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Savage and Savage EnrvrxonrMEnrTAr, <br />practical solutions for environmerrtaf Issues <br />4610 Haystack Drive 97D 674 8080 telephone <br />Windsor, Colorado 80550 970 674 8088 . facsimile <br />savageandsavageC~earthl(nk.net <br />June_ 10; 2005 <br />Ellen Mayo <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />764 Horizon Blvd., Bldg. B <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 <br />Re: Concurrence Request for Spiranthes diluvialis Disqualification - <br />Hall-Irwin's Parker/Dersham Resource site, Weld County, Colorado <br />Deaz Ms. Mayo: <br />Savage and. Savage conducted a:. field investigation at the proposed Pazker/Dersham <br />Resource site on May 26, 2005 in order to assess.the potential for the presence of critical <br />habitat for the Ufe Ladies'-tresses Orchid (Spiranthes diluvialis),, a federally listed <br />threatened species. The Pazker/Dersham Resource site consists of two pazcels. The <br />Pazker site to the north is approximately 23 acres and the Dersham site to the south is <br />~ approximately 30 acres contained within Section 36 in Township 1 North, Range 67 West <br />of the 6ei Prime Meridian, Weld County, Colorado... The properties aze bounded on the <br />north, south, and west by fence lines, and on the east by Hall-Irwin's Baseline Resources <br />site. Currently, the proposed Pazkei•/Dersham Resource site has ongoing land uses.. <br />including an auto mechanic shop and oil and gas wellheads. Adjacent land uses include <br />mineral extraction and residential. (General Location Map) <br />Based on a field investigation conducted by Savage and_Savage on May 26, 2005 and <br />current U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) survey guidelines dated November 23, <br />1992, we believe this site is exempt from the necessity to conduct an orchid survey and <br />has very low potential to harbor individuals or a population of Spiranthes diluvialis for <br />the following reasons. <br />