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As there are no depletions from the Keenesburg Mine that affect flows within the <br />South Platte River drainage, there is no potential for impacts to the whooping <br />crane. <br />C. Reptiles and Amphibians <br />Reptile and amphibian species most common to the site aze listed by vegetative <br />community as Follows: <br />Prairie - bull snake, western box turtle, plains spadefoot toad, hognose snake, <br />lesser earless lizard, short-horned lizard, and six-lined racerurmer lizard. <br />en Park -racer, red-sided garter snake, plains garter snake, and plains <br />spadefoot toad. <br />Open Cottonwood -bull snake, six-lined racerunner lizazd, Woodhouse's toad, <br />and racer. <br />Closed Cottonwood -six-lined racenumer lizard, red-sided garter snake, and bull <br />snake. <br />Mixed Willow-Cottonwood -zed-sided garter snake, plains garter snake, <br />Woodhouse's toad, plains spadefoot toad, racer, bull snake, and six-lined <br />racerunner lizard. <br />• D. Insects and Vectors <br />Nine orders of insects occupy the Weld and Morgan County area. These include: <br />Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Diptera (flies), Hemintera (true bugs), <br />Homoptera (cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers), Coleoptera (beetles), Orthoptera <br />(grasshoppers and crickets), Psocontera (]ice), Derma~tera (earwigs), and <br />Hymenoptera (ants, wasps and bees). The greatest number of insects in the azea <br />seem to be representative of the Orthoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera. <br />Many beetles and grasshoppers are found in the prairie. Most of the Diptera are <br />found in areas of dense, woody, and herbaceous vegetation. Mosquitoes aze <br />particularly abundant around azeas containing willows, such as pure willow <br />communities. <br />The applicant intends to provide perches for hawks if the mammal population <br />becomes a problem. However significant hawk population has not been noted in <br />the area. Plantings of sandsage will be necessary if the sandsage does not return <br />voluntarily. <br />The information and recommendations provided in the Colorado state University <br />studies on soils, vegetation, revegetation, and water resources aze considered by <br />Coors as part of the application for the mining permit. <br />97 10/06 <br />