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EXHIBIT H <br />JUBILEE VENTURE LLC <br />EAGLE MINE PROJECT <br />WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br />The Colorado Division of Wildlife won't provide data concerning wildlife in the area in question except <br />by contract. They will provide it by request from a State agency such as the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety. The Division of Wildlife website doesn't provide specific information. <br />Section 2, T. 10 N. R. 92 W. is transected from southwest to northeast by West Timberlake Creek, an <br />intermittent stream, which the writer has never seen to contain water, perhaps in a heavy spring runoff <br />or a tremendous thunderstorm. It does not support ordinary riparian growth but the water table is so <br />shallow that the terrain seems to support some type of willow in the very bottom of the drainage. It is <br />somewhat scattered, not dense. Otherwise, the plant life is common to this type terrain, sagebrush, <br />wheatgrass, wild rye, miscellaneous perennial grasses, forbs, shrubs and some saltbush. <br />The vegetation feeds deer the year round and is winter range for elk. There are some small predators <br />such as coyotes and foxes. A jackrabbit is seen upon occasion and there are undoubtedly small rodents. <br />Very infrequently, sage grouse are seen as this is common range for them. Surely eagles and hawks as <br />well as crows and magpies occasionally frequent the area. Except for the few sage grouse, no <br />"endangered" species exist here and their classification as "endangered" falls into question because <br />there is a hunting season. Only about 6 sage grouse have actually been seen in this area either by the <br />writer or his associates and that was all in one group. <br />Previous activity, including grazing and winter feeding of cattle, does not appear to deter wildlife from <br />hanging out in this area. The existence of a mining project probably won't have any effect. The hunters <br />during hunting season probably have more effect than anything else but the game continues to return. <br />OT 1 0000- 1