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STATE OF COLORADO <br />Roy Ramer, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />• DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN EQUAL OPPORiUN11Y EMPLOYER <br />John W. Mumma. Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Telephone: (303) 297-7192 <br />Kenneth Klco <br />Consulting Geologist <br />Azurite, Inc. <br />10001 CR 12 <br />P.O. Box 338 <br />Cotopaxi, CO 81223 <br /> <br />RE: Agile Stone Systems <br />Deaz Mr. Klco: <br />18 Dec 97 <br />iii iiiiiiiiniu iii <br />REFER TO <br />v C <br />~rY <br />Fnr lNiltllifc- <br />Por Penplc <br />The Division of Wildlife (DOW) has reviewed the revised revegetation prescription for Agile <br />Stone Systems proposed gravel and granite operation in Fremont County, Colorado. We <br />appreciate your efforts to work with the DOW in addressing wildlife impacts. <br />• DOW acknowledges your work to improve the revegetation prescription. Your proposal to <br />revegetate the granite mine benches is notable. The abundance of species included in your plan <br />should benefit wildlife and overall habitat diversity as well as improve the probability of successful <br />establishment. Due to the degraded condition of the azea, the long-term impacts of successful <br />revegetation should be positive. <br />As per our telephone conversation concerning bighom sheep use on the Agile Stone site, DOW <br />considers sheep use on the area including Cactus Mountain to be extremely limited at best. Our <br />data indicates that sheep movement rarely extends as far east as the permit area. I have included a <br />bighorn sheep distribution map from our wildlife resources database for your review. As you will <br />note, our mapped distribution for sheep does not extend to the permit area. <br />Once again, we appreciate your efforts in working cooperatively with the Division of Wildlife. Ll' <br />you have any questions, please give me a call. Happy Holidays. <br />Sincerely, <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br />Chris Kloster <br />Habitat Biologist <br />• CDOW; Pueblo <br />cc: Speeze (CDOW), Finch (CDOW) <br />~ Ron Desilet <br />Regional Manager <br />CDOW; Southeast <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. James S. Lochhead, Executive Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Arnold Salazar, Chairman • Rebecca L. Frank, Vice Chair • Mark LeValley, Secretary <br />Louis F. Swift, Member • Jesse Langston Boyd, Jr., Member <br />William R. Hegberg, Member • John Stulp, Member • James R. Long, Member <br />