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ATTACHMENT ITEM 3.0 -WFC is in the process of obtaining land owner's consent giving WFC the rights to enter and explore the drill holes shown in Table 1. WFC will submit the consent documents to DMG once they are received. ITEM 4.0: Second Park and the Cyprus Block area are set in a region of variable terrain. Both areas are higher than the land to the west and are defined by numerous drainages. Second Park is bounded on the north by Coal Canyon, on the west by the San Miguel River and on the south by Tuttle Draw, all of which are fed by several smaller tributary incised valleys. Within these incised boundaries, Second Park is a terrain dominated by a plateau of high elevation (5800-5800 feet). To the northeast, the Uncompaghre Plateau rises above Second Park and the surrounding terrain. The Cyprus Block area is approximately three miles southeast of Second Park and consists of similar terrain. The area of interest is on the west side of what is known as First Park and is cut by several small incised drainages. Cyprus Block is confined to the north by Calamity Draw, a deeply incised stream valley, and to the west and south by the San Miguel River. Elevations vary from approximately 5500 to 5800 feet. Grazing land is the primary use of both Second Park and Cyprus Block. The eastern portion of Second Park is irrigated to support agriculture and grazing. Both the western portion of Second Park and the Cyprus Block area are not irrigated, and their primary use is dry-land grazing. Dyno Nobel, Inc. also maintains an explosives magazine in the Cyprus Block area. Soil composition and type are not well known in the area, but it can be reasonably assumed that it would be similar in composition to that of the underlying and surrounding geologic formations. The Mancos, Dakota and Morrison Formations have all been eroded and weathered over time. The San Miguel River, Coal Draw and other streams subsequently have transported their sediment into the Second Park area and these sediments have the composition of the modern quaternary soils. Collectively, these lithologic bodies would contribute alight-colored, sand dominated composition with variegated silt and clay and possibly some coal fragments. The dominant vegetation species at the Second Park average elevation (5500-6000 feet) is the sagebrush-grassland complex (Bureau of Land Management 1984). The Division of Wildlife (DOW) supports this in illustrating only the Big Sagebrush Shrubland type and Pinyon Juniper in Second Park on their land cover map (Thompson, et. AI. 1996).