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STATE OF COLORADO <br /> DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> 1313 Sherman St, Room 215 <br /> og& <br /> Denver,Colorado 80203 D I v I S 1 0 N O F <br /> Phone (303)866-35b7 MINERALS <br /> FAX (303)832-8106 & <br /> GEOLOGY <br /> RECLAMATION <br /> MINING-SAFETY <br /> July 5, 2000 <br /> Bill Owens <br /> Governor <br /> Ms Lanl Lamming Greg E Walcher <br /> Ewe4ic Ecological Services Executive Director <br /> P.O. Box 3253 Michael B Long <br /> Alpine, Wyoming 83128 Division Director <br /> RE: Coal Basin Mine Grazing Project <br /> Dear Ms Lamming: <br /> I wanted to take this opportunity to summarize our conversation of June 30, 2000 <br /> at the Coal Basin Mine, and to confirm the use of your goats to graze certain <br /> portions of the Coal Basin Mine as part of the on-going reclamation process. <br /> As we discussed, certain portions of Coal Basin have a serious noxious weed <br /> infestation. As part of our long term treatment strategy, your goats will be used <br /> to graze three areas of the mine. It is my understanding that you will provide <br /> approximately five hundred goats for this purpose. It is anticipate that the goats <br /> will arrive on or about July 10, 2000, and that you will graze them for about six <br /> full days. The cost of providing this service to the State of Colorado will be <br /> $2,990.00. <br /> The major weed species of interest to be grazed include oxeye daisy, plumeless <br /> thistle, Canada thistle and houndstongue. It is my understanding that the goats <br /> will also graze the heavy stand of yellow sweetclover which is present on the Old <br /> Refuse Pile. <br /> The areas to be grazed are the north facing portion of the Old Refuse Pile (6 <br /> acres), a south and west facing portion of the Sutey Refuse Pile (approximately 6 <br /> acres) and an approximately three acre area north and west of the Sutey Refuse <br /> Pile. I am attaching a sketch which depicts these areas. <br /> Our highest priority is to control the weed infestation at the Old Refuse Pile. This <br /> area should be grazed first, and most intensely. This area is most easily <br /> accessed via a wood decked bridge located a few hundred yards downstream of <br /> the refuse pile on Coal Creek. <br />