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;~. <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Bill Owens, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />John W. Mumma. Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Telephone: (303) 297-1192 <br />February 23, 2000 <br />Carl Mount <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Permit # M-2000-002 -Mobile Premix Concrete -Tanabe Pit <br />Dear Mr. Mount: <br />?ECEIVED ForWildlife- <br />Far People <br />Fee z ~ zooo <br />Cmslon ci ;7e'lerui~s Geology <br />I have reviewed this application and visited the site with District Wildlife Manager Obe Lowry. <br />We have these comments on the proposal: <br />Almost all of this tract is either row crops or disturbed, weedy land -both have very low value as <br />wildlife habitat. A small number of prairie dog holes are present along the eastern edge of the <br />property, but were not occupied during our visit. We assume that the prairie dogs were either <br />poisoned or died of plague. A few large cottonwood trees are present along the Fulton Ditch at <br />the NW comer of the property -the application states that these will not be disturbed. <br />This plan proposes to intentionally create a considerable acreage of wetland on the south side <br />adjacent to a stream corridor. That appears to be a good location for the wetland, since it <br />complements the stream corridor and is also near some large trees. Although not stated in the <br />application, we were verbally told that the wetland to be created would be in partial mitigation of <br />wetland impacts at the Howe Pit to the west. <br />We note the statement on page 8 that "the proposed reclamation plan does not propose to <br />create wildlife habitat". The creation of several acres of mitigation wetland at the south end of <br />the project area would certainly appear to be the creation of wildlife habitat to us. <br />Please let me know'rf you have any questions. <br />Sincerely,/ ~ <br />~GG~C W GG~ <br />Dave Weber <br />Habitat Biologist <br />cc: Obe Lowry, DWM <br />iii iuiiiiiiiiuiii - <br />999 <br />,- <br />n. ,c~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Greg Watcher, Executive Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Chuck Lewis, Chairman .Mark LeValley, Vice Chairman .Bernard L. Black, Jr.,Secretary <br />Members, Rick Enslrom .Marianna Raftopoulos .Arnold Salazar .Robert Shoemaker .Philip James <br />