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WILDLIFE STATEiwE;A'T FOR 24IfJE PERMIT APPLIC4TION <br />1. Mine Company <br />Baca County Road Department Attn: Mr. Robert E, Humphrey <br />Court P.ouse, Springfield, CO, 8103 <br />2. Mine TS'pe and Location <br />Gravel Pit <br />Ratliff Pit (Pit #8) NHS?•4 Sec. 8, T,345, R,48W. of the 6th PM, <br />3, Duration of Operation <br />Perpetual as needed. <br />4, Total Area Disturbed <br />4.1 Acres <br />5. Wildlife Species List <br />Coyote, desert cottontail, golden eagle, scaled quail, rough-legged hawk, American <br />kestrel, Ord's kangaroo rat, black-tailed jackrabbit, thirteen-lined ground <br />squirrel, pronghorn antelope, prairie falcon, prairie rattlesnake, meadowlark, <br />grasshopper sparrow, horned lark, plains pocket gopher, loggerhead shrike, <br />common crow , and other nongame birds, reptiles and sma71 mammals which occur <br />in the short-grass prairie and sand sage habitat types. <br />6. Endangered Species Impacted <br />None known. <br />• ']. Assessment of Mining Impact on Wildlife <br />Loss of habitat and disturbance during period of operation. Impact would not be <br />significant. <br />8. Proposed Mitigation Measures, Including Reclamation for wildlife Habitat <br />Pit is presently in use and is quite deep. Sides cannot he reduced in slope enough <br />for revegetating without disturbing much of the surrounding ground. Recommend that <br />all dirt piles be leveled and the bottom of the nit reseeded. If a portion of the <br />bottom could be made to hold water (possibly through spreading bentonite) this <br />• would be a benefit to certain species. <br />Prepared by: Chuck Wagner <br />Date: 14 June 80 <br />Title: District Wildlife Mgr. <br />cc: Regional Office <br />