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S TA 7E OF COLORADO III IIIIIIIIIIIII III O~ <br />Bill Owens, Governs ~1.ORa <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATUR~ESOURCES • ~ - ~ <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE 5( <br />~~~~~~ <br />• t3ruca AecCledtay, ~0 Otectot ~O'~ OF ~tiC <br />teoeo tlro.dw.y <br />Der, ~~ ~jd For [4ildlifr- <br />TaYpApr: (3oCi1797-t tE12 For Praprt <br />S.= <br />June 25.2000 LI ~ <br />((? ~, ` <br />Routt Coon R PI ~ v ~ ~ ~^1 ~' <br />ry egtooal aoam8 Departmeet <br />P.O. Box 773749 1~ I <br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 <br />. OOOZ 9 Z N C I' <br />J <br />Rr. CamllNttl GravN Plt N2 - ConapWat Sptecl~l Ua~ P~mtlt <br />Dear Commiuioems: <br />Tae folkwmg ea~a ate based on rite mryxtima sad ocevr:nticea with and pLmoar. <br />FJQSTING WIL.DLIIE HADi[A]': <br />The atp the the peetiooer has pteQaed b develop, a we3 u the Rsmamdsr Parwl, u peedommaeely oaupriaed of the <br />folbwing ve~Aaew types; ripanm and eqa 9ma0 pockets d wilbwe can ba fowd oe the ptopaty m the rtparim arw and <br />the wetlaoda iaeeraQased throtrghota the aa®e ataw the do®ate plain ryet,;ies throughaa this property inchde: sagebrush. <br />• cottonwood, and svrllow. <br />Spxia the ate as®ody wociaeed with bs riparian aaa include the folbwmg: auabrotra apscia d migratory bode - <br />mcltrdiag the grearar eaodhill cane, blue heroes, and bald agiea; oumsar apeoiee d small mamma4 - mchsding beaver, mink, <br />skudc, sad rod fox: and large mammah atarb r mrb deer and e!t <br />A aigo~cmt peraattage d Ihs svildt~e vahr attlibubd b the petititeer's paoparty a®a Gam tbs fact the the property u <br />looted m m am that u bordered an them titian by nparim sae. Ripatim aa- m Ram Canty provide habitm n over 70Y. <br />of the wildlfe apeciee thrt reside m the oosmty fa a leW a portion d the year. Furthermore, due m the fict this area here <br />roceived relatively Ibrrtad dewfopmaef, the wil~a vahb aenbuted a Iha ptopary ea evm greats. OvaalL thin property <br />caetriboms m a fairly sehaaaEa! and aaetipsoas parsid d highly vahtabie wilmilln habitat, which doe m ib locaeoo and <br />proxmtdy b aanemdeg hablyd/dnabpmma also prwidee a distioot bt~er sad tranaiiite moe with vahubk edge habiun <br />The moa anhata~al sw'It~e vahtr this property amaatty provides tier wildlils mohsds: m vaiuabk tiparim habaaa, m <br />siuabk and omti~em hahtas, t9 vahubie oaaamodadge habitat, a>sd ®aixabb buoHla loon <br />^KPACTS OR PROPOBSD DEVlLOPMLM' TO WQ.DI.IFi: <br />The foreaeeabk negativs ®paeta will be the ®madiati and keg term lea d acme vahubb wildlife habitau ssaocuted wnh the <br />development d the lxopoeed grasel pit operatsoa This devdopmmt will displace some apecia, and tequee s vanety of specua <br />n make adaptatiooa m rhea new wrrouodmga The dagra d dieplaoemtet and/or adaptation rnrrelun directly m the specus <br />use of the sage tLrts the are ptojaasd m be distotbad Thee will also be fragmeatsdoo d the existing habiuta and a loan of the <br />beneficial buffet aoee t>>v propeny pravidea. Howes, the pstitiooa has made mfpteaaive efforts m dewbp a site plm chat <br />would mm®m the rmotmt of tteguive vrrpacb m the tgraian and walaodr seas the rise plea curnstly proposed hu <br />stgrttficaatty tuned thn atmtmt of poteatuRy negative tmpreti the aecther sae plm might «ot have u sucoaafulty m~~ m,~~ <br />• DEPARTIYB~lT OF NATt.1ILtH, RESOURCES, C~ Wrdm. e..a ~ Dtedor <br />VN.DLfFE COMiNS&iON, Bernard L Bank Jr., Chairtan .Pods EnaYOrR Vb~Crratrturr • P-cb Jerre. Seaetarv <br />