PERMFILE103841

• Permit No: M1997054
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT H WILDLIFE INFORMATION
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Exhibit n CMLRB 112 Prrmit Application
Agile Stone Systems, Inc.
• rabbitbrush has very low palatability and little forage value for livestock and is only fair
for deer on winter range (USDA Forest Service 1933, Stubbendieck et al. 1982).
Extensive hedging on stands of rubber rabbitbrush indicates heavy over use of rangeland
and generally poor range condition.
Sources of surface water within the permit area are limited to stock tanks and the
Tallahassee Creek. In addition to these sources, the Arkansas River is located
immediately south of the southern permit boundary. Within the permit azea, Tallahassee
Creek flows through a broad alluvial wash, and at the time of the survey (April/May),
flow was relatively low (2 to 3 feet wide and only one to a few inches deep in most
areas). Old high water lines and drift lines of vegetation debris indicated that the
Tallahassee stream wash area experiences relatively higher flows at times. Highest flows
would normally be expected to occur in May and eazly June because of snowmelt runoff'
and during the stmvner months following heary rainfall events within the watershed.
A rock outcrop cliff is present as a special habitat feature in the permit area. It is located
on the east side of the small ridge near in the north-central portion of the permit area (see
Map J, Exhibit J). Rock outcrop and cliffs serve as important habitat for species such as
yellow-bellied marmot, rock squirrel, bushy-tailed woodrat, and swallows. Ledges and
cavities in cliff areas can provide suitable nesting habitat for cliff-nesting raptor such as
red-tailed hawk, prairie falcon, golden eagle, and great homed owl. The cliff area was
scanned using binoculars and a spotting scope (20-45x), and no evidence of raptor
• nesting activity (stick nests or whitewash) was located. One rock crevice appeared to
contain a woodrat nest.
4.0 Wildlife Populations
Use of common names for wildlife species follows Fitzgerald et al. (1994) for mammals,
American Ornithologists' Union (1983 and subsequent supplements) for birds, and
Hammerson and Langlois (1981) for reptiles and amphibians.
4.1 Fisheries
According to Duane Finch (CDOW), brown trout move up Tallahassee Creek from the
Arkansas River to spawn in portions of Tallahassee Creek upstream of the permit area.
The narrow canyon segments of Tallahassee Creek upstream of the permit azea as well as
portions of Kem and Cottonwood creeks neaz their confluences with Tallahassee Creek
support a self sustaining trout fishery (Finch, personal communicaton 11/97). Based on
the habitat conditions observed by several parties of the Tallahassee Creek within the
permit area, trout could only use this portion of the creek for seasonal movement to and
from the Arkansas River and fisheries habitat upstream of the permit azea in the
Tallahassee, Cottonwood, and Kem Creeks. The main Tallahassee Creek through the
permit area is typically a dry creek bed from spring to fall each year. Loss of creek water
is due to over grazing and flood irrigation to the northwest of the permit area. The permit
area portion of Tallahassee Creek could not support ayear-round fishery.

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