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on site. The existing hay meadow within Hay Gulch will not be disturbed. <br />. Permanent reclamation of the site will entail grading, respreading <br />topsoil, and seeding and planting perennial native species that will <br />support wildlife species. The mining and reclamation will create a more <br />diverse habitat than is currently present. With the planting of desirable <br />native forage shrubs, additional strata and vegetation layers will be <br />added to the site, creating improved. cover, foraging, roosting, and <br />nesting areas for wildlife. With control and /or removal of noxious <br />species during the project, and the ireplacement of desirable graminoid, <br />forb, shrub, and tree species, mining and reclamation will result in <br />enhancement of wildlife habitat on site. <br />Threatened and Endangered Wildllife Species <br />The Colorado Natural Areas Prograi <br />was contacted to undertake a searc <br />elements ( "occurrences of significar <br />threatened or endangered plants ar <br />1.5 miles outside the permit area. Z <br />the wolverine (presumed extirpated <br />Townsend's big -eared bat (a specie: <br />Service). No candidate or federally <br />adjacent to the permit area. The C] <br />8. <br />i (CNAP) at Colorado State University <br />i of their database of natural heritage <br />natural communities and rare, <br />i animals ") for the area within and <br />ie results of that search identified <br />n Colorado since 1979) and the <br />of concern for the BLM and Forest <br />.sted species were identified within or <br />AP report can be found in Appendix <br />GCC Energy, LLC King, II Mine <br />Section 2.04. 11 <br />Page 2 October, 2008 <br />TR - is- <br />