1997-06-13_REPORT - M1981302 ‎(12)‎

• Permit No: M1981302
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 6/13/1997
• Doc Name: EXHIBIT A 9 PREBLES MEADOW JUMPING MOUSE
• From: BOB CRIFASI CARY RICHARDSON
• To: BRYAN PRITCHETT ALICE GUTHRIE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

stream's course; human activities in or near Preble's; construction of residential,
commercial, and industrial developments, including roads, bridges, public utilities and
telephone lines, pipelines, and other structures; bioremediation and hazardous materials
management, containment, and cleanup efforts such as those at Rocky Flats; and sand,
.gravel and other types of mining activities within or upstream of Preble's habitat.
Activities that the Service believes could potentially result in a violation of section 9
of the ESA include but are not limited to unauthorized or unpermitted collecting, handling,
harassing, or taking of the species; and activities that directly or indirectly result in the actual
death or injury death of Preble's, or that modify the known habitat of the species by
significantly modifying essential behavioral patterns (e.g., plowing; conversion of wet
meadow or riparian habitats to residential, commercial, industrial, recreational areas, or
cropland; overgrazing; road and trail construction; water
development or impoundment; mineral extraction or processing; off-highway vehicle use;
and hazardous material cleanup or bioremediation). The Service has identified a number of
activities that will not violate section 9 of the Act provided that these activities are carried
out in accordance with existing regulations and permit requirements. Unfortunately the
Service did not define what it means by "existing regulations and permit requirements."
Proposed State Response
The State, through the Colorado Division of Natural Resources (DNR) , is
attempting to coordinate comments for the proposed rule and to possibly defer the listing of
the Preble's by developing binding conservation plans with the public land management
agencies and private entities that are directly affected by the proposed listing. If,
unsuccessful with deferring the listing, the State would like to see the conservation plans
form the basis of a recovery plan for the species so that the affected parties are protected
from incidental takes under section 9 of the Act.
Doug Robotham. the Assistant Director at the DNR is coordinating comments from
the affected Federal, State, and Local agencies. DNR hopes to use a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Department of Interior and the State of Colorado regarding the
management of declining species as a basis for bring forward a coordinated conservation
plan for Preble's. DNR's strategy is defer the listing of Preble's by coordinating a statewide
recovery and conservation effort. DNR hopes that each affected land management agency
will provide conservation plans for Preble's as part of the State conservation effort. As
outlined in greater detail below, it may be possible for Open Space to participate in the
State effort by moving forward with the proposed South Boulder Creek Natural Area
Designation and including a commitment to develop management actions to protect Preble's
on OS properties.
DNR has also begun developing GIS coverage's containing Preble's information,