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COlO(~O <br />UnrveTT~~ty <br />!(reou/ed~+e to Go Places <br />December 4, 2002 <br />RECEIVED <br />Colorado Natural licritage Program <br />Andrea Schlichenmayer <br />Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />720 Kipling St, Suite 117 <br />Lakewood, CO 80215 <br />Dear Andrea: <br />DEC 0 6 2002 <br />BANKS & GESSO, LLC <br />Collc~*c of Nantml Resources <br />254 General Services <br />Furt Collins, Colorado 5052.1-(A21 <br />(97(1) 491-130) <br />rnx:(9~o>491-x349 <br />www.cn h p.colosta tacdu <br />The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) is in receipt of your request for information regarding <br />the proposed reclamation permit project area. In response, I have searched our Biological and <br />Conservation Datasystem (BCD) for natural heritage elements (occurrences of significant natural <br />communities and rare, threatened or endangered plants and animals) documented from the vicinity of the <br />area specified in your request, specifically in the S %z of the NE'/. of Section 13 and part lying in the <br />North'/: of the SE %. of Section 13, Township 2 N, Range 67 W, in Weld County, Colorado. <br />The enclosed report describes natural heritage resources known from this area and gives location (by <br />Township, Range, and Section), precision information, and the date of last observation of the element at <br />that location. This report includes elements known to occur within the specified project site, as well as <br />elements known from similar landscapes neaz the site. Please note that "precision" reflects the resolution <br />of original data. For example, an herbarium record from "4 miles east of Colorado Springs" provides <br />much less spatial information than a topographic map showing the exact location of the occurrence. <br />"Precision" codes of Seconds, Minutes, and General are defined in the footer of the enclosed report. <br />The report also outlines the status of known elements. We have included status according to Natural <br />Heritage Program methodology and legal status under state and federal statutes. Natural Heritage ranks <br />are standardized across the Heritage Program network, and are assigned for global and state levels of <br />rarity. They range from "1"for critically imperiled or extremely rare elements, to "5" for those that are <br />demonstrably secure. <br />You may notice that some occurrences do not have sections listed. Those species have been designated as <br />"sensitive" due to their rarity and threats by human activity. Peregrine falcons, for example, are <br />susceptible to human breeders removing falcon eggs from their nests. For these species, CNHP does not <br />normally provide location information beyond township and range. Please contact us should you require <br />more detailed information for sensitive occurrences. <br />There is one CNHP designated Potential Conservation Area located within the vicinity of your project <br />area (see enclosed map). th order to successfully protect poputations or occurrences, it is necessary to <br />delineate conservation areas. These conservation areas focus on capturing the ecological processes that <br />are necessary to support the continued existence of a particular element of natural heritage significance. <br />Conservation areas may include a single occurrence of a rare element or a suite of rare elements or <br />significant features. <br />l ~uOg`.Q <br />tiy~° m <br />- 3 <br />~(ORISp <br />