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:: .. ce: me <br />~-m <br />Stoecker <br />~.-~ i:cological <br />.giTl~4ewl -i-'~..... ~.M <br />' 279 Forest Lane Boulder, Colorado 80302 Ph/Fax (303) 444-3979 <br />' Mr. Peter Plage <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />P.O. Box 25486, DFC <br />Denver, Co. 80225 <br />September 7, 1997 <br />' RE: Request for exclusion of Preble's jumping mouse live-trapping survey. <br />Deaz Mr. Plage: <br />' I am recommending that the following site be excluded from a Preble's jumping mouse <br />trapping survey. The project area is the Cooley Gravel site. The property is located in unincorporated <br />Adams Counry, adjacent to 104th Street between Commerce City and Thornton. I am including photos <br />of riparian sites, all of which are located along the South Platte River. After your review of these <br />materials, please inform me regarding your acceptance or rejection of my habitat evaluation, and also <br />' the client at the following address. <br />Jamie Wilkins <br />' CAMAS Colorado, Inc. <br />3605 South Teller St., <br />Lakewood, Co. 80235 <br />' (303) 716-5304 <br />' Rationale for excluding the site as potential Preble'sjpmoine mouse habitat <br />The only significant riparian areas on this property are confined to the shoreline of the South <br />Platte River. Representative photographs of habitat types along the river are shown as Figures I <br />through 3. Also, there are a few moist sites away from the river that support mesic plant species, <br />however, these are weedy and have a history of heavy grazing (Fig. 4). The property, in my opinion, <br />does not contain any potential Preble's jumping mouse habitat. <br />' [f you require additional information regarding this project site, please feel free to call. <br />' Sincerely, / <br />1 ~~ ~~`~, <br />Robert E. Stoecker, Ph.D. <br />Animal ecologist <br />cc. Jamie Wilkins <br />1 <br />4 <br />