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<br />EXdIBIT b <br />• WIT.n7,T FT.: RFGffI_1RCFS <br />Wildlife resources on this site are extremely limited. The site is a dryland <br />area on windblown mesas with a fairly typical grassland vegetation combined with <br />some tree cholla and prickly pear cacti. Tree and shrub cover is extremely <br />limited. This combined with the presence of Interstate 25 just to the east, the <br />Broderick & Gibbons gravel pit to the west, two Cooley Gravel Company pits west of <br />the B&G pits as well as a large powerplant and a small City of Colorado Springs <br />gravel pit to the south, causes the habitat characteristics to be poor at best. <br />Wildlife on the site is limited to a few lagomorphs, rodents, and some <br />prairie birds, including birds of prey. Large game do not appear to be resident <br />on the site, but might use the area enroute to other locations or for limited <br />grazing. However, there is little evidence of large game animals on the land. <br />• During the survey on August 31, a stock pond was examined carefully and no tracks <br /> of anything but the few cattle that graze the property could be found in the mud <br />surrounding the pond. Because this is the only reliable water source on the <br />property away from the Interstate highway, if large game was present their tracks <br />would have been found at the pond. <br />No endangered or threatened species of plants or animals are known to exist <br />on the site. <br />The impact of this operation on the wildlife resources would be minimal, <br />considering that if the site were not mined for the gravel resources it would <br />undoubtedly be developed sometime in the future for residential or industrial <br />purposes. Nearby, just east of Interstate 25, some industrial complexes have <br />appeared in the last couple of years. There is little reason to think development <br />• page 1 of 2 Exhibit H <br />