In any event, mining will be <br />setback at least 200 feet from the Colorado River, where the canopy of Cottonwood <br />trees presents the greatest possibility of bald eagle activity. This project is not <br />anticipated to affect the bald eagle. <br />In general, the mining operation will have no extraordinary effect on wildlife during the <br />proposed operation. Site disturbance will be limited and mitigated by design to areas in <br />the immediate vicinity of sand and gravel extraction and processing. <br />Grand River Park Project 05021 <br />Silt Sand & Gravel LLC 20 May 2006 <br />