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STATE OF COLO R.4D0 • <br />Rithard D. Lamm, Governor <br />DEPA RTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURC ES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />Jack R. Grieb, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado RO? 16 (82 ~~ 1 192 ) <br />C. Carew PScFall <br />25600 LaLanne Court <br />Los Altos Hills, California 94022 <br />Dear Ptr. PicFall: <br />October 24, 1979 <br />III III III IIIIIII III <br />• Lpw ~~o <br />~~J <br />t• 'Y OF `1' <br />I have been planning to write ever since your phone call of 17 September <br />which occurred when I was afield. The gist of the phone message apparently <br />was that Flatiron Paving Co. was going to hold off with any commitment on <br />sage grouse research in North Park on the Bourg Coal property until something <br />happened to the sage grouse. Apparently this was the interpretation that <br />was made after discussions with Roger Zortman of the Bureau of Land Management. <br />Unfortunately, in my professional judgment, that is not the way to proceed. <br />There is no doubt that the development and operation of a coal mine on the <br />Bourg property will negatively impact the sage grouse resource on the private <br />and surrounding public lands. The adjacent lek (strutting ground) will be <br />impacted as will brood and winter use areas adjacent to the proposed haul <br />road. What needs to be done now is planning and testing of approaches to <br />mitigate the impacts. Therefore, I suggest that Flatiron Paving Co. consider <br />funding experiments with fertilizer, noise control, wet meadow development, <br />etc. to see if impacts on the sage grouse resource can be mitigated. I believe <br />they can but testing of various hypotheses is critically needed before <br />mitigation practices can be placed into operation on surrounding areas. Since <br />both the Bureau of Land Panagement and the State of Colorado, Division of <br />Wildlife have interest and responsibilities in the areas to be impacted, it <br />would be advantageous if we could meet to discuss the opportunities in depth. <br />Planning and [esting have got to be done now if we are to succeed at a later <br />date. <br />I look forward to hearing from you at the earliest possible convenience. <br />Sincerely, <br />CEB:cf <br />cc: C. Cesar <br />D. Bogard <br />P. Barrows <br />J. IJagner <br /> <br />Wildlife Research Center <br />317 LJest Prospect Street <br />Fort Collins, Colorado 80526 <br />~~"" <br />Clait E. Braun <br />Lildlife Researcher <br />UtYA V„Y,EN~ OF .tiAfURAL .RESOURCES, Horns Sh rnnan, Erecciive GrteU Or • N/4 DlIFE C01.1MSSION, Michael H~.g hoe, l:h airman <br />'.V iihcr 2toden, Vice Chairman Sam Caudii:, >ecreruy • Jean K. Tool, Member `Jernnn C `Nil iia ms, Member <br />James Smlrr, !Aember Donald Fernandez, Member • Richard Diveibiss, Member <br />