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<br />EXHIBIT H -Wildlife Information <br />The typical wildlife resources in northern Moffat County include: <br />elk, mule deer, antelope mountain lion, and sage grouse. Other common year <br />around mammals are: striped skunk, badger, weasel ermine, raccoon, grey <br />fox, porcupine, deer mouse, richardson ground squirrels, whitetailed <br />jackrabbit, cottontailed rabbit amd marmot. <br />Migrant birds include: Canadian geese, national varieties of ducks, red- <br />tailed hawk, marsh hawk, mourning dove, western blue bird and starling. <br />Year around birds include: the great horned owl, blackballed magpie, and <br />house sparrow. <br />Common year around reptiles include wondering garter snake, bull snake, <br />and rattle snake. <br />There are no threatened or endangered species -either by state or federal <br />designation -that are known to inhabit, or to be dependent upon the affected <br />area of the Villard Pit #2. This operation will not interfere with migratory <br />routes, or the welfare of any "endangered or threatened species". This site is <br />not a strutting ground for sage grouse, or a nesting area for burrowing owls or <br />other protected raptors. <br />The Villard pit #2 is on private land. It is a good summer range for deer, <br />elk and occasionally antelope., however, with the reduced populations of <br />these big game animals, the range is not critical and the temporary loss of <br />portions of it will not adversely impact the overall well being of these species. <br />It is Moffat County's experience that the gravel mines amact many species <br />of wildlife as well as domestic animals. The excavations provide windbreaks <br />and warm, sunny slopes, sometimes next to water impoundments, where <br />predators have less advantage because of the lack of vegetative cover. There <br />are no known scientilic studies that were made in the area of the Villard Pit # <br />2 that can conclude that dust, noise and increased human activity on a low <br />volume gravel pit will have a general negative effect on the local wildlife. <br />(The attached Exhibit H-2 Wildlife Questionnaire, and selected Exhibits <br />were sent to the D.O.W. on February 28, 2000) <br />EXHIBIT H <br />