2011-12-01_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2010089 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C2010089
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 12/1/2011
• Doc Name: Preliminary Adequacy Review No. 2
• From: Western Fuels Association
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Federal Listing for Montrose County
DOW T &E List
Specie
Federal Status
State Status
Mammals
Black- footed ferret
Endangered
Endangered
Canada lynx
Threatened
Endangered
Gunnison's prairie dog
Candidate
Not Listed
Managed Irrigated Pasture reclaimed areas, the issue of species diversity of these
reclaimed areas is addressed via the "forage quality" standard discussed in this
section. For the current Dryland Pasture and Big Sagebrush Grazingland
reclaimed areas, which will be reclaimed as to Dryland Pasture post- mining land
use type, the reclaimed plant community species diversity standard will consist of
the number of herbaceous plant species encountered in the bond release sampling of
the Dryland Pasture Reference Area, that contribute greater than five percent of the
total relative cover. For example, if there are two herbaceous species encountered
in the sampling of the Dryland Pasture Reference Area that possess total relative
cover values of greater than five percent at the time of final bond release sampling
then the species diversity on the reclaimed Dryland Pasture areas would require
that there be at least two species encountered in the sampling of the Dryland
Reclaimed Areas. With respect to a maximum species diversity standard, the
maximum total relative plant cover on the Dryland Reclamation will be less than the
maximum total percent relative cover encountered in the sampling of the Dryland
Pasture Reference Area. For example, if the maximum total percent relative cover
encountered for any single species in the sampling of the Dryland Pasture Reference
Area is 60 percent, then the maximum allowable total relative cover for a single
plant species on the reclaimed area could not exceed 60 percent.
4. DRMS: Please resubmit Table 2.04.10 -9, Irrigated Pasture Cover, on page 14 of the appendix.
Part of this table is obstructed, and the data is not legible.
Response — Table 2.04.10 - 9 is being resubmitted.
2.04.11 — Fish and Wildlife Resources Information
2. DRMS: The Division is not convinced that WFC's consultations with the Colorado
Division of Wildlife considered the entire range of Threatened and Endangered species
found on the Federal listing for Montrose County. The Division's unofficial review of
information available on websites for the USFS and DOW produced the following
information: