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• MINED LAND ~LDLIFE STATEMENT/EVALUATION (Revised) <br />._+~ - <br />~ for limited impact and select regular mine ap~icatio <br />.,e following infoncation pertaining to wildlife is provided for use b <br />Reclamation Board in their consideration of a mining permit for: <br />BA.RN~ GRAVrZ PIT / Open Gravel Pit / NW.'-NWy Sec. 34, T195, R42 <br />. Name/Type and Location of Hine (Legal) <br />Rildlife Species list: • <br />Frorghorn <br />~~eer (?) <br />Fheasant <br />Scaled Quail(?) <br />'rabbit <br />1•:ourning Dove <br />Endangered/criiic:al species/impacted: <br />ns / <br />y Mined Land r„`'~ <br />w °1 <br />none that ue are: axaze of. <br />Critical habitat:;/vegetative communitie§ impacted: <br />:lone that ue aze: axare of. <br />Assessment of impact: <br />A:inlmal due to i.t's location next to a County Road, in a brazed pasture, and the {act <br />that a pit alrez.dy exsists due to previous gravel operations. <br />Hine Reclamation reco:mnendations (include key species/habitats for which restoration <br />is designed). <br />I recommend that. the pit be graded & sloped to 3:1 or less and, due to it's proximity <br />to xheat fields that may sustain pheasant & quail populations, I also recommend that <br />the area be reseeded with grasses and forties that enhance game bird nesting. Tall :.heat <br />Jose, Suitchgraecs, Sand 3luester, i7estern k'neatgrass, Crested ;:'heat, and Side Oats <br />Gra-~a along wii:h Yellou Clover and Ladak Alfalfa are the best species. The establish- <br />r_=_:t of S'rrub tiLickets could rot only provide food L• cover icr xildlife but also a <br />visual barrier i'or the plt from the nearby County Woad. recommended species to plant, <br />ir. orrier of prei:erence, are Plum; 3uffaloberry, Chokecherry, Wild rose, & Sandhill Cherry. <br />Tne planting of trees like Russian Olive and Cottonless Cottonwood would benefit rap- <br />tors and other bird species and is also recommended. A raintenance free system of <br />planting the above tree and shrub species is described by Wazren Synder in the April-1•:ay <br />1903 issue of Colorado Outdoors, a Division of Wildlife Publication. <br />Prepared By: /! ~/` ~' `- ~i/ <br />Sub=ltted By: <br />--r--- <br />ihls state=ent is void i n process d~within 1 year. <br />ibis analysis does not cons[itute approval of application. <br />Coyote <br />Sxift Fox <br />Raptors (Transient) <br />Various nongame bird, <br />Date: 6/asl9/ - <br />Date~-j~-~~ <br />mammal, G reptile spp. <br />