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r <br />~ 2 '~ Z000 • • <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Bill Owens, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN ECUAL OPP'ORf W ITY EUPLOYER <br />John Mumma, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Telephone: (303) 297-1192 <br />MINED LAND WILDLIFE STATEMENT <br />1. Name of Mine: Colo. Lime Company, Old Monarch Quany <br />G~~~o <br />~`~®~ <br />O,~.OF <br />For R'i7dlife- <br />For People <br />2. Location of Mine: 18 miles west of Salida, Chaffee County, CO. (Mostly in Section 33, T50N, R6E, <br />and Section 4, T49N, R6E, NMPM.) See attached map. <br />3. List of Threatened of Endangered Species (Federal or State) and other Species of Special Concern: <br />There are no known threatened or endangered species on this site. Bighorn sheep do use the <br />property during the summer months. The area is suitable habitat for boreal toads, but none are <br />known o exist on the site. <br />4. Assess impacts expelled to fish and wildlife populations and habitat from project: <br />The majority of this site has already been heavily mined in the past as the old CF81 Limestone <br />Quartrtyy. It has never been rectaimed. The area is high country, averaging about 10,000 feet of <br />elevat'ron, and is mostN on a steep, north-facing sbpe. R is summer range for elk, deer, and <br />occasionally bighorn sheep, and year-around residence to many small anlmals Incuding pike, <br />mamtot, snowshoe hare, pine squurel and a variety of birds. These animals will be displaced during <br />mining activity, and in most cases, their habitats severely aRered or destroyed. <br />AAv main concern is for the South Arkansas River that runs through the property adjacent to Highway <br />50 We already have a severe problem with siltation and sediment loo ing in this stream due to run- <br />off from this and other previously mined areas. This siltation degrades stream quality and interferes <br />with trout reproduction, primarily due to the filling in of spawning beds. Care must be taken in the <br />mining process to minimize this problem, and hopefully alleviate the curtent problem. Minimum <br />setbacks from the stream during mining should be regwred to prevent disturbing streambeds and <br />increasing sediment loading. <br />5. Evaluate reclamation plan and provide additional recommendations for reclamation: <br />No reclamation plan was included in the infomtation I received. However, any reclamation plan <br />approved should inctude measures to address the problem.along the S. Ark. River mentioned above, <br />including sbping which will minimize run-0ff, and revegetatlon to hold beck sediments. <br />6. Other comments: none <br />Prepared by: Ron Dobson Date: 4-26-2000 <br />Title: Distract Wildlife Manager -Salida West <br />Submitted by: same Date: 4-26-2000 <br />Title: <br />cc: Spezze, Lovell, file <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Greg Welcher, Executive Director <br />WILDL~E COMMISSION, Bernard Black, Chairman • Rick Enstrom, Vico-Chaitman • Philip James, Secretary <br />Marianna Raftopoulos, Member •Tam Burke, Member; Mark LeVatley, Member <br />Bob Shoemaker, Member • Olive Valdez, Member <br />