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,11(10/2005 14:06 9709295595 <br />Z4AG2E37XC.f mrd 8 Project Plmr <br />Hitter Rev~sroir 326 <br />Page S afll <br />WEST ELK <br />PAGE 09 <br />The proposed well project will be managed to avoid conflicts with the deer and elk orx <br />winter range and user conflict during big game Canting season. Operations will be <br />located sash as to not interfere with raptor nesting sites, inclr~ing Golden and Bald <br />Eagle, and Peregrine Falcon. <br />Additional wildlife information pertaining to the area is wntained in the report Stied, <br />"Box Canyon West Methane Drainage Wells, Wildlife Habitat Evaluations and Inventory <br />for T&E, Sensitive and M_smaop~n+an! Indicator Species" prepared by Michael Ward <br />Otctdoots and Monarch & Associates dated June 2005, submitted with the MR-306 <br />Ammual Operating Plan. <br />T1iREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES <br />Previous Theea6ened and Endangered sari Sensitive Species (IFSS) clearance surveys <br />Cave not identified threatened or endangered plank or animal species oa West Flatiron, <br />Dry Fork, or within adjacent coal exploration areas of Ravens Gulch or Sylvester Gulch. <br />Previous reports titled, `°fhteatetred, Endangered and Sensitive 3p~ecies Drill Site <br />Clearance Survey for Panels 16, 17, and 175, October 2001" and `°Ilzteatened, <br />Endangered and Sensitive 5peries Clearance Survey for Panels 1811uough 24, Nest Elk <br />Mine, October 2001", indicate that none of the TESS species that weld pobeMially occur <br />within, the Gunnison Nafional Forest would be adversely impeded by the proposed <br />Pmj~ <br />The Final West-Cedral Colorado Coal Em~imnmeatal Statement prepared by the U.S. <br />Department of the Interior, BLM, 1979 describes the vegetation areas adjacent in the <br />MDW project area on pages 573 through 577. The EIS concluded that >m threatened or <br />endangered Plants (PP-573-577) exist in the aaea adjacent to tCe proposed drilling <br />location. The Wildlife Section {pp- 577-582) includes description of the lands associated <br />with the MDWs 19-09,19-10 and 19-11. The only threatened wr~dlife species is the bald <br />eagle, . wCich inhabits Hre North Fork Gurmison Valley during the winter months. <br />Detisting of the bald eagle from the US threatened spe«es list is caaeutly proposed. This <br />EIS also concludes that na Thre~ened or Endangered aquaric species (pp. 580-582) exist <br />iua the area <br />Several Eavimnmental Analyses have been conducted for the project aces. One report, <br />tCe Ravens Gulch Exploration Atea encompasses the proposed 19-09, 19-10 and 19-1 l <br />well, pads. The most recent amlysis was completed in 199$ for 19 drill Coles and <br />associated temporary access roads. TCe Decision Memo and Finding of No Significant <br />Impact, Mouwlaun Coal Company, Proposed Coal Exploration License, as approved by <br />Mr. Ray L. Kingston, Paonda District Ranger (4-13-98) stated, `°The proposed action will <br />not adversely affect em endangered or threatened species or its critical habitat° The <br />proposed activity of this project is nearly idemical to ilre approved activity va the Ravens <br />Gulch Exploration License and for Loogwall Panels 14 and 15. An EnvirvnmenAal <br />