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Sep 03 02. U8:44a Sei4'ert Irucieing /1y-'78:i-29Ei£i p.l <br />MINED LAND WILDLIFE STATEt~NT/EVALUATION (Revised} <br />for limited irnpact and select recular mine applications <br />The following information pertaining to wildlife is provided `or <br />use by Mined Land Reclamation. Eoard in t!-~eir cons_doration cf a <br />mining Permitro-: <br />i T25S, R7i'vi, Sec. 5, S1/i a::d i <br />ype and Location of Nine <br />Wildlife Species List: <br />Black Bear iSule Jeer-Sumner Rana_e <br />Mountain. Lion Elk <br />Coyote Pron ahorn Ar.t elope <br />Various small mammals, birds, lizards, a:,d snakes. <br />Endangered/Critical Species/Impacted: <br />Nor.e <br />Critical Habitats/Vegetative Communities Impacted: <br />Upland habitat ccnsists of grasses and fortis with scattered shrubs. <br />Our data shaves that t::^.ere is a contiguous pot}:e~ of riparian vegetatiar. <br />corsistin~ o_' sedges, rushes, and rnesic grasses. <br />Assessment of Impact: <br />Area is located within an iaterm.ittea*_ s±ream chan:?e;_ (Moss Creek) that may <br />require a 9CA er.^.:it from the Arny Ccros o_` ~nrireers. work ir, .he streaT. <br />charm=_1 will dey-rade the channel and potentially cause do,anstreaa, aff=_cis such <br />as increasing sediment load and runoff a_s well as pocr water cuality. Impacts <br />tc wdldlife rri.ll be moderates. The Division be'_ieves that availing the strean <br />charnel would redo^_e the impacts to wildlife- 'r:ild]ife in the area utiS'_2zs the <br />proposed Froect area *_o graze or to hint. <br />Mine Reclamation Recommendations (includes key species/habitats for <br />which restoration is designed): <br />.Rec_amation recommendations consist of minim in 5 sere iacrem=_nts to :r,i.^.irniz., <br />the impacts to wildlife. P.eclaiminy the land after-moving to ancthar five acres <br />r:ith n=.t ice seed mixes that ir.cerporates blue gr=..a, rabbitbrush, and carious <br />farbs. r'ercing cut cattle to alloy the seeded area to estabiiri itsel*. Niticar_e <br />"in kind" wetland and riparian habitat lcsses. P,itiga`_.ian shon;.d adaress both <br />wetland fern and function, tvorY. should also ir.clu8e hark ..=,tabili2atic;. and <br />noxious weed ccntro'_. <br />Prepared By: Casey Coolev- CDOW Aab itat Biolooist Date:b/Yi/OZ <br />Submitted By: Casey. Coolev__C PCw Eabi_t Biologist Date:B%2 ~'!2 <br />Tnis s*_atement is void if not processed within 1 year. <br />This analysis does not constitute approval of application. <br />Page 2. cf 1.. <br />