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Colo .alco UnNerslw Knowledge to Go Places September 30, 2008 Angela Bellantoni Environmental Alternatives, Inc. 1107 Main Street Canon City, CO 81212 Colorado Natural Heritage Program Colorado State University 8002 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-8002 1970)491-1309 FAX: (970) 491-3349 www.cnhp.colostate.edu Dear Angela: The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) is in receipt of your request for information regarding Section 26, Township 17 South, Range 68 West in northern Fremont County, Colorado. In response, I have searched our Biodiversity Tracking and Conservation System (BIOTICS) for natural heritage elements (occurrences of significant natural communities and rare, threatened or endangered plants and animals) documented from the vicinity of the area specified in your request, specifically within a two-mile radius of Section 26 as listed above. The enclosed report describes natural heritage resources known from this area and gives location (by Township, Range, and Section), precision information, and the date of last observation of the element at that location. This report includes elements known to occur within the specified project site, as well as elements known from similar landscapes near the site. Please note that "precision" reflects the resolution of original data. For example, an herbarium record from "4 miles east of Colorado Springs" provides much less spatial information than a topographic map showing the exact location of the occurrence. "Precision" codes of Seconds, Minutes, and General are defined in the footer of the enclosed report. The report also outlines the status of known elements. We have included status and federal statutesa Natural Heritage according era] Heritage Program methodology and legal states under state standardized across the Heritages Program network, and are assigned for global and state levels of rarity. They range from "I" for critical] imperiled or extreme] rare elements, to 5 for those that are demonstrably secure. You may notice 'bat some occurrences do not have sections listed. Those species have been designated as "sensitive" due to their rarity and threats by human activity. Peregrine falcons, for example, are susceptible to human breeders removing falcon eggs from their nests. For these species, CNHP does not normally provide location information beyond township and range. Please contact us should you require more detailed information for sensitive occurrences. There is one nearby CNHP designated Potential Conservation Area (PCA) and one Network of Conservation Areas (NCA) located within your project area (see enclosed map and site reports). In order to successfully protect populations or occurrences, it is necessary to delineate conservation areas. These conservation areas focus on capturing the ecological processes that are necessary to support the continued existence of a particular element of natural heritage significance. Conservation areas may include a single occurrence of a rare element or a suite of rare elements or significant features. gBe? t0? ?erit ?p ?tr 7- CO1Okla' - -