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STATE OF COLORADO • • <br />Ray Romer, Governor REFER TO <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION POF WILDLIFE o~L~~o <br />Pent' D. Olson, Director <br />6060 Broadway ~ <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 Nor' <br />Telephone: (303) 297-1192 <br />May 2, ???: ForWildlife- <br />For People <br />Ron Stuar: <br />Denver Brick Company <br />''~~' Santd ~? P.v. BOri iSCD <br />Castle Rock, Coie. 80i~= <br />Rc: Clay ,Hine Propcsa~ cr, Crow-oet Vail?y R~2c. <br />Dear Ren, <br />I visited the proposed sits Yesterday with Wayne Spence from your company. <br />The proposed forty acres is in two distinct sections. The lower section where <br />mining will occur firs is comprised of some native grasses including needle <br />and thread, blue grama, and red thr=_~-awn, Tr,is pJrtlon cf the sits also iias <br />been. grazed in the past years and has some knapweed on the sits. Thee upper <br />portion of the site is rolling hills with mountain mahogany and oak brash. <br />Wildlife species currently using the site ir:clude mule deer, meadow larks, <br />mountain lions, ground nesting birds, reptiles, and various small mammals. <br />According to Wayne, there will be little to nD mining on the upper portions of <br />this site. If this is correct, then there will be few negative impacts to <br />wildlife throughout the site. This is especially true, if there are no <br />impacts to Mellon Gulch, which runs along the southern border of the site and <br />is very diverse in terms of both plants and wildlife. However, if mining does <br />occur in either the upper portion or along Mellon Gulch, then significant <br />impacts to wildlife will occur. <br />Reclamation of this site should include the reestablishment of native prairie <br />plant species. These species should be consistent with the surrounding <br />vegetation and provide the necessary diversity required to sustain prairie <br />wildlife species. My office can provide informztion on native species of <br />plants and their various benefits to wildlife if requested. <br />Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposal. If you have any <br />further questions or need any further assistance, please call me at 291-7227. <br />Sincere <br />Richard Antonio •• <br />District Wildlife Manager <br />cc: Dave Weber, Habitat Biologist <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, James S. Lochhead, Executlve Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Thomas M. Eve, Chairmen • Louis F. Swift, Vice-Chairman • Amold Salazar, Secretary <br />Jesse Langston Boyd, Jr., Member • Rebecca L Frank, Member <br />William R. Hogberg, Member • Mark LeValley, Member • Jahn D. Fuller Sr., Member <br />,. <br />..~. <br />.. ...:_ <br />,.~ .. ... .. .. 4 - . d" q. <br />..;;.: <br />Ji1.i~a~ <br />...is:r a~-c. <br />