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'~.~~` MINED LAND ~DL1FE STATEMENT/EVALUATION ~vised) <br />ti~'• - <br />y for limited impact and select regular mine applications <br />~ l-7~l <br />the following information pertaining to wildlife is provided for use by Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board in their consideration of a mining permit for: ,' <br />Barnett Gravel wit ~ Opem Gravel Pit ~ NEySEi, & <br />and Location <br />Wildlife Species. list: ' <br />Pronghorn <br />Deer(?) <br />Pheasant <br />Scaled Quail <br />Rabbit <br />Mourning Dove <br />Endangered/critical species/impacted: <br />None that we are aware of. ' <br />Hine <br />Coyote " ' . <br />Swift Fox <br />Raptors (Transient) <br />Various nongame bird, <br />Critical habitats/vegetative communities impacted: <br />None that we are aware of, <br />Assessment of impact: <br />Sec. 33, T18S, R42W <br />mammal, & reptile spp. <br />D1lnimal due to it's location in a grazed pasture and the fact that a pit already exists <br />from previous gravel operations. . <br />Hine Reclamation recommendations (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 because the pit Ss lo- <br />cated next to milo fields, I also recommend that it be reseeded to grasses that enhance <br />game bird nesting (ie: Tall Wheat Jose, Switcharass, Sand Bluestem, Western Wheatgrass, <br />Crested Wheat, & Side Oats Grammes). Yellox Clover and Ladak Alfalfa should also be used. <br />The establishment of brush thickets would provide both food and cover for xildlife and <br />is highly recommended. Species to plant in order of preference are Pluri, Buffaloberry, <br />Chokecherry, Wild Rose, 8 Sandhill Cherry. To benefit Raptors & other bird species I <br />recommend the planting of trees like Russian Olive & Cottonless Cottonwood. A mainten- <br />ance free system of planting the shrubs is described by Warren Synder in April-Nay 1983 <br />issue of Colorado Outdoors, a Colorado Division of Wildlife publlcation. Sealing part <br />or all of the pit would help hold water during wet years or after heavy thunderstorms. <br />Although not as effective as thickets, brush piles can be constructed to provided cover <br />for wildlife. <br />_ n A/` ~,0 ~ b/mss/~l <br />Prepared By:r -7l ~/~ _U[~ _ Date:_T <br />Submitted By:~. ~ _~ Date ;_ ~ :12~._ <br />This statement is vo if no processe ~~thin 1 y~ar. <br />This analysis does not constitute approval of application. . <br />--`. _~., <br />