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~ • FLATIRON PAV/NG COMPANY iii iiiiiiiiiiiii iii 999 P. O. BOX 1 1 3 7 G R E E L E Y, COLORADO 8 0 6 3 1 P HONE : (3 0 3) 3 5 3- 2 7 7 7 March 11, 1980 ~~~~~~~~ ~(4AR 12 1980 Ms. Carol Pahlke, Reclamation Specialist Mined Land Reclamation 1313 Sht~rman, #723 Denver, CO 80203 Dear Carol: Mi(1irD LA,Vp RECLAMATIO(V Colo. Dept. of tv~atural Resources This letter relates my understanding of the discussions last Friday afternoon at the meeting about mitigation for sage grouse in North Park. Those attending were: Jim Miller, Wyoming Fuels Al Whitaker, Division of Wildlife Len Carpenter, Division of Wildlife Clait Braun, Division of Wildlife Don Bogart, Division of Wildlife Kent Crofts, Energy Fuels Rick Brown, Energy Fuels Ron Naten, OSM Carol Pahlke, Mined Land Reclamation Chuck Cesar, BIM Margie Winter, Flatiron At the onset, Clait Braun and Chuck Cesar stated that their respective agencies have accepted fertilization as a mitigation for sage grouse. Jim Miller stated that his oanp<~ny has gathered information which questions the efficacy of fertilizer on sagebrush. He quoted Dr. Robert Ing (sp.?) of Montana State University, who has found that the age of the sagebrush affects its utilization of fertilizer--old sagebrush wouldn't be affected. Dr. Ing has studied the possibility of increasing sagebrush by burning the old sage. Kendall Johnson of Utah State expects fertilizer to have little effect on Wyoming sage- brush and feels that in some cases fertilization would kill wheat grasses. Wyoming Fuels would agree, at a max;,rn,m, either 1) to buy fertilizer and apply it as a mitigation, totally d_iwrced from any study, or, preferably, 2) to feed grouse on same grain and release them for hunting.