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DESCRIPTION OF UNUSUAL CONDITIONS OR EVENTS: Other than the drought conditions, no other unusual conditions or events were noted except for one item. There seems to be quite a few Mockingbirds along Coal Creek this yeaz. This species is not exactly raze this faz west, but it is uncommon. It is possible that the Mockingbirds moved west in search of wetter conditions. Unfortunately, until July, they were probably quite disappointed. Mockingbird songs have been heard in this azea in the past, but never as abundantly as this year. It was hazd to tell for sure, but it appeared there were four Mockingbirds along the stream through Section 36. PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION: A CD is supplied which contains a lazge number of images of the site. These images are all in JPG format and all, except for any panoramic merges, contain the EXIF data regazding the date, time, and other specifications of the image. The JPG format images are saved at a high resolution (low compression) ratio and aze generally compazable to the TIFF format images. If TIFF format images aze required for a particular purpose it is recommended that the images needed be noted and a request be made for TIFF versions of those images. TIFF format images aze uncompressed and aze the highest quality images, but file sizes are large. Many of the original images were taken in RAW format and converted to DNG formats for archiving. The JPG and TIFF versions were made from those. After tonal balancing most of the RAW and DNG files were deleted after the TIFF files were saved. No retouching was done to any images other than the removal of dust shadows in the sky. Dust shadows, which are faint dark blotches created when dust gets on the sensor of a digital SLR, are common with some cameras. Generally point and shoot and Olympus DSLR's are not subject to these artifacts. All of the images were taken with a variety of cameras including Canon l OD digital SLR, Canon Powershot S2IS, Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom, and Olympus E500 digital SLR. The last three are the preferred cameras for monitoring. The l OD is excellent, but presents some problems with dust artifacts and the need to shoot in RAW to obtain the very best quality. The C-8080 produces the finest images of all four, but often exhibits severe focusing problems in low contrast scenes such as those encountered frequently on the prairie and this camera can be very frustrating. The S2IS is the all-azound winner, but resolution is somewhat lacking for highly detailed work. The photos are arranged in separate directories. All of the images in each directory were taken on the same date, although they may show different azeas of the site. To aid in the location of images a sepazate directory contains "contact sheet" PDF files of all the photos. These PDF files have the same name as the directories containing the actual images. It is recommended that the "contact sheets" be used first to review the images and find any particulaz images. When an image is found that is of interest, note the name of the image file. Go to that directory where you will find the full sized image. The images in the PDF files are shown at four images to a page so the images aze lazge enough in the PDF file to determine whether that is the image you want. It is also possible to extract the images from the PDF file pages, but the quality will not be particulazly good except for very limited uses such as emailing. It is better to use the actual image rather than an extraction for all other uses, including presentations and especially printing. The CD also contains a complete PDF version of this report. (Note: A copy of this report, less photodocumentation CD's, must also be provided to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology to be included in the Reclamation Permit file.) Status report for 2006 (July 15, 2006) Page 13 of 13