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PARSONS MINE PROPERTY <br />WETLAND DELINEATION REPORT <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The Parsons Mine Property is located approximately 5 miles west of Greeley, Colorado at the <br />intersection of CR 64.5 and CR 25 in Weld County (Attachment 1 - Project Vicinity Map). The <br />387 acre property referred to as the Parsons Mine is owned by Lafarge West, Inc.; Sally A. <br />Parsons (Lafarge has an option to purchase the Parson's property); and Livingston Leigh <br />Livestock of Weld County, LLC. Lafarge West Inc. is in the process of preparing an application <br />for a gravel mining permit on this property for submittal to the State of Colorado's Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety and a Use by Special Review application for submittal to Weld <br />County. <br />In order to quantify the wetlands that occur, Queen of the River Consultants, Inc. was contracted <br />to identify wetlands within the project areas. The purpose of this report is to identify wetlands <br />that fall under the jurisdiction of the US Army Corp of Engineers. This report will be used to <br />quantify any potential wetlands impacts, direct avoidance where possible, and identify mitigation <br />opportunities. As part of the field work, surveys for occurrences of and potential habitat for <br />:Ladies Tresses Orchid and Colorado Butterfly plant were conducted. This field work was <br />conducted in June and August of 2007. <br />PROJECT AREA <br />The Parson's Gravel Site is located in Sections 30 and 31 of T6N, R66W, and Sections 25, 36 of <br />T6N, R67W, (Bracewell, Colorado Quandrangle). The Poudre River flows through the southern <br />portion of the property from 4718 to 4716 feet in elevation (UTM coordinates range from 13T <br />0513410E, 447703ON on the upper end of the river to 0514680E, 4477320N on the lower end of <br />the river.) An excavated non jurisdictional pond (1.3 acres) exists on the southern portion of the <br />property and a man-made pond (1.6 acres) occurs in the center of the property. Several ditches <br />are present on the property. This property has historically been used for agricultural purposes, as <br />cropland and irrigated pasture and for livestock grazing. It continues to be used as such. Elevation <br />of the project area is from 4740 to 4716 feet. <br />METHODS <br />Wetlands were identified and mapped using the 1987 Corp of Engineers Wetland Delineation <br />Manual. The COE manual defines jurisdictional wetlands as: