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STATE OF COLORADO <br />Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />Thomas E. Remington, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Telephone: (303) 297-1192 <br />wildlife. state.co. us <br />December 9, 2010 <br />TO: Angela Bellantoni <br />Environmental Alternatives, Inc. <br />1107 Main Street <br />Canon City, CO 81212 <br />FROM: Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />SUBJECT: Rock Gulch Sand and Gravel Pit, Co. Rd. 107 <br />sro? OF ?y4 <br />For Wildlife- <br />For People <br />On Nov. 29, 2010, an e-mail was sent to our Salida Office concerning the above pit. Comments were <br />requested addressing any concerns or issues we might have on this project. The site was toured today, <br />and we would make the following preliminary comments. A more detailed Mined Land Wildlife <br />Statement will be required of us by the Mined Land Reclamation Board as the application process goes <br />forward. <br />The area of the proposed Pit is not home to any known threatened or endangered species. <br />The parcel of land where the pit is located is heavily disturbed, and has obviously been actively rnined <br />for sand and gravel for many years. The area around the pit is heavily used by deer. The animals which <br />live around this pit have obviously adjusted to this mining activity. <br />Our main concern would be the rehabilitation of the area following mining, and that will be addressed in <br />the Mined Land Wildlife Statement, and should be a standard requirement of the Mined and <br />Reclamation Board. <br />Thank you for providing this opportunity to comment. Please feel free to contact our local Division of <br />Wildlife office at 530-5520 should you have any further needs or questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />,James L. Aragon <br />Area Wildlife Manager <br />Salida Area Office <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, James B. Martin, Executive Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Tim Glenn, Chair • Robert Streeter, Vice Chair • Mark Smith, Secretary <br />Members, David R. Brougham • Dennis Buechler • Dorothea Farris • Allan Jones • John Singletary • Dean Wingfield <br />Ex Officio Members, James B. Martin and John Stulp