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S I i r _~ _ , <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />;~~ <br />pW RqO~ <br />- <br />Bill Owens, Governor <br />~ ~~~ <br />~~~ <br />• <br />DEPARTM1IENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ` <br />', 1 ~ ' `i <br />~: J'~ <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />f• <br />~ <br />`, <br />AN1-i.1'JAI ~lPPpkiUNil'i Rd%!•'i l_k ~' iii ! I / II tf_ ~, . ~ <br />~ l)F~ <br /> ~ ''1 <br />I;Q+iil Bf0lI:1WJ! l~u~ l'. ~.l,rr <br />Denvar, Coar:>,JO BC21ti <br />Telephone. I:S03) 297.1192 R E~ E I1/E p <br />Angust'?. ?one, AUG 2 8 2006 <br /> '/Orvlsron or ReGamabon <br /> <br />~1r. l'hnstophcr ~i. kmic . <br />Mmmgand Safety <br />I muonntental Protection tipcctohsl <br />I)i, l~hm of ~1;neral: and (iculugy <br />I k•parunent of \alural Kesuurces <br />l31 i Shcmtan St., Kwnn Zl <br />I)cmcr. Colorado 502n3 <br />I k•ar X11 RoWC, <br />l anvon Rtm Stone is a ,andstonc surl;tce none. 1 he mine Will tx•'>.liS acre. in sin. I he Jackson', estim;ue that they <br />will rninc down :ta deep as I11 li:ct hcluW the misting surlitcc Icvcl ul'the mine's southwest corner. the south,ec+t <br />corner appear. to he the site's lowest point. 'fhe mcatatiun depth may exncd I(l fcrt below surface level tit the <br />northern edge of the ptt. <br />tiontc o(thc site's stone had horn extrtetrd in the past as cunstnrction material fix local buildings. 1 he Jackxtn's have <br />already begun nnnmg the srtc tia sandstone. \lost of the s:unls[unc That has been nma.ed leas removed by the <br />Jacksuds as they Jug a tea pit, hventt Jackson was to ing to detennntc the depth and yu:dity of the site's stone. <br />Fln ktckson mdtcated that the planned reclamation involves backtilling W tth sod. planunp to grass and clover, and <br />finctng ti+r at Icaa 1 cear to keep cattle nhl•ol the sue. <br />I hr ntrne Is kxan•d in a wildhfc dtvcrsc arra. I7tc fullowmg is a hst of some of the species that Were hkcly to have <br />been linwd ou the site prior to C,trrin, `tone'. muting acncily: \lulc Iker. SW dt 1 ur. Coyote, Bobcat. \lountam <br />1 um. Black Bear. \tountmn ('ottuntail. Jack Kahbu, Sc:ded ! )uad. Grouter Ro:ulnuutcr, Nonhem 1 htmer, Rcd- <br />Iailed I!aWk..~menwn Kestrel. Mnunlam 111uc•htrd. Plateau LvarJ, (treat Plant. Skmk, ~Yestem Itattlcsnake, <br />Lesser Garlcss I J7ard. Collared Ltzard• ;uui'lyxas_I lurn~d J,v~rd Ithts Est is nut cxhausuvc), llxrc arc a couple <br />species of cona-m that Wrn: arc likely to he linmd at the srtc (underlined in above list). It is unhkch that the <br />pmpased muting acnerly Wall have a sigmticant negative nnpact on cnhcr spL~:irs. 'There is potential to improve <br />huhitat for the I rxas I IumcJ L rtord through the rccl:unauun. <br />7hc propus~i mtmng actions Wall nttpacl a fairly drvrrsc plant commumt}. l he nunmg srtc is fixated along the margin <br />ufa pinyon Juntprr stand. The ate includes pmyonjuntpcr W cxxiland, shun grass prarne, anJ u,me shrub coca <br />('urrently the >itc has a relatively high Icvcl of plant drvcrstty. the plant dtvcnuy has been utcnasrd recently as a <br />result of the drsuuhance the site bus experienced. Then tin a lot of Ibrhs and grasses growing tin the site that :ire not <br />gruWme m the adiaccnt mtdtstuficd area. Just a few of the disturbance loving Ibrh> and grasu: tiwnd on site an <br />ehuttgrass I Hromuv rrrrnrvnr), ullhl la I,1Jrdrrago sanvu I, mmerx candle I C'ra prantlurrr f bs;udrh common sunflowrr <br />(!lcliurrrGrrs mnurrl, hnaancd :nakcW cell l (iuticr•rr:iu curutlu'<n•I, c•Ir. !L'iarty o(the tixb> ti,und al Qte site tin extnnrely <br />benetictal to many W ddld'c s}xctes. The ti+rhs suppun a large insect amununrty, which provides a gnat food source fix <br />UEPARTMEPfT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Russtill Goorito, Executive Din3Clor <br />W ILDLIFE COMMISSION, Jolfroy Cr:nvforcl. Chair • Tom Burke. Vks Chair • Cle+re O'Neal, Seaetary <br />Members. Rotxtrt Brry • Ricl: Enstrom • PhHip Janes • Riciv9rd R,3y • Robert Shoemaker • lWn Tones <br />Ex Officio tv9ernbers. Russee Gcorpe arxt Don Ament <br />