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~ • <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNRY EMPIAYER <br />lobo Mumm., Direclar <br />Bobo ero.b..y <br />Dourer, Colonba 10116 <br />Tolephoec: (JO7) 39]1193 <br />,, iii iiiiiiiiniii iii <br />~C~t°I\/~f"1 <br />UEC 2 6 199, <br />Divisron of minelais .. ~; ~,..;~ <br />December 21. 1995 <br />J. E. Stover & Associates <br />2768 Compass Dr. Suite 101 <br />Grand Junction CO 81506 <br />RE: Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />Dear Mr. Stover, <br />c°yO~Oo <br />~` f®~,,~V~~ <br />`~ OF `1` " <br />For wldlife- <br />For People <br />Wildlife Habitat Biologist Rick Sherman and I have looked at the proposed new mine site identified <br />by the map included with your letter requesting a wildlife statement from the Division of Wildlife. <br />Due to the magnitude of this proposed mine and associated facilities, the Division of Wildlife has <br />several concerns regarding the impacts this proposal will have on wildlife. The information which <br />was submitted with your request is sketchy and incomplete. Information which is lacking includes <br />such things as runoff and settling pond plans and locations, operation plans including schedule of <br />operation, haul route and where final load out to trains will be located, mitigation plans for habitat <br />loss, reclamation plans, etc. Due to the overall size of the proposed mine facilities this information <br />is essential in order to fully assess the overall wildlife impacts caused by the establishment of this <br />new mine. At this time we will give you our preliminary assessment of this proposal, as we <br />understand it, in regazd to impact to the wildlife resource. This assessment is made based on the <br />information available to us at this time. The assessment may change as further information becomes <br />available. <br />There are some inaccuracies in the Threatened And Endangered Species Survey report prepared by <br />Enviro25 Environmental Services Inc. The most obvious inaccuracy ir7 t,'te report states Lhat <br />wintering Bald Eagles are reported to be found along the North Fork River up to but not east of the <br />town of Paonia. In fact wintering Bald Eagles are found along the North Fork of the Gunnison river <br />up to Paonia Reservoir, along Muddy Creek to the base of McClure Pass and along Coal and <br />Anthracite creeks up to the Erickson Springs area. This includes the area of river valley adjacent to <br />the proposed mine facilities. While Bald Eagles are found in this area, we agree with Jerry Craig's <br />assessment that the establishment of this facility will have little or no affect on the three raptor <br />species surveyed. <br />DEPARTMENT OF NA]LRAL RESOURCES, lama 5 IacEheE, Eaxvorc Duna <br />W DDLD1 COMMISSION, Mmlb Lyvr, Cbai(WY • Rrbnu L. P~uk• MmY LeV Wry <br />Inti. F. SvJt. Fcv. laze l~vptm Hytl, fr.. WilEam R. Hc16a1•lohv bYWp.lrmm Im1 <br />