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• (d) Wildlife <br />The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) has described the wildlife of the area (please see <br />Attachment 4 for a copy of the CDOW letter from which the following excerpts were taken). <br />The (Canyon Rim Stone Quarry) mine is located in a very wildlife diverse area, and many game <br />and non-game species (identifred in the CDOW letter) likely occur or occurred there. Sopme of <br />these species are.• Mule Deer, Swift Fox, Coyote, Bobcat, Mountain Lion, Black Bear, Mountain <br />Cottontail, Jack Rabbit, Scaled Quail, Greater Roadrunnner, Northern harrier, Red-Tailed <br />hawk, American kestrel, Mountain Blur-bird, Plateau Lizard, Greer Plains Skink, Western <br />Rattlesnake, Lesser Earless Lizard Collard Lizard, and Texas Horned Lizard. Two species of <br />concern were/are likely to be found at the site: Texas Horned Lizard and Swift Fox. It is unlikely <br />that any threatened or endangered species were/are at the site or that the mining activity will <br />have a significant negative impact on either sensitive species. There is potential to improve <br />habitat for the Texas Horned Lizard through the reclamation. <br />Reclamation of the site will follow local N.R.C.S. guidelines, as also recommended in the <br />CDOW letter. Please see Attachment 5 for the recommended revegetation species list and <br />husbandry guidelines provided by the local N.R.C.S. Conservationist. <br />Shrub establishment will not be attempted on the areas to be revegetated. The azea is grazed by <br />livestock, and shrub establishment is not considered viable. <br />• 6.3.3 EXFIIBIT C -Mining Plan <br />~a Duration <br />Operation is anticipated to start in the summer of 2006 and continue for the life of the quarry. <br />Regarding intermittent operation, quarrying and processing will occur intermittently with <br />processed material stockpiled for later sale. It is doubtful that production would be temporarily <br />ceased for 180 or more days during the life of the mine. In the future, should producfion <br />cessation be anticipated to last for 180 days or more, a plan addressing that cessation would be <br />filed with the Mined Land Reclamation Boazd as specified in C.R.S. 34-32.5(11)(b). <br />(fib Soil Salvage <br />The in-place thin surface soil (plant growth medium) varies from 4 inches to 20 inches in depth <br />across the quarry site. This plant growth medium with included herbaceous vegetation and loose <br />rock shall be stripped from each quarrying area prior to disturbance. The initial plant growth <br />medium will be placed in a stockpile for post-mining reclamation. Subsequent soil salvaged <br />from areas pre-disturbance will be either added to the stockpile or used in concurrent <br />revegetation efforts in mined-out portions of the affected azea. Earthwork is relatively minimal <br />due to the shallow soils at the site. <br />~c) Waste Rock <br />No waste rock will be developed in the extraction of the sandstone as there is no overburden or <br />interburden associated with the deposits. Chopper fines (sandstone from sand size to several <br /> <br />3 <br />